Shabbat Shalom,Our last meditation considered two hindrances to expecting favor (charis): unbelief and unhealthy introspection. The obstacle we will look at in this meditation is similar to unhealthy ...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 38:13 They who seek my life set traps. Those who seek my hurt threaten destruction, uttering lies all day. 14 But I, like someone deaf, hear nothing, like a mute, not open...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 38:11 My heart pounds, my strength fails me. The light of my eyes—also, not with me. 12 My friends and my companions stay away from my wound, and my kinsmen stand far off.This is sounding...  Read More

Shalom {{firstName}},Psalm 38:9 I am numb and utterly crushed. I groan because of anguish in my heart. 10 My Lord, all my longing is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You.About half of the...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 38:7 I am bent over, bowed down greatly. All day I walk about in mourning. 8 For my heart is filled with burning pain, and there is no health in my body.It is a pity that we have to trans...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 38:5 For my iniquities are on my head—like a burden too heavy for me. 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.Read how these verses begin….  (What story is David tell...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,The Apostle Paul gave advice for gracious living. (Romans 13:7: Pay to everyone what is due them— tribute to whom tribute is due; tax to whom tax is due; respect to whom respect is due; ho...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Beloved, do you believe that you are favored by Almighty God? One of our natural characteristics is that we mistrust Him. I believe it is a genetic consequence of the fall exacerbated b...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},Psalm 38:3 For Your arrows have sunk deep into me and Your hand has pressed down on me. 4 There is no health in my flesh because of Your indignation. There is no w...  Read More

Shalom, Psalm 38:1 A psalm of David, for a memorial. 2 Adonai, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.In the Christian Bible, this is all verse 1.  Therefore; the numbering of t...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:39 Yet the salvation of the righteous is from Adonai. He is their stronghold in time of trouble. 40 Adonai helps them and delivers them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them—...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:37 Notice the man of integrity and watch the upright—for the man of shalom has a future. 38 But transgressors will be destroyed altogether. The future of the wicked will be cut off.The...  Read More