Mar 29, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? Show us Your mercy, Lord, and grant us Your salvation. (Psalm 85:6-7) As we discussed in the previous devotion, in Jewish thought exile from the land of Israel is akin to death because it is emblematic...
Mar 28, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? Show us Your mercy, Lord, and grant us Your salvation. (Psalm 85:6-7) It is understood by Jewish commentators that the psalmist’s question concerns Israel’s exile and being scattered among...
Mar 27, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Lord, You have been favorable to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob. You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah. (Psalm 85:1-2) There are several times in Scripture where the word “captivity” is used when...
Mar 26, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Lord, You have been favorable to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob. You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah. (Psalm 85:1-2) This psalm begins on a very interesting note; it connects the fertility of...
Mar 25, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory. No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. (Psalm 84:11) As stated above, God will not withhold good things from His people. But this notion prompts the question: What do we...
Mar 24, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalm 84:10) In verses leading up to this statement, the psalmist considered that those privileged to dwell in God’s...
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