Nearness | Worship Life Daily Bread Thoughts from the Word by Pastor Stephen Behrman

Archive for the 'Nearness' Category

To The Light

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Psalm 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. Though the structure is now [...]

Placement

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

8 I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety. Psalms 16:8-9 (ASV) What an incredibly powerful thing to do- set the Creator of the Universe in a [...]

Silence?

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Psa 27:9  Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. It seems that this may be one of the greatest challenges in relationships- wondering what the other person is thinking. Maybe they’ve acted [...]

Wait

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Psalms 27:8 KJV (8) When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Psalms 27:14 KJV (14) Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. The political season in which we find ourselves lends [...]

There

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Hebrews 13:5-6 KJV (5) … he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (6) So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Deuteronomy 31:8 KJV (8) And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he [...]

Abode

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Psalms 26:8-12 KJV (8)  LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. (9)  Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: (10)  In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. (11)  But as for me, I will walk [...]

Heard

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Psalms 22:1-5 KJV (1)  <To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? (2)  O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the [...]

Near

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Isaiah 46:12-13 (Amplified) Listen to Me, you stiff-hearted and you who have lost heart, you who are far from righteousness (from uprightness and right standing with God, and from His righteous deliverance). I bring near My righteousness [in the deliverance of Israel], it will not be far off; and My salvation shall not tarry. And [...]

Residue

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Isaiah 28:5 KJV (5)  In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,      It wasn’t that they got started off in the wrong direction, and it wasn’t that there was a different promise for some than others. [...]

Ark of Strength

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Psalms 132:8-9 KJV (8)  Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. (9)  Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. Growing up in the Behrman household there was always a sense of confidence that if something were wrong with anything around the house, [...]