Hosea 10:12 Hosea 10 COMMENT and CONTEX I had a completely different devotion planned for today (likely tomorrow) until I read this one this morning. This seems like a straightforward command from God for the nation of Israel to once again get its act together. I have never counted (I am sure someone has) the … More Devotional Thought – “Aperio = to Open” – 04/01/2025
ISAIAH 1:18 . Chapter One CONTEXT: Judah’s sins, 1–4; her judgments, 5–9; her worship is rejected, 10–15. Exhortations to repentance; promises of grace and mercy; threatenings of sore judgments; and complaints by reason of their backsliding, 16–31. Matthew Poole, Annotations upon the Holy Bible, vol. 2 (New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1853), 326. At … More Sunday Sermon Series – 11/19/2023
HOSEA Book of Hosea OVERVIEWS from Biblehub.com and GotQuestions.org —And thou shalt not be for another man; so will I also be for thee.—Hosea 3:3. MY soul, was not God the Holy Ghost representing, by the similitude of his servant the prophet’s marriage with an adulteress, the astonishing marriage of Jesus with our nature, and … More Sunday Sermon Series – 07/02/2023
PROVERBS 14 Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible – Do they not err that devise evil?…. Certainly they do; they go astray from the right way, from the word of truth, from the Gospel of Christ, who contrive schemes to commit sin, and do mischief to their neighbours; or who “plough” (t) it, and sow … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/23/2023
To be honest, I had to look up who William James was, I just needed a quote to fit this devotional 😉 and this suited the purpose well. As the quote implies changing one’s mind nearly always results in a change in one’s life. So the question begs to be asked is changing one’s mind … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/29/2022
Psalm 138 CONTEXT: Most modern Bibles have some heading that gives us a theme for this Psalm. All agree it is a Psalm of David and most have a heading something like “A Grateful Heart”. Spurgeon’s general comments as follows: In full confidence, David is prepared to own his God before the gods of the … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/29/2021
JAMES 2 CONTEXT: Matthew Henry comments: All professions of faith are vain, if not producing love and justice to others. (1-13) The necessity of good works to prove the sincerity of faith, which otherwise will be of no more advantage than the faith of devils. (14-26) Our text for today comes at the end of … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/10/2021
Isaiah 55 As I read this in my inbox this morning it struck me that there are two types of men described in the bible who “return to the Lord.” I will get to that more in a moment but first as always some context. Previously I have posted on Isaiah 55:8-9, in which you … More Devotional Thought for today – 04/30/2021
FOOD, MEAT, NOURISHMENT JOHN 4 This is a very long Chapter packed with lots of great biblical insight. According to Matthew Henry, it can be broken down as follows: Christ’s departure into Galilee. (1-3) His discourse with the Samaritan woman. (4-26) The effects of Christ’s conversation with the woman of Samaria. (27-42) Christ heals the … More Devotional Thought for Today – 03/13/2021
Romans 3 The Mercy Seat of God really is more like a lid topping the Ark of the Covenant than an actual Chair or seat that we would relate to today. Yet we must remember this in CONTEXT of where the Jewish nation was when God instructed them to build it Exodus 25:17-22 … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/16/2021
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