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Psalm 79:1-9 - Avoiding demon spirits
1 elohim , the heathen have come into your inheritance; they have profaned your holy temple; * they have made Jerusalem a heap of rubble. 2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the air, * and the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the field. 3 They have shed their blood like water on every side of Jerusalem, * and there was no one to bury them. 4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, * an object of scorn and derision to those ar
R. T. Tippett
Oct 18, 20227 min read
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 - Made to be a daughter of Yahweh's people
[ 18 ] My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick. [ 19 ] Hark, the cry of daughter of my poor people from far and wide in the land: "Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her King not in her?" ("Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their foreign idols?") [ 20 ] "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." [ 21 ] For the hurt daughter of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me. [ 22 ] Is there no balm in Gilea
R. T. Tippett
Oct 17, 20226 min read
Luke 15:1-10 - Parables about being lost and then found
[ 1 ] All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. [ 2 ] And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, "This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them." [ 3 ] So he told them this parable: [ 4 ] "Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? [ 5 ] When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. [ 6
R. T. Tippett
Oct 10, 202210 min read
1 Timothy 1:12-17 - How to find redemption
I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-- of whom I
R. T. Tippett
Oct 9, 20225 min read
Psalm 51:1-11 - David's prayer for redemption
1 Have mercy on me, elohim , according to your loving-kindness; * in your great compassion blot out my offenses. 2 Wash me through and through from my wickedness * and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, * and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against you only have I sinned * and done what is evil in your sight. 5 [ 4 ] And so you are justified when you speak * and upright in your judgment. 6 [ 5 ] Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth, * a sinner from my mot
R. T. Tippett
Oct 7, 20228 min read
Exodus 32:7-14 - The prophecy of Moses reviewing modern Jewish sinners
[ 7 ] Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, [ 8 ] have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, `These are eloheka , O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'" [ 9 ] Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. [ 10 ] Now
R. T. Tippett
Oct 6, 202211 min read
Psalm 14 - Do not be a fool of heart
1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no elohim ." * All are corrupt and commit abominable acts; there is none who does any good. 2 Yahweh looks down from heaven upon us all, * to see if there is any who is wise, if there is one who seeks after elohim . 3 Every one has proved faithless; all alike have turned bad; * there is none who does good; no, not one. 4 Have they no knowledge, all those evildoers * who eat up my people like bread and do not call upon Yahweh ? 5 Se
R. T. Tippett
Oct 5, 20225 min read
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 - Yahweh speaking of Judgment Day
[ 11 ] At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A hot wind comes from me out of the bare heights in the desert toward my poor people, not to winnow or cleanse—[ 12 ] a wind too strong for that. Now it is I who speak in judgment against them. ----- [ 22 ] "For my people are foolish, they do not know me; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but do not know how to do good." [ 23 ] I looked on the earth, and
R. T. Tippett
Oct 4, 20226 min read
Luke 14:25-33 - Don't follow Jesus unless you plan on giving up all worldly addictions
[ 25 ] Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus; and he turned and said to them, [ 26 ] "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. [ 27 ] Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. [ 28 ] For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? [ 29 ] Otherwise, w
R. T. Tippett
Oct 1, 202221 min read
Philemon 1-21 - Dear Beloved, be Useful as the Son resurrected in ministry
[ 1 ] Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our dear friend and co-worker, [ 2 ] to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: [ 3 ] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [ 4 ] When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my God because [ 5 ] I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith toward the Lord Jesus. [ 6 ] I pray that the sharing of your faith may
R. T. Tippett
Sep 29, 202227 min read
Psalm 1 - The ever-present two paths
1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, * nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! 2 Their delight is in the law of Yahweh , * and they meditate on his law day and night. 3 They are like trees planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; * everything they do shall prosper. 4 It is not so with the wicked; * they are like chaff which the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wick
R. T. Tippett
Sep 26, 20224 min read
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 - Entering the Promised Land where heaven and earth are one
Moses said to all Israel the words which the Lord commanded him, [ 15 ] "See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. [ 16 ] If you obey the commandments of Yahweh eloheka that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and Yahweh eloheka will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. [ 17 ] But if yo
R. T. Tippett
Sep 24, 20228 min read
Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 - Fashioned by Yahweh as an embryo
1 Yahweh , you have searched me out and known me; * [ 2 ] you know my sitting down and my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 2 [ 3 ] You trace my journeys and my resting-places * and are acquainted with all my ways. 3 [ 4 ] Indeed, there is not a word on my lips, * but you, Yahweh , know it altogether. 4 [ 5 ] You press upon me behind and before * and lay your hand upon me. 5 [ 6 ] Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; * it is so high that I cannot attain to it.
R. T. Tippett
Sep 23, 20229 min read
Jeremiah 18:1-11 - Being a perfect vessel on the potter's wheel
[ 1 ] The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh : [ 2 ] "Come, go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words." [ 3 ] So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. [ 4 ] The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him. פ [ 5 ] Then the word of Yahweh came to me: [ 6 ] Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? sa
R. T. Tippett
Sep 22, 20229 min read
Luke 14:1, 7-14 - A sabbath luncheon and a parable of a wedding feast
On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, `Give this person your pla
R. T. Tippett
Sep 19, 20226 min read
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 - Sacrificing self to be in the name of God
Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers. Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content
R. T. Tippett
Sep 18, 202211 min read
Psalm 112 - The benchmarks for eternal life
1 Hallelujah! Praise YAH! Happy are they who fear Yahweh * and have great delight in his commandments! 2 Their descendants will be mighty in the land; * the generation of the upright will be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches will be in their house, * and their righteousness will last forever. 4 Light shines in the darkness for the upright; * the righteous are merciful and full of compassion. 5 It is good for them to be generous in lending * and to manage their affairs with justi
R. T. Tippett
Sep 16, 20228 min read
Proverbs 25:6-7 - Stay within your means
Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great; for it is better to be told, "Come up here," than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. -------------------- These two verses are simple enough to understand. They can be summed up as the proverb that says, “Stay within your means.” Still, this simple translation is incomplete, as the last portion of verse seven is omitted. A literal translation into English shows this is written:
R. T. Tippett
Sep 16, 20224 min read
Sirach 10:12-18 - The pride of self-esteem is a deadly sin leading to abominations
[ 12 ] The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord; the heart has withdrawn from its Maker. [ 13 ] For the beginning of pride is sin, and the one who clings to it pours out abominations. Therefore the Lord brings upon them unheard-of calamities, and destroys them completely. [ 14 ] The Lord overthrows the thrones of rulers, and enthrones the lowly in their place. [ 15 ] The Lord plucks up the roots of the nations, and plants the humble in their place. [ 16 ] The Lord
R. T. Tippett
Sep 15, 20225 min read
Psalm 81:1, 10-16 - Beware denying a marriage made in heaven
1 Sing with joy lelohim our strength * and raise a loud shout to lelohe of Jacob. ----- 10 I am Yahweh eloheka , who brought you out of the land of Egypt and said, * "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." 11 And yet my people did not hear my voice, * and Israel would not obey me. 12 So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts, * to follow their own devices. 13 Oh, that my people would listen to me! * that Israel would walk in my ways! 14 I should soon subdu
R. T. Tippett
Sep 15, 20227 min read
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