by David Keesling | Oct 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Ecclesiastes 11:2 “Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster might come upon the land.” Observation: In this and surrounding verses, Solomon presses me to be liberal to the poor, generous in meeting the needs of others. Verse 1 tells me...
by David Keesling | Oct 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Psalm 20:3(a) “May He remember all your sacrifices.” Observation: Psalm 20 opens as a prayer for David. We aren’t told who is doing the praying…it may be priests who regularly surrounded David, or perhaps family and friends. But their prayers were the sort of thing...
by David Keesling | Oct 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 4:7 “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.” Observation: God here addresses Cain, who had become “very angry” with God because God...
by David Keesling | Oct 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 2:3(b) “,,,on it (the seventh day) He rested from all His work.” Observation: In seven days God had unleashed unimaginable creative powers. Things inanimate that had never before existed (earth and sky, dry land and seas, stars sufficient to fill the eternally...
by David Keesling | Oct 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 15:6 “Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.” Observation: The Lord in v. 1 had come to Abram to assure him that “I…am your very great reward.” Abram’s response was to ask how that was possible since Abram had no heir. When God...
by David Keesling | Oct 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 12:1 “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.’” Observation: The family into which Abram was born had already done one leaving. Gen. 11:31 says that Abram’s father Terah had...
