Tag Archives: knowing God

“Pressing On To Know the Lord” (Hosea 6:3 sermon)

Posted on 2016/07/18 by Shawn Thomas

Not long ago I read of a well-known actress who said that when she wasn’t acting, she really had no purpose in life. She said she just about went crazy because she nothing to do, and she said, “Thank God … Continue reading →

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A Prayer For Young People (and others!)

Posted on 2015/02/26 by Shawn Thomas

Proverbs 2:11-13 contains a great Biblical prayer to pray for younger loved ones, like teenaged & college students, and younger adults: “Discretion will guard you, understanding will watch over you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the … Continue reading →

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That We Might Know Him

Posted on 2014/06/10 by Shawn Thomas

In I Kings 20:13 one of God’s prophets approached Ahab the king and told him that God was going to deliver him from an oppressive army that day, “and you shall know that I am the LORD.” This is just … Continue reading →

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Knowing Him

Posted on 2014/02/14 by Shawn Thomas

In Psalm 3:3 David said: “But You, YHWH, are a shield about me …”. It is instructive that the enemies of David, the “naysayers”, said: “There is no help for him in God” — the word “God” there is the … Continue reading →

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Delight in His Word

Posted on 2014/01/27 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 1:2 says of the man whom :1 declared blessed for avoiding the ways of the world: “But his delight is in the LAW of YHWH, and in His LAW he meditates day and night.” This is an example of … Continue reading →

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Ask — and Seek!

Posted on 2012/07/27 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 27:4 says “One thing I have asked of the Lord, that I shall seek …”.  Notice the two important phrases here:  “I have asked …” and “I shall seek”.  Each of these actions is important, and necessary in its own … Continue reading →

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“Our Incarnate God” (Philippians 2:5-11)

Posted on 2012/03/25 by Shawn Thomas

     Just after the Civil War, Mark Twain embarked on a voyage to the Holy Land, which he chronicled in his book, The Innocents Abroad.  The work was largely humorous and ascerbic – typical Twain – but he did occasionally wax philosophical, and in the … Continue reading →

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