ldquo How do I love thee Let me count the ways rdquo Those words from Elizabeth Barrett Browning rsquo s Sonnets from the Portuguese are among the best-known poetry in the English language She wrote them to Robert Browning before they were married and he was so moved he encouraged her to publish her entire collection of poems But because the language of the sonnets was very tender out of a desire for personal privacy Barrett published them as if they were translations from a Portuguese writer Sometimes we can feel awkward when we openly express affection for others But [... more]

Song of Songs Draw me we will run after thee the king hath brought me into his chambers we will be glad and rejoice in thee we will remember thy love more than wine the upright love thee The nuggets of following at a run we get to go to the Holy of Holies and be glad and rejoice and like wine that gets better with age so will our memories of His love The comes an amazing study in Iniquity verses Equity - What are your memories better than wine [... more]

Song of Songs Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore do the virgins love thee Deep is this idea of Statute and this verse reveals so much of that as the word Statute in Hebrew is a Chet and A Quaf The word savor in Hebrew ends with the Chet and the word Poured Forth ends with the Quaf The deeper understanding that Christ is Greek for Mesiah and both mean the Anointed one Here Solomon is introducing the main Character - THE ANOINTED ONE Then sharing the connection of name [... more]

When my friend Floss lies awake at night she thinks about the lyrics of the hymn ldquo My Jesus I Love Thee rdquo She calls it her ldquo middle-of-the-night rdquo song because it helps her to remember God rsquo s promises and the many reasons that she loves Him Sleep is a necessary mdash but sometimes elusive mdash part of life At times we may sense the voice of the Holy Spirit bringing unconfessed sin to our mind Or we begin worrying about our job our relationships our finances our health or our children Soon a full-scale dystopian future starts [... more]

Dr Steve Pettit continues a series entitled Wisdom from Above with a message titled How God Responds to Worldly Christians from James - The post How God Responds to Worldly Christians appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

So when they had dined Jesus saith to Simon Peter Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me more than these He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my lambs John [... more]

So when they had dined Jesus saith to Simon Peter Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me more than these He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my lambs John [... more]