SEEING EYES WEEDS in the GARDEN Like 'growing' weeds, it takes absolutely no effort to develop a "weed" garden, and it takes no effort to fail in life; just don't do anything productive. Weeds grow on their own, and the person tending the garden has the constant effort of removing the weeds, once they have planted the good seed, so that the weeds don't choke out what the gardener wants to grow and thrive in the garden. To continue the analogy, not only do weeds need to be ext

ROSES DESIRING THE DRAMATIC Depending on a person's individual experience, believers often want some type of 'Word' from God or a dramatic pronouncement from a prophetic voice. All of those have merit, but experience has shown, that every revelation we receive is also accompanied by attacks from the enemy intended to make the individual let go of that revelation and not 'endure' to victory. What is even more evident, is that the more dramatic the revelatory experience [e.g. a

PROVERBS 17:3 says, "The fining pot (is) for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts" (KJV). 1 PETER 4:12 says, "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the firey trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you". FIERY TRIAL The words translated "fiery trial" are (púrōsis) or (pyrosis), [the basis of the English word 'pyromania', a compulsive disorder to start fires], a feminine noun from (puróō) (4448), 'to burn', or (púr) (4

POVERTY One of life's saddest commentaries involves the tragic stories of people who lived in abject poverty, heirs to a huge fortune they never knew about, dying without ever enjoying the wealth that was rightfully theirs. EPHESIANS 2:5 says, "Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved)..." COLOSSIANS 2:13 says, "And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has He quickened together with Him, havin

MAKE THE CHANGE EPHESIANS 4:23 says, "...be renewed in the spirit of your mind" (KJV). JOB 33:24 contains the only other use of the word, in all of scriptures. The word 'renewed' appears only once in the New Testament, and is found only once in the OT [Old Testament], in the LXX [Greek translation of the OT scriptures], in Job 33:24, where the text reads, "...He shall hold (him) to not fall into death, and he shall renew his body as (new) plaster upon a wall...". The idea con

POSITIVE WORDS PROVERBS 6:2 says, "You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth" "Have been snared with sayings of your mouth, Have been captured with sayings of your mouth" (Youngs Literal). "Hast snared thyself by thine own lips [words of thy mouth, (Hebrew)], Trapped thyself by the words of thy mouth" (Toy). "For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth" (Breton, LXX). "For a m

PURE GOLD In the art world, something created by one of the masters, like Rembrandt; Leonardo da Vinci; or Michelangelo, is almost deemed as priceless, since there is only one such creation, for each of their several works. You too are unique, and only one of you exists in the world, making you extremely valuable and precious. Psalm 49:8 says, " For the redemption of their soul (is) precious, and it ceaseth forever" (KJV). WORD MEANING The word 'precious', in the Hebrew, is (

COLORFUL ...YOU Growing Up Broken People that have grown up in a dysfunctional home, which could refer to a lot of people, where children were told they were stupid; dumb; wouldn't amount to much; can't do anything right; or were even treated as being unimportant, insignificant, or not even really wanted, can bear deep rooted scars of rejection and inferiority, displaying itself in anger and hatred; lashing out, or withdrawn isolation. Words were spoken that crushed the spiri

KING WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW There is a common colloquialism that, "what you don't know, won't hurt you", which is reinforced by the equally erroneous statement, "ignorance is bliss". Basically, the fallacy of these two phrases is that lack of knowledge is not only detrimental to you, but it can greatly limit your capacity for advancement and growth and even lead to your demise, physically and spiritually. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE Hosea 4:6 says, "My people are destroyed for lack of kno

HEARING Watching Movies If you are ever watching movies or shows on some streaming services, even ones where you pay a subscription for the service, some of them still have commercials, and no matter whether it is a TV series, with multiple episodes, or a feature length movie, sometimes it can become quite annoying at the number of times the same advertisement is repeated, throughout the program; to the point that you know more about the ad than you may about whatever show yo

COURTROOM [This is a more extensive word study, in an attempt to tie together some of the concepts previously presented in the Spiritual Law word studies (Part 1-6)]. Governed by Law Society is governed by law, and without some type of enforceable restraint, there would ensue chaos or anarchy, to varying degrees, and the principle of 'might makes right', would invariably become the terrifying standard of behavior, with the strong preying on the weaker persons in society, with

STEADY INCREASE Running Water Years past, prior to localized shut off valves, if a person needed to fix a leaky faucet or a "running" toilet, you had to turn the water off to the whole house, because, otherwise, if a line burst, you would have uncontrollable water flowing everywhere, until you shut off the main valve. In more recent years, every water out-put, whether a sink, toilet, or even a shower or tub, has a separate set of shut off valves so that you can isolate and wo

JUSTICE The Case of Job There is the familiar depiction in the book of Job, reputed to be the oldest book in the scriptures, where the text says, "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them" (Job 1:6). God confronts Satan with the fact that he has been focused on Job, and Satan levels certain accusations against Job, because God says, "...there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man,

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE ! Impossible - Possible In Matthew 17:20, it says, "...Jesus said to them, 'Because of your unbelief [lack of faith]: for verily (amen) I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from here to another place; and it shall remove to another place; and nothing shall be impossible to you' ". Impossible The word 'impossible' is the Greek word (adunateo) [ἀδυνατέω, 101]. It is only found here and in Luke 1

Speaking Words "I Have Made You Rich" Years ago, working for a courier service, I remember driving around this stretch of road by some grain elevators, and to me, it was almost audible, it was so dramatic; a voice said, "I have made you rich". At the time, as the saying goes, I didn't have enough money to "pay attention", let alone be considered 'rich'. The Blessing of the Lord At the same time, the Lord gave me the scripture [God will always give you scripture to back up wha

The Bible Laws Everything is governed by laws. There are laws of physics; scientific laws; and laws that govern the universe. Unlike the laws of men, for the enforcement of civil obedience, something that is innately a 'law', does not change or vary. It is always, 100% of the time, the same, and has a certain 'cause and effect', so that if a certain action takes place, like an apple falling from a tree, the law of gravity dictates that the apple will hit the ground, unless it

Mark 11: 23-24 Spiritual Law (Part 2) examined Mark 11:23 quite extensively and proposed the following paraphrase, based on the Greek text: "...Jesus answering said to them, 'have faith in God [hold onto, and possess, do not let go of, the God kind of faith, or the faith of God], for verily I say to you ['amen' I say to you; it is an established, unmovable reality, a foundational truth], that whosoever shall say to this mountain [that you can physically see, right here, right

The Law Physical Reality vs Spiritual Reality Titus 1:3 says that God, "...has in due times manifested His word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour" The word 'manifest' is the Greek word (phaneroo), 5319, which means, 'to make visible what is invisible', and this is done through 'preaching' (kerygma), 2782, which is the proclamation, declaration, or the announcement, of good news. Invisible, spiritual reality, is brought

Governed by Law This is the Law! Years ago, there was a Canadian TV game show where an actor portrayed different actions, in various parts of Canada; seemingly innocuous behavior, and yet, in the comedy game show, the actor was arrested, by another actor, portraying an RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police], because of some obscure and forgotten law, yet still 'on the books', which the actor had violated. The contestants then had to determine which antiquated law the actor had

Footprints Do as I Say Sometimes authority figures get caught in the hypocrisy of their actions not living up to the standard of their verbal instruction, and somewhere the totally inappropriate saying was birthed, "do as I say, not as I do", of course this is countered with the proverbial statement, "your actions speak so loud; I can't hear what you're saying". The Tree and the Fruit Jesus, speaking of the Pharisees, said, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: a