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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 position [...]

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 in [...]

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 itself strongly [...]

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 will [...]

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 in mine integrity: redeem [...]

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 night season, [...]

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 I will [...]

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. It was [...]

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, Dad was not [...]

Seen

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Genesis 16:13  She answered GOD by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, “You’re the God who sees me!” “Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!”
It’s a bit like those one-way mirrors that are so often used in cop shows or movies where someone is being interrogated or chosen from a [...]