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ContextBetter is One Day in Your Courts…Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed. For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.Continue reading “I would rather be a doorkeeper”

By F. B. Meyer F. B. Meyer’s examination of the Prophet Elijah is counted among the most spiritually intensive and detailed ever to be written. The author first places the subject in its historical context – Elijah lived at a time when Israel was divided. Formerly a cohesive society under the able guidance of KingContinue reading “ELIJAH, AND THE SECRET OF HIS POWER“

ContextElijah Taken to Heaven…Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And whenContinue reading ““Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?””

Jehovah Shammah – The Lord Is There.All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE.” Ezekiel 48:35 NKJV Use in the Bible: In the Old Testament Jehovah Shammah occurs only once in Ezekiel 48:35. Jehovah Shammah in the Septuagint: estaiContinue reading “Jehovah-shammah”

ContextA Mother’s RequestThen the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him. “What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”Continue reading ““Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.” “