SCRIPTURE: Song of Solomon 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard, nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and…
Author: Norm
inspiring love
SCRIPTURE: Song of Solomon 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Come out, you daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced. [Song 3:11] How many young girls have dreamed about being swept away by a prince charming –…
really don’t care?
SCRIPTURE: Song of Solomon 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love. [Song 2:4] Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes,…
one small step
a marriage celebration
SCRIPTURE: Song of Solomon 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I thought that this book deserves a special reflection. Here is an outline and summary of the Song of Solomon, taken from gotquestions.org. The poetry takes the form of a dialogue between a husband (the king) and his wife (the Shulamite). We can divide the book into three sections:…
update from Nathan
Our son Nathan is on a one year internship with Urban Promise, a ministry “that exists to proclaim the love of Jesus, and to express it through the spiritual, social and educational development of children, youth and families living in government housing.” December 21, 2010 Season Greetings, I just got home on the Friday the 17th…
a God-pleasing life
SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. [Hebrews 13:16] The letter finishes with practical encouragement for God-appropriate living. This is connected to what was written earlier in the letter, the old testament sacrificial system. Here doing good and sharing with others…
a consuming fire?
SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. [Hebrews 12:15] Several times so far the writer of Hebrews has talked about those who have turned away from God’s grace [Hebrews 6:4-8, 10:26-31], and appeals to Jesus followers to stay…
enter the new year with God
seeking God by faith
SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. [Hebrews 11:1] Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” [John 20:29] The heart of faith is confidence in something or…