Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer

In a day and age when the false teaching of decision theology has infiltrated a large segment of visible Christianity, it might make us squirm to hear the psalmist say, “May your hand exist to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.” But there is a proper way to understand, and practice, his words.

In this devotion, we consider what the hometown of Terah and his family was like and why it is surprising that they left.

The character and nature of God’s word makes it necessary that it be put to music and sung.

In the last Genesis devotion, we began considering some scriptural ways to deal with infertility, and we focused on prayer. In this devotion we consider one either key piece of scriptural advice: Turn outward, not inward. 

What is a praise song? Psalm 119:171 helps to teach us that praise is a fruit of Christian teaching. We are better equipped to praise God the more we are taught God’s word.

In this devotion we begin to consider a couple scriptural ways to deal with infertility. The first and most important way is to pray, and to pray boldly and persistently. In fact, infertility is one of the best schools in which God teaches us how to pray.

In Psalm 119:170, the psalmist pleads with God to do him a favor. What does it mean to ask God to us a favor, and on what basis can and should we do so?

“Now Sarai was barren; she had no children” (Gen. 11:30). This is one sentence, but it packs a wallop for those who can relate to it. In this devotion, we consider what it was like to be infertile back in Abram’s day, and what it’s like now.

In Psalm 119:169, the psalmist describes the believer’s loud cry to the Lord, begging for understanding. It is the type of cry that cannot be faked. Do we desire understanding and instruction that much?

Moses tells us that Haran, the son of Terah and brother of Abram, was known as “the father of Milcah and the father of Yiscah,” as if this were something commonly said about him as a sort of claim to fame. Milcah would eventually become the grandmother-in-law of Isaac, Abram’s son. But who was Yiscah?