Words and music by DT (davesali [at] gmail [dot] com)
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. – Ephesians 6:12 Principle – a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or reasoning. Principal – the …
Continue reading “Principles, principals and principalities”
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. – 1 Kings 8:19 God looks at the heart. He doesn’t also look at the heart. No. God looks at the heart. Where man looks …
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. – 2 Corinthians 5:21 Righteousness is a noun.Like dog, cat, biscuit and American.A naming word…an identifier.You are righteous. That’s your identity. Righteousness used to be an adjective; a describing word.Fast, slow, big, …
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. – Proverbs 9:6 Greed. Self-centredness. Laziness. Hastiness. Back-biting. Self-seeking. The need to be accepted by others. Worrying about what others think. Seeking to be served instead of to serve. Stinginess. Bitterness. Ingratitude. Complaining. Seeking credit and dishing out blame. Waking up late. Going …
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. – Proverbs 7:2 The “apple of your eye” is someone or something that you cherish above all others. The “apple of your eye” also refers to your pupil…the black hole in the centre of the iris that allows light into the …
And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. – 2 Samuel 6:12 What change …
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. – Proverbs 2:17 It’s not enough to have a Covenant. You have to continuously remember that you have a Covenant. Because when you remember – actively call to mind and continually rehearse – the Covenant between you and God, then you …
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto …
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. – Proverbs 27:2 Where is this thing going? If I stay on this trajectory, where am I likely to end up? What’s the real game being played around me? If X is true and Y is true, what …
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. – Proverbs 26:13 Of course there’s a lion in the street. Probably more than one. And the reason they’re there is to scare away those who can’t be bothered to kill them. You’ve got what it takes to …