Category Archives: Jewish History/Culture

Life or Death

…  I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, … Deuteronomy 30:19 My first response to this is, “who would choose death?” Of course I choose life! But do I really? All the time? The word, chi, and its roots, are what gets translated as life here. But it comes…
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Patience in Prayer: The graciousness of God

Do you have prayers that have been on your lips and heart for a long time? You are in good company. The Bible is full of people who experienced the same thing. It is easy to become discouraged or give in to doubt. I can wonder if there is something wrong with me that God…
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Our Father

Jesus taught us to pray beginning with, “Our Father … “. God is our Father, together. Yes, He is my Father, but our identity is one of family. In thinking on this I started looking and I cannot find an example in the text that God is referred to as my Father, except by Jesus.…
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Gratitude: Hakarat HaTov

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Quite often I see good (usually when it benefits me) and it is easy to be thankful. But I’m instructed to be grateful in all circumstances, regardless of how I feel about it. In that respect,…
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