Tag Archives: God’s timing

November 24, 2016

Posted on November 27, 2016 by jgarrott

Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. This section of Romans is loaded with pithy aphorisms as guides to life, much like the book of Proverbs. This particular verse is more compact and poetic in … Continue reading →

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September 10, 2016

Posted on September 12, 2016 by jgarrott

Jeremiah 42:7 Ten days later the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. Yesterday’s reading showed that the king was a hypocrite, and today’s story shows that the people were right in step with their king. You have to read … Continue reading →

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July 9, 2016

Posted on July 11, 2016 by jgarrott

Psalm 79:9-10 Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake. Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” This is another Psalm from after the … Continue reading →

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January 10, 2015

Posted on January 11, 2015 by jgarrott

1 Kings 11:38 If you do whatever I command you and walk in my ways and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I … Continue reading →

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August 26, 2014

Posted on August 28, 2014 by jgarrott

Habakkuk 2:2-3 Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove … Continue reading →

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May 23, 2014

Posted on May 25, 2014 by jgarrott

Psalm 119:74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word. This should be the prayer of every Christian. All of us should live so that our lives would be … Continue reading →

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May 8, 2014

Posted on May 9, 2014 by jgarrott

Psalm 75:2 You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge uprightly.” Time is a difficult subject. Scientifically speaking it is entirely objective, yet our perception of it is highly subjective. Each of us inhabits a specific … Continue reading →

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December 16, 2013

Posted on December 17, 2013 by jgarrott

Luke 1:45 “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!” This verse hits me every time I read it. I like how the Japanese strengthens the verbs here: “believed fully” and … Continue reading →

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November 7, 2013

Posted on November 14, 2013 by jgarrott

Ezekiel 39:7 “`I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel.’” We often … Continue reading →

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August 5, 2013

Posted on August 8, 2013 by jgarrott

Exodus 6:9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage. You could say that timing is everything. Moses had been given a message for the Israelites that they … Continue reading →

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