"If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh..." (Rom. 11:14). The English word emulation is only used twice in the King James Bible - both times by the same author, Paul. He uses the singular form in a very positive way in Romans 11:14, but...
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye" (Ps. 32:8 NKJ). This is a good verse for those of us who seek guidance and direction from the Lord. It is an assurance that our heavenly Father is going to move us from a...
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels" (2 Cor. 4:7 NKJ). This verse presents a divine paradox: immutable deity dwelling in a breakable container...the Creator of the heavens and earth residing in a clay vessel...eternal permanence abiding in a time-captive...
"The Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever" (Ex. 14:13-14 NKJ). How would you like to bid a "final farewell" to your problems as you go on to your promised land? How would you like to say goodbye forever to worry, fear, and anxiety? To...
"To make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:17 NKJ). Even though these two phrases, "make ready" and "prepared", are seemingly synonymous, they have opposite meanings in the original Greek. The word translated "make ready" is used to describe thorough...
"And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day..." (Gen. 3:8 NKJ). The cool of the day is around 4:00 p.m. It is the time when the evening breeze begins to stir. The Hebrew word translated cool in this verse is ruwach...
"He stretches out the north over empty space..." (Job 26:7 NKJ). It has been conjectured that in our universe there is an area to the north of our earth in which there are no stars, planets, or other heavenly bodies. It is supposed to be sort of a void, an empty...
"Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off" (1 Kings 20:11 NKJ). The one who takes his armor off is the tried, tested, seasoned veteran who has been in battle and lived to tell about it. He has learned to survive. He understands his...
"Faint, yet pursuing..." (Judges 8:4). Athletes claim that fatigue can improve their performance. Getting tired during the contest moves them from reason to instinct. They accomplish things in their automatic output of energy they would not be able to do if they...
"O Lord, correct me, but with Justice; not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing" (Jer. 10:24 NKJ). Take a lump of clay or a clod of earth. Tell this muddy mass that there is a chance that he can be worked over, improved upon, changed, remade, and then...
"See if there is any wicked way in me..." (Ps. 139:24 NKJ). In the Greek Old Testament (LXX), the word translated wicked here is kakos (kak-os') meaning "ill." David is praying for the Lord to check him over to see how spiritually healthy he is. He is saying to the...
"And there will be great earthquakes in various places..." (Luke 21:11 NKJ). Revivals seem to parallel natural phenomena. Occurrences in the natural world are usually accompanied by similar events in the spiritual world. The San Francisco earthquake happened at the...
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