Tag: night
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Night and Day
11And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of…
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Bedtime Thoughts
3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,you have tested me, and you will find nothing–Psalm 17 The Hebrew word for ‘tried’ has a meaning of ‘examined.’ The word for ‘tested’ is linked to a goldsmith’s method of refining precious metals. The metal is heated to a high degree and the impurities…
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The Insomnia Psalm
16Yours is the day, yours also the night;you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.–Psalm 74 Asaph followed his masterful Psalm 73 with another great one. Here, the nation was facing a scoffing enemy, and Asaph was calling on God to take care of business. Towards the end of the psalm, Asaph turned into…