A Saturday Special Edition! Which Path – Again, Ask, Together – Gain vs. Forfeit – Put the Tent Aside I once had a goal to blog and impact the world with my efforts. Looking back, I think there was some showing off about how well I knew the Astros and baseball that got in the… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 35: Pray, Together

Job 4:17 Can mortals be righteous before God?    Can human beings be pure before their Maker?   Human being, mortal, and man are used interchangeably by the various sources. The idea is that we are less than God, so I picked the two I felt were least offensive and a random order. Alternatives to… Continue reading Job 64: Study 50: Job 4:17 – Be made Pure and Righteous

Lesson 5 Part 4 – 2 Peter 3: 14-18 New Revised Standard 14 Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these, be zealous to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 15 And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given… Continue reading 2 Peter Lesson 5 Part 4 – 2 Peter 3:14-18 – God Asks “How great can I be for you right now?”

Trust, A friend – Want to be heard? Listen! – Not be Shaken – Administering Grace – A Church Loves I grew up in a relatively large church in a relatively small city, and it set the paradigm for what a church should be like. I moved on to a bigger church in a giant… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 34: My Grace Homework

Job 4:16 It became still,    I could not discern its appearance,       A form loomed before my eyes. Silence,    Then I heard a voice.   Options to “it became still” include a “he” inplace of “it” and “stood”, “stopped”, “halted”, and “there was standing” for “became still”. “He” was out more… Continue reading Job 63: Study 49: Job 4:16 – After the Prelude?

Lesson 5 Part 3 – 2 Peter 3: 11-13 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening[b] the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be kindled and dissolved, and the elements will… Continue reading 2 Peter Lesson 5 Part 3 – 2 Peter 3:11-13 – Elements melted with Fire and then New

Tricked, not by God – My Grace – I’d rather trust in You – Sought the Lord   There is an old song verse “I fought the Law, and the Law won.” My mind pulled it out and turned sought the Lord into “I sought the Lord, and the Lord won.” It seems fitting. That… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 33: Trust in Grace to understand

Job 4:15 A spirit passed before my face,    The hair on my skin stood on end.   The day I wrote this was the same as game 6 of the 2021 World Series and the Astros just gave up another big homer in the beginning of a game. I have changed the last two… Continue reading Job 62: Study 48: Job 4:15 – Bristling with Happiness

Lesson 5 Part 2 – 2 Peter 3: 8-10 New Revised Standard 8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you,[a] not wishing… Continue reading 2 Peter Lesson 5 Part 2 – 2 Peter 3:8-10 – Fire and Earth Science

Joshua’s Prayer – God’s Promising – Surprise – Mine, Mine, and His For the first time ever, I changed the source phrase on one of these. Partially because the one I had was too long and partially because the one I had gave away the point too early. Maybe I was inspired by the surprise… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 32: Miracles to share