by David Keesling | Aug 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Psalm 83:5 “With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you” (NIV). Observation: Ten nations were said to be plotting Israel’s destruction. The writer’s appeal for their defeat is colorful, to say the least; he asks that God make them “like refuse...
by David Keesling | Aug 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hosea 13:5-6 “I cared for you in the desert, in the land of burning heat. When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they became satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me” (NIV). Observation: God had miraculously delivered Israel from Egypt’s bondage,...
by David Keesling | Aug 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Song of Songs 8:6 “Place me as a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire, like a mighty flame” (NIV). Observation: The love depicted in Song of Songs has previously...
by David Keesling | Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Song of Songs 4:9-10 “You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes…How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!” (NIV). Observation: The very title of the book...
by David Keesling | Jul 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Psalm 94:14 “For the Lord will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance” (NIV). Observation: Psalm 94 is a plea from the oppressed of Israel to be rescued from their afflictions. There are some who take advantage of the weak; it is to God that the...
by David Keesling | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Psalm 94:18 “When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,” your love, O Lord, supported me” (NIV). Observation: This Psalm embodies a plea from Israel’s oppressed for deliverance and protection. There are taskmasters who take pleasure in wrongdoing; the appeal of the weak is...
