Hi Brian!

The word for this week is "keep". We covered this word several years ago, but from the Old Testament. This week we'll be looking at some New Testament Scriptures! First we have these:

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. KJV

John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. KJ

John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. KJV

These are all the Greek word "tereo". Strong's Concordance says: to guard from loss or injury, by keeping the eye upon. Thayer's Greek Lexicon adds: to attend carefully to, to take care of. Vine's Expository Dictionary says: to watch over, preserve. The Theological Dictionary fo the New Testament say: basic: keep in view, to note, to watch over. This word occurs 39 times in the Bible in such phrases as: to aim at, to keep watch, to pay attention, to watch over or for, to observe. There are many many more words translated "keep" in the Word of God and I am sure that we will continue to pursue that knowledge! Here is Hillsong with "Oceans":

Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!