Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer

In Psalm 119:113, the psalmist says he hates vacillating people. That’s strong language. Whom does he mean? And why does he hate them?

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What was going through the minds of those treading water and clinging to floating debris during the Flood? What should we take away from this complete and devastating destruction?

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Is your heart something you follow, or something you bend? And if you bend it, in which direction do you bend it?

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Have you ever stopped to think about what those first forty days of the Flood must have been like for Noah and his family? How did they cope with it? And what applications are there for us in our dar…

Have you ever received an inheritance? How did it become yours? How long did it last you? In Psalm 119:111, the psalmist tells us that God’s word is an inheritance, but one unlike any other.

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The day had arrived. It was time for Noah and his family and the animals that had come to him to board the ark. Noah made sure he had everything and everyone he was supposed to. And the Lord took it …

In Psalm 119:110, the psalmist helps us to be on the lookout for the sinful allurements all around us every day. The devil wants us to see them as exciting opportunities to inject some fun into our l…

Moses names two sources for the floodwaters. In this devotion we look at the second one—the opening of the sluice gates of the heavens. (Sluice gates are sliding gates or other devices for controllin…

Generally speaking, Americans used to be more religious years ago than they are now. Part of the reason for that may be that modern comforts have led us to forget what the psalmist says in this verse…

Moses names two sources for the floodwaters. In this devotion we look at the first one—the rending asunder of the springs of the greet deep.

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The psalmist describes the words that he directs to God as “freewill offerings of [his] mouth.” But it is the words that God directs to us that put the “freewill” in our mouth-offerings and make them…

Moses wanted his audience to know the precise chronological framework of the Flood. The dates that he gives us suggest that, when the rain first began falling, it was expected. Which is precisely why…

Psalm 119:107 is the sixth verse in which the psalmist has explicitly referred to himself being afflicted. This tells us something about Christians and affliction, and the psalmist also tells us wher…

Did you know that Noah loaded up his family and all the animals into the ark seven days before the Flood came? What were those days and nights like, as they made sure they had everything they were go…

In Psalm 119:106, the psalmist says he has made and ratified a vow to keep the decrees of God’s righteousness. Christians are not always comfortable with religious vows, so this verse gives us the op…

In 1 Peter 3:20–22, the apostle Peter says that the water of the Flood was a type, foreshadowing, symbol, or picture of the water of baptism. What the water of the Flood did for Noah and his family, …

“Where should I go?” “What should I do?” “What is the right course of action?” These are all questions about where we should step next on life’s path, and they are all questions God’s word helps us t…

There are only seven days left before God sends his destruction. Here we see the perseverance of Noah’s faith (by God’s grace), and here we see the stubborn persistence of the world’s unbelief.

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In this episode, we wrap up our meditation on the thirteenth stanza of Psalm 119. The psalmist tells us why God’s word is the only path for him, and why it should be the only path for us.

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In Genesis 7:1–3 God modifies his earlier instructions from 6:19–20. This simple modification highlights truths about God’s character and about the priority of worship.

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