Tag Archives: learning

Desiring to Learn; January 27, 2026


Psalm 119:64 The earth is filled with your love, Lord;    teach me your decrees. God always stands ready to teach us, but we have to be willing to be taught. Again I am reminded of my students over 40+ years of school … Continue reading

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Being Taught by God; January 20, 2026


Job 32:8 But it is the spirit in a person,    the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding. This immediately brings to mind what Jesus said in the Upper Room: “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my … Continue reading

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Learning; January 19, 2026


Job 12:7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,    or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you.” Here Job is responding to the intellectual conceit of his friends, but this verse and those following express an important … Continue reading

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Teaching; January 17, 2026


2 Chronicles 17:7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah to teach in the towns of Judah. Jehoshaphat had the authority and he knew what needed to be done, so he … Continue reading

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Digesting the Word; January 12, 2026


Deuteronomy 11:18-19 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk … Continue reading

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Teaching; January 5, 2026


Exodus 35:34 And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others. Many people have been impressed with the consummate skill of Bezalel and Oholiab, given all they accomplished, but they … Continue reading

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Christian Interaction; October 31, 2025


Colossians 2:6-7 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. This is something that needs to be … Continue reading

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Learning Obedience; December 17, 2024


Hebrews 5:8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered. The Japanese connects this with the next two verses as one sentence, but this is certainly worthy of meditation all by itself. The Japanese also plays with the … Continue reading

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Being a Disciple; November 5, 2024


Isaiah 50:4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,    to know the word that sustains the weary.He wakens me morning by morning,    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. I know I’ve written on this verse before, but I feel … Continue reading

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Humility; October 24, 2024


Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind,    or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,so you cannot understand the work of God,    the Maker of all things. Solomon was noted for his wisdom, but I think … Continue reading

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