Hettie Boer 
”Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.” (Psalm 103:1 NIV) In Psalm 103, God is praised for who He is and what He gives. Praising here means blessing. Many English translations render it as ‘Bless the Lord’. God is being praised because He:forgives sins and redeems people from the … Lees meer
”And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land He has given you.” (Deuteronomy 8:10). When believers are blessed by God, it elicits a response. We may ‘praise’ Him for it. The original Hebrew word ‘barach’ used here means ‘to bless’. It may seem strange … Lees meer
”The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Corinthians 13:14). In the words of blessing with which Paul ends his letter to the church in Corinth, we hear again an echo of Numbers 6:24-26. But with the coming of … Lees meer
“God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us” (Psalm 67:1 KJV). In Psalm 67, we hear an echo of the blessing found in Numbers 6. The psalm begins with a request for blessing. Specifically, it asks for the fertility of the land (verse 6). The expression ‘He … Lees meer
”The LORD bless you, and keep you. The LORD make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. The LORD lift up his countenance toward you, and give you peace.” (Numbers 6:24-26). To bless means to pronounce God’s goodness over something or someone. In Numbers 6 God instructs Moses to teach the … Lees meer
”And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply nad fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth” (Genesis 1:28) In the first chapter of the first book … Lees meer
“I am the true vine” (John 15:1 ESV) Do you sometimes find it difficult to stay connected to Jesus? Using an example, Jesus illustrated how His followers were connected to Him and how important that was for them. A vine produces branches on which grapes grow. A branch draws its strength to bear fruit from … Lees meer
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6 ESV) In everything Jesus said and did, God the Father was also made visible to people. Anyone who wants to know God must look to Jesus. Shortly before His death on the cross, Jesus … Lees meer
“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live.’” (John 11:25 ESV) Martha, her sister Mary, and their brother Lazarus were beloved friends of Jesus. Now Lazarus had died and been buried. Jesus had received the message about Lazarus’ illness, but in … Lees meer