Category Archives: insight
beyond ordinary wisdom
20220525 beyond ordinary wisdom Ruth 1:6-14 (JDV) Ruth 1:6 She and her daughters-in-law set out to return from the country of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that Yahveh1 had paid attention to his people’s need by providing them … Continue reading
look up, not within
look up, not within Judges 21:1-3 (JDV) Judges 21:1 But the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah: “None of us will give his daughter to a Benjaminite in marriage.” Judges 21:2 So the people went to Bethel … Continue reading
no coincidences
no coincidences Acts 23:12-22 (JDV) Acts 23:12 When it was morning, the Jews formed a mob and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. Acts 23:13 There were more than forty who … Continue reading
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patience to keep knocking
patience to keep knocking Acts 12:6-19 (JDV) Acts 12:6 When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, tied up with two chains, is sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the … Continue reading
divine direction
divine direction Acts 10:9-33 (JDV) Acts 10:9 The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the roof about noon. Acts 10:10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they … Continue reading
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poisonous grapes
poisonous grapes Deuteronomy 32:32-35 (JDV) Deuteronomy 32:32 For their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is serpents’ venom, the deadly poison … Continue reading
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invitation to grieve
Joel 1:7-12 (JDV) Joel 1:7 It1 has desolated2 my grapevine and splintered my fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white. Joel 1:8 Grieve like a young woman wrapped3 in sackcloth, … Continue reading
my journey in his hands
Psalm 37:5-7 Psalm 37:5 Commit your journey to Yahveh; trust in him, and he will act, Psalm 37:6 making your righteousness shine like the dawn, your justice like the noonday. Psalm 37:7 Be silent before Yahveh and wait expectantly for … Continue reading
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a challenge to dig deeper
Psalm 35:17-21 Psalm 35:17 Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my throat from their ravages; it is abandoned to the young lions. Psalm 35:18 I will praise you in the great assembly; I will exalt you among … Continue reading
Political reasons
John 11:45-53 Joh 11:45 That was why many of the Jews who came to Mary and experienced what he did believed in him. Joh 11:46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and said to them what Jesus … Continue reading
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