Sep 26, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
There’s an old saying, attributed to George Santayana, that says: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” During the month of Elul we are reminded of this truth, because the month of Elul is the time of year that we are called upon to...
Sep 26, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! For in death there is no remembrance of You; in the grave who will give You thanks? (Psalm 6:4-5) According to some commentators, when David wrote this he was very ill and under intense pressure due to...
Sep 25, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
The month of Elul is a time when we are to be looking inwardly, examining our hearts with the intent to weed out those things that are unfruitful and not conducive to life. We are provoked to do this, especially at this time, because we are approaching the time of the...
Sep 25, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
My soul also is greatly troubled; but You, O Lord—how long? Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! (Psalm 6:3-4) At one time or another, I’m sure most of us have heard the phrase, “God will not put upon us any more than we can bear.”...
Sep 24, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
In the book of Deuteronomy, God told His people that if they were faithful to Him, many blessings would come their way. That promise was juxtaposed against the many curses that would come upon them if they walked in disobedience and broke the covenant. Reading all of...
Sep 24, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. (Psalm 6:1-2) In the previous devotion, we raised the issue of why one beloved of the LORD, such as...
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