But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD – Jonah 2:9 This is the prayer of Jonah to the living God from Belly of the Fish – Thanksgiving prayer.  In the preceding chapter, God asked Jonah to go to Nineveh and warn the people to repent from…

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. – Proverbs 10:7   Chapter 10 begins a long series of individual statements, each of these is a “proverb” in and of itself.   The proverbs of chapter 10 are mostly aimed at comparing the consequences one can expect from leading a righteous life as opposed…

There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God – 1 Sam 2:2   Today’s verse is taken from the book of Samuel, Where Hannah sings a song of Thanks to God for conceiving Samuel.   Our God is Holy: Holy means “separated” or “cut off”. Our God is a God…