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God Is My Helper – Psalm 54

This is a lament psalm of David with a particular historical backdrop recounted in 1 Samuel 23.  David had been running from the jealousy of Saul and sought refuge with people he thought were loyal to

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A Very Present Help in Trouble – Psalm 46

Abarim-publications.com “guesses” that the term Alamoth “describes the sound coming from a myriad of lyres that sound like a myriad of girls giggling: very happy, full of life and governed

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God’s Steadfast Love – Psalm 36

“Every astronaut, everybody who’s been up into space, they say this, that it changes them, and they look at it and they’re kind of amazed and awestruck by the Earth and it beauty, but

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Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit – Psalm 31:3-5

It is fun to think of God as our fortress.  You can imagine awe-inspiring citadels of strength that no enemy could assail (like here, here, and here). For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your

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Ascribe Glory to Yahweh – Psalm 29

This is a praise psalm by David.  It uses Yahweh’s personal identification 18 times.  There is no doubt that at the time of this psalm’s composure the name Yahweh was vocalized by His people. 

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King of Glory – Psalm 24

This is a royal psalm, not talking about a human ruler, however, but the divine Ruler, Yahweh of hosts.  His hosts include Israel’s army, but also the heavenly bodies, stars, sun and moon.  “It

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God Is Not a Vending Machine, But “Repent” – Luke 13:1-9

Home Guides gardening section has some interesting facts about when fig trees are supposed to bear fruit.  Young fig trees, they assert, do not bear fruit the first year, and in fact, “Most figs

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I and the Father Are One – John 10:19-42

Jesus tells a parable in Matthew (Matthew 18:12–14) and Luke (Luke 15:3–7) about one sheep among a flock of 100 who wanders away and is lost, and how that shepherd goes in search of that lost sheep

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Equal With God – John 5:16-24

To be subordinate means to be in a lower position of authority than another, whereas to be inferior means to be of lesser quality than another.  Is it possible to be subordinate without being inferior? 

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Word Made Flesh – John 1:14,15

Wikibooks describes human genetic reproduction this way:  “Children often look like some combination of their parents. This is because each parent gives the child some of themselves…genes. 

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The Word Was God – John 1:1

They knocked on my door and greeted me with an agenda to explain the Bible.  I invited them in and embarked on a several weeks examination of a Watchtower publication describing the message of the Bible. 

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Your Everlasting Light – Isaiah 60

In the article “21 Things Only People Who Prefer Rain Over All Other Weather Understand” a few of those things are:  You get unreasonably happy when you wake up in the middle of the night

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Ears Not Dull – Isaiah 59

According to Healthline.com there are multiple causes for dull or muffled hearing, including earwax buildup, tinnitus, ear infection, hay fever, ear pressure imbalance as in altitude changes.  Israel

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Backsliding – Isaiah 57:14-21

The Hebrew word translated “backsliding” in the English Standard Version of Isaiah 57:17 can mean backturning, recusant, or apostate, according to Brown, Driver and Briggs.  Never heard the

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Abundantly Pardon – Isaiah 55:1-9

The families of victims murdered by Gary Leon Ridgeway were given a chance at his sentencing in 2003 to speak to him.  When the time came for Robert Rule, the father of teenage victim Linda Jane Rule,

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