tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216585460913189162024-02-19T16:52:43.588-08:00Wheatland Ministries, PO Box 697, Walkersville, Md 21793The ministry of Wheatland Ministries is to encourage prayer and humility, by using 'Prayer Minutes' produced for radio and posting them on our web site: www.prayerminutes.blogspot.com. 'Prayer Minutes' have been used on Rev Bill Wilson's Daily Jot News and Commentary.
This blog, our Wheatland Ministries Blog, can also be used as a reference to learn about humility, and gain insights on prayer.
Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-3498363992123041382023-02-22T16:01:00.003-08:002023-02-22T16:01:58.230-08:00Asbury Prayer Expanding<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/GrahamAllen_1/status/1627369545290723328">(20) Graham
Allen on Twitter: "On this Sunday, I am so proud to announce that the
Asbury revival has spreaded to over 20 different college campus. This is such a
beautiful scene. God is strong and powerful<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">🙏🏼🙏🏼</span>
https://t.co/37WdAU2DzG" / Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">To: </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="mailto:philnppn@gmail.com">Phil Miglioratti</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Cc:</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Brian Pinckney <bcpinck@yahoo.com>; Dave Kubal
<davekubal@ifapray.org>; Jonathan J. Armstrong
<jonathanjarmstrong@gmail.com>; Merv Witherup
<mervworldprayer@gmail.com>; Pastor Rick Shell
<rlshell1492@gmail.com>; The Daily Jot <bill@dailyjot.com></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Prayer Movement is Spreading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dave Kubal—Intercessors for America, Jonathan Armstrong—Moody Bible
Institute’s Aqueduct Project, Merve Witherup—prayer intercessor Every Home for
Christ—development of Children’s Animated Film, Daily Jot—Independent Christian
Correspondent, Phil Migliarotti—Head of Imagine Prayer)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I will pray--I will also share it
with my wife, whom I know will remind me. PTL for her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Also, this on going prayer appears to
have also started at 3 other schools inclusing Asbury which is a Methodist
school. The others schools inclue one is Pentecostal School, and two are
Baptist Schools. It appears that God is <b>by passing denominational
walls</b>, and is training students—they are the leaders of tomorrow—something
wonderful is going to happen. --<i>incidentally—something I heard on SId
Roth about 4-6 weeks ago. I cannot find who said it—but his guest said
that Antifa is like young lions—however then need a leader--Christ. If
this prayer spreads even more—consider asking the Lord to invite the Antifa
leaders to the prayer—and let's see what God will do with them—the Apostle Paul
had a sudden change when he met the Lord. It could happen with Antifa
leaders.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Phil—others may think I am crazy to
consider that the Lord could make a difference with Antifa—but nothing asked—it
won't happen--I want it to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-80995011130148115292021-06-21T06:24:00.032-07:002021-07-28T05:58:11.450-07:002nd Edition 31 Names of God-Release<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8ySO99M2du0gFiXUhbVQHcv7mangOn8oSTUlQ2oSsG5Dh44b30VcJXcV9GYz5kdphKYiNmqS4iICf_7SZaR10CL_5EQW7CvbuW_F9ewYJRPR-Huy2gcLV22wz229j92OmlVxnSBpknsk/s822/Wheatland+Ministries+Logo-3c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8ySO99M2du0gFiXUhbVQHcv7mangOn8oSTUlQ2oSsG5Dh44b30VcJXcV9GYz5kdphKYiNmqS4iICf_7SZaR10CL_5EQW7CvbuW_F9ewYJRPR-Huy2gcLV22wz229j92OmlVxnSBpknsk/s320/Wheatland+Ministries+Logo-3c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Wheatland Ministries wants to share a major study that took 7 years to develop after much prayer, research, prayer, writing and rewriting, and more prayer. This study has been compiled as a 'study devotional' utilizing the meanings of the Ancient Paleo Hebrew alphabet which was used around the time up Abraham until the Babylonian captivity. What was found reinforced what has been taught about the Names of God, and in addition showed that God wants us to know about Him, and what Jesus did for us on the Cross of Calvary. <div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
Lewis Turner, Wheatland Ministries</span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<u> </u></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Phone:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> 301-845-4509</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Email:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="mailto:Lewist777@outlook.com">Lewist777@outlook.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Website: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">WheatlandMinistries.blogspot.com<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 6pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 4pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #070605; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">NEW RELEASE: 31 Names of GOD 2nd Edition</span></i></b><span style="color: #070605; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #070605; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">What are these Names? What do they MEAN? What
did God want me to understand?</span></i><i><span style="color: #070605; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Walkersville, MD, June 21, 2021—</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">To
investigate answers to these questions, Author, LEWIS TURNER, for the past
seven years, has studied the Ancient Pictographic Hebrew to gain understanding
of Hebraic roots of letters and words.
The study included findings of noted Archeologists and longtime
researchers of Ancient Hebrew writings.
From here, he took the opportunity to compile a <i>dictionary of letter
meanings</i>. Having finished this task,
Lewis then proceeded to the difficult step of applying the meanings of each</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">letter to a word, to learn what their combined
meanings conveyed about a word. In order
to validate the combined-letter-meaning of a word, Lewis used the standard of
examining words in their Biblical context. Surprisingly, he discovered how
closely the letter meanings used, were in reasonable agreement with the context
of the passage when it was compared to the meaning of the word in Biblical
usage. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5z3UxlgSGLGMk_uIF8o5muHHKOYfJOUgWI2TeTYP50e7QGSkJXcBiIBB3ddnXa3pnqHn0Tdx45tjMHTMkiVy_ZC2y5kV1wvYGXa1htWTTeHxCb39YayJiJ7fOiSJNpvzIVIrNse4sJ19/s1280/thumbnail_Kindle2NEW+NEW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="925" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5z3UxlgSGLGMk_uIF8o5muHHKOYfJOUgWI2TeTYP50e7QGSkJXcBiIBB3ddnXa3pnqHn0Tdx45tjMHTMkiVy_ZC2y5kV1wvYGXa1htWTTeHxCb39YayJiJ7fOiSJNpvzIVIrNse4sJ19/w162-h225/thumbnail_Kindle2NEW+NEW.jpg" width="162" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 16.0pt; margin: 16pt 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #070605; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Once this was established, Lewis worked on
thirty-one of the Names of God recording his findings. Finally, they were
compiled into a Study/Devotional book which has now been published on Amazon.</span><span style="color: #070605; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.2pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 4.05pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 4.05pt 8pt 2.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/31-Names-God-Lewis-Turner/dp/B096HP7MLJ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=2nd+Edition+31+Names+of+God&qid=1624242005&sr=8-2"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">31 Names of
God: 2nd Edition: Turner, Lewis, Parr, Susan: 9798513930662: Amazon.com: Books</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 16.0pt; margin: 16pt 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #070605; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Lewis and his wife Sylvia have been married
for 52 years and live near Frederick, Maryland.</span><span style="color: #070605; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">They have
4 children and 11 grandchildren.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.2pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 4.05pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 4.05pt 8pt 2.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheatland Ministries is a non-profit
ministry focused on Prayer Ministry Training and the study of Ancient Hebrew.<span style="letter-spacing: -0.55pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.3pt; margin-left: 227pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p></div>Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-12333706429814788362020-12-25T06:01:00.002-08:002021-06-21T12:41:56.494-07:00Immanuel<p> </p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">Day 25 - Immanuel, God with Us , </p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a
sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel.” <span style="text-indent: 0in;">· Matthew 1221:23 (KJV) “Behold, a virgin shall be
with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall
call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
God with us.” </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><b>Reflection & Discussion </b></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Immanuel is a name which is packed with much meaning,
which can be found from the study of the meanings of the
Hebrew letters in the name. Those letter meanings are listed
below:</span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> · ע Ayin - of insight. </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">· Mem ם <span style="text-indent: 0in;">מ </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">mighty- </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> ·נ ן Nun - Life, activity, purpose, perpetuate,
offspring, heir, son. </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">· ו Vav - the pictograph is a picture of a peg or
nail. That is its literal meaning. It is used to secure
something which is a function of a peg or a nail. </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">· א Aleph - strong leader. </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">· ל Lamed - urging forward or teaching. </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">In reviewing these letter meanings and putting them together, a likely implied meaning of Immanuel conveys the
following: ‘being urged toward the mighty insight of the strong
leader, who secured life for us.’ </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Continuing in our review of Immanuel, we also should
note that the last two letters used in spelling the name Immanuel, form the name ‘El’, which is often used in Hebrew to
refer to God. </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> <b>Consider</b> </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> God urges us forward to learn of the work of
Jesus, who is His only begotten Son, who was sent to
earth to die for us. Jesus, the Son of God, humbled
himself and died for us on the Cross of Calvary. His
death paid the price for our sins. His resurrection
from the dead shows us that He is ‘Life.’ </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Examining the names of God and what Jesus has
done for us, we find evidence that the Almighty God is interested in us. Perhaps we should ask the question:
Why would He be interested in us? </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">The interest God has in us is a way that God shows us His
desire and love for us. The Hebrew letter meaning of Immanuel is significant because this name shows what Jesus did to
secured life for us. He did this by His humbling himself by being nailed to the cross (John 20:24-27), dying, and rising again
(Matthew 28:6) three days later. (Matthew 12:40). Through
His death on the cross and His resurrection, Christ has made
‘life’ available to us. (See John 3:16). This is what God
desires for us. He wants us to have life (John 10:10), and this
was God’s plan from the beginning, that we would have a way
to have life and be forgiven of our sins. Through His insight
and sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary, the price for sin was paid
which made it possible for us to be right with God and to have
life (sin keeps us from having the life God wants us to have.).
The action of Christ on the Cross of Calvary and His resurrection was God’s plan to make a way to remove sin and be able
to be restored to fellowship with the Almighty God and giving
us life. It was made possible because of God’s Love for us. </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Take time to reflect on what God has done for us
and thank Him for securing life for us. </span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><b>Prayer Focus</b>: Father, Thank You for urging us
toward Your mighty knowledge and insight which has
secured life for us—In Jesus’ Name, Amen</span></p>Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-45181821851014135472020-11-06T05:04:00.001-08:002020-11-06T05:06:21.155-08:00A Thought--Revival God's Way?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> A Thought--Revival God's Way?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Aaron
and Hur held up the hands and arms of Moses in the battle, Ex 17:12, enabling
the victory to come.<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span>We must not grow discouraged
looking at the waves of turmoil.<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whatever
way the results turn out, God may be allowing a situation that will cause us to
pray even more.<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span>When people pray, spiritual growth occurs.<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span>It may even bring churches, and church groups
like Pentecostals and Conservatives together to pray and help each other.<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span>Maybe there are some other groups that will
join in too—I.E. Anglicans, and some Catholics.<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God
wants His church to join together as one. He does not want a
denominational divide. Could that joining be the start of
Revival? </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; padding: 0in;">John 17:11 (KJV)“… but these
are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name
those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.” </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is possible that this
revival is not one of coming to my side and viewpoint, <b><i>but coming
together as one because the love of Christ, which He has for us, constrains us.
II Cor 5:14-15. </i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; padding: 0in;">Father, we humbly come to you
asking that this time of turmoil will help us seek our Lord and grow in our
trust that He hears the truly deep prayer of our heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May we encourage and help our brothers in
Christ as one family. Let us not give up to the enemy. In Jesus’
Name, Amen</span></i></b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-19405731372055288112020-10-16T09:30:00.005-07:002020-10-16T09:30:54.018-07:00A Clean Heart---Prayer Minute Psalm 51:10 #0548<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">PM#0548 A Clean Heart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right
spirit within me."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">How many times do we find our circumstances affecting how we pray, and
react with others? This is an area I personally have struggled with.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">What God wants of us is to let Him help us in this maze of relationship
with others. May He help us come to Him through prayer and humility
following the example of King David in Psalm 51:10 which says: Create in me a
new clean heart oh God, filled with clean thoughts and right desires.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">May we consider this prayer: Create within me a clean/pure heart Oh God,
when I pray for others. May it be filled with clean thoughts and right desires.
I pray this in Jesus’ Name, Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-31332050547771549652016-03-22T16:01:00.000-07:002016-03-22T16:01:00.498-07:00Use of alah in early roots of Hebrew
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Use of ‘alah’ in early roots of Hebrew.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Recent happenings, not just at Wheaton College, but
elsewhere within the last 4 years have pointed to confusing the two names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The issue is about the name for the Christian
God, Jehovah, and the name of the Islamic god, allah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some say they are the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wycliffe was involved in this controversy
that came to a head in 2012.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/Documents/Use%20of%20alah%20in%20early%20Hebrew.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[i]</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Others have tried to look at languages of the nations
which surrounded Israel, saying that they were essentially the same or closely
related to Hebrew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While there are
similarities in various sematic languages, there are significant differences
between each of the various sematic languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This study will focus on the issue at hand looking primarily at the
Hebrew language.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To answer this question about Jehovah and allah—are
they the same, or do they have the same roots, we should look at the first
mention of the names of God in the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To start, let’s look at the first time a names appears is in Genesis
1:1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here we find the name Elohim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s spelling in Hebrew is </span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אֱלֹהִ֑ים</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Elohim, and the Strong’s
Number is H430.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This word is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">masculine</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,</i> and also because of the Hebrew letter
‘Mem’ </span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ם</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, it is considered
plural.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In Genesis 2:4 and 5 we find the name Jehovah used
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Elohim,</span><span><span dir="RTL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"> <span lang="HE"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">יְהוָ֥ה<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>אֱלֹהִ֑ים.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The two names are
connected, all the way back to creation.</span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Moving forward in our discussion to the
period of Abraham, we find some variations of the name Elohim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The word which has been reportedly identified
as a root word of Elohim is alah </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">אלה</span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was reportedly used in swearing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
ancient meaning of alah derived from the meaning of the Hebrew letters used in
spelling it—is:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The strong leader leading to revelation—or—revelation leading to the
strong leader<span style="color: blue;">.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/Documents/Use%20of%20alah%20in%20early%20Hebrew.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ii]</span></b></span></span></span></a>
<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/Documents/Use%20of%20alah%20in%20early%20Hebrew.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iii]</span></b></span></span></span></a></span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span>When one swore—in early days it may have been an act
of invoking a higher power or God to reveal something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this sense, it was not a name of God but a
reference to a higher power or authority.</span><i><sup><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></i><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/Documents/Use%20of%20alah%20in%20early%20Hebrew.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iv]</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">One evidence of swearing is seen in the
Qur’an:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This swearing is sometimes used in swearing
allegiance to a religion such as Islam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">After the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_the_Tree" title="Pledge of the Tree"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue;">Pledge of the Tree</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, which led to the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Hudaybiyyah" title="Treaty of Hudaybiyyah"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue;">Treaty of Hudaybiyyah</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, the following was revealed in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue;">Qur'an</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> commemorating and appreciating
the pledge and those who made it:</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Certainly </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah" title="Allah"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Allah</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> was well pleased with the believers
when they <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">swore allegiance</i> to you
under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility
on them and rewarded them with a near victory,”</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">— </span></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sura" title="Sura"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Sura</span></span></i></a><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fath" title="Al-Fath"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Al-Fath</span></span></i></a><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayah" title="Ayah"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Ayah</span></span></i></a><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 18, </span></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran" title="Quran"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Quran</span></span></i></a><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><a href="http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/quran/verses/048-qmt.php#048.018"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">48:18</span></span></i></a><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><i><sup><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(</span></sup></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_translations" title="Quran translations"><i><sup><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Translated</span></span></sup></i></a><i><sup><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by </span></sup></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Habib_Shakir" title="Muhammad Habib Shakir"><i><sup><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Shakir</span></span></sup></i></a><i><sup><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">) <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/Documents/Use%20of%20alah%20in%20early%20Hebrew.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[v]</span></b></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></sup></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Looking further at the
word alah, </span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">אֱלֹהִ֑</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, we find that when the pronunciation is with an ‘a’ it becomes
feminine, when used in this mannor, it refers to a goddess<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/Documents/Use%20of%20alah%20in%20early%20Hebrew.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[vi]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goddesses are noted in the Bible in a number
of occasions and were not the same as Elohim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In reviewing the Hebrew
words for gender, we need to understand that “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hebrew fundamentally has both masculine and feminine gender phonetic
vowel pronunciations for much of its words, besides the words tense,
singularity or plurality that affect each word pronunciation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EL, ELOI, ELAH, ELOH, ELOAH, ELOHIM, ALAH,
etc., are use in the over all scripture text as a generic titles not a names.
However there is evidence that both the Isrealite people and Gentiles use them
as both masculine and feminine gender names, by a component or a whole persons
name</i>.)” </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/Documents/Use%20of%20alah%20in%20early%20Hebrew.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[vii]</span></span></span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More information from the article found at </span><a href="http://www.eliyah.com/forum2/Forum1/HTML/002932.html"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.eliyah.com/forum2/Forum1/HTML/002932.html</span></span></i></b></a><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(also noted in reference vii) we have some
interesting notes about early uses of ‘elah’ and various forms of it.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sections
of this article are quoted below, with some notes (Turner) inserted.</span></i></b></div>
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</span>‘a’ in initial pronunciation indicated feminine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><a href="http://biblehub.com/interlinear/daniel/1-2.htm"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Daniel 1:2</span></span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
(twice in verse); or construct לעשתרת מואב ׳צדנים לכמוש א ׳א to Ashtoreth
goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh god of Moab, etc.</span></i></div>
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pronunciation for divine worship is “ELA,” while the feminine adjective
equivalent is pronounce “Alahaya.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[b] In Arabic is pronounce “ILAH” or the
feminine past tense in Arabic is “allaha” meaning in the past tense “he
deified,”</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ( Note the meaning is: ‘defiled’-Turner
Reference iv)</span></i></div>
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language pronunciation for goddess as in “Beth-A’noth” {Strong’s # 6039.
A’noth. ayin, vav, nun, tav.} It’s shameful and warranting of the LAWGIVER’S
punishment to worship a goddess consequently the ancient Canaanite word for
Goyot goddess in (Josh. 15:59) was later coin in scripture Yahadowtyot language
as a word associated with punishment, affliction and suffering as in (Ps. 22:
25). Also pertaining to “Beth-A’nath” {Strong’s # 6039. A’nath. ayin, nun,
tav.} (Josh. 19:38, Judg. 1: 3) from which the Canaanites were made tributaries
of Israel (Judg. 1: 33). Like {Strong’s # 421 ALAH. aleph, lamedh, he.} bewail,
lament, {Strong’s # 6039 A’noth. ayin, vav, nun, tav.} is associated with
affliction and shameful lamentation. Wish is link to {Strong’s # 6031 Anah.
ayin, nun, he.} meaning defile, depravity, evil, ravish.</span></i></div>
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The Aramaic feminine equivalent for “goddess” is pronounced “Alahta.” {aleph,
lamedh, he, tau, aleph.} employ in the Peshitta text of the ancient eastern
Aramaic [Syriac] scripture and pertaining to goddess in the Epistles (Act 19:
27, 37).</span></i></div>
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The ancient Arabic used {ALAH. aleph, lamedh, he.} for “goddess” however the
modern day Arabic feminine pronunciation for “goddess” is “ULA.”which is
denominated masculine from “ILAH”. Interrelated rooted in “ILAH” is the Arabic
verb “aliha” meaning “he sought refuge in anxiety, to fear or to have
reverence” Ali and aliha are Arabic interrelate spin-off variables of “ILAH.”—</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Note—over
time word spellings change and what may have been originally feminine, may be
colloquially changed to a similar word, or the meaning may have changed. Reference
iv)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[f] It was commune to venerate some one by
giving then the name of their Elohim as YAHWSHUA and EliYAH. Likewise, the
pagan world would name their sons after the name of their pagan deity Zeus. As
Zeus two sons where name after him, Dionyssus and Perseus. Others who where
name after Zeus where; Odysseus [Ulysses] and the deity of healing Iesusus, was
also identify as Iasus Christ in the Greek, phonetic Iesus [Jesus]. Ancient
Middle Eastern Gentiles so venerated their heathen ALAH “goddess” that they
name both male and female children, by a component or a whole name of “Alah
Semiramis.” As Nimrod’s mother was known, she consolidated Nimrod entourage
after he was killed by telling them that the child she carried was Nimrod
“reincarnated” virginally conceived after his death, then worship as a Madonna.
In the Babylonian harlot religion all three Baal [father], Duzu [son] and
Semiramis [mother] where warship as co-equal gods [the unholy trinity.]</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
(reference vii)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Looking further at the
name Elohim, </span><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">אֱלֹהִ֑ים, which is masculine,</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and learning what the Bible says about God, we
find that there was a definite differentiation of God vs gods in the Bible.
Some of the numerous references showing the differentiation of God from other
gods are found in the following scriptures:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exodus 15:11, Exodus
20:3, Deuteronomy 5:7, Joshua 24:18-24, II Kings 17:29-35,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psalms 81:9,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Isaiah, 44:8, Isaiah 45: 21-22, Isaiah 46:9, Jeremiah 26:6, Jeremiah
35:15, I Corinthians 8:4.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There
is also a lot of historical evidence showing that at the time that Islam
started, the name allah was frequently used in the region for god.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This god is not the same God as the God of
the Israelites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Concerning
the historical evidence of allah being frequently used among the Arabs for god,
there is a good article titled:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">‘allah of Islam, is he Yahweh God of the Bible’</span>.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/Documents/Use%20of%20alah%20in%20early%20Hebrew.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
article even shows false claims and provides a defense that shows the two
names, Jehovah and allah are not the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">After
reading the article, I also noted an item not discussed in the article, but
when a word is pronounced with an ‘a’ such as changing elah pronunciation to
alah, the word becomes feminine, and the feminine form refers to a
goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over time- centuries-the
meaning can change away from feminine and refer to a god.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many words have changed meanings over
time—and it is very probable that that may have happened with what appears to
be the root of allah, or alah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The name
of God, when referenced with ‘Elah’ is masculine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is definitely a difference here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Hebrew/Christian Bible is very clear that
the name of God is Jehovah, and not any other name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, Jehovah is connected to the name Elohim
in Genesis 2:4 at the time of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Let’s
remember the admonition in the Bible and accept it identifying Jehovah as the
name of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, January 30, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, January 31, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, February 2, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, February 3, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily jot, February 8, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, March 13, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, September 17, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, September 18, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, September 19, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, September 20, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Jot, May 20, 2013</span></div>
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Strong’s Numbers 422-424</span></div>
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Alphabet and Meanings - Compiled</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">This
compilation has been developed from considerable research, using many sources
as well as personal study of the words in context.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the definitions you will find some possible
meanings identified as inferred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are referenced as from Wheatland Ministries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those inferred meanings came from my personal study of the meanings of
the letters derived from the context of a verse where a word with the letter
appeared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully they expand and
clarify the subtle meanings of the letters</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></div>
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alphabet listing follows the following format: the first letter is the current
Hebrew, the second symbol is how the letter would have been written in the time
of Abraham.</span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">א</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aleph - Strength, leader, first, strong
leader- strong, power, leader (2b) In the ancient Hebrew, it was drawn like the
head of an ox which is part of the original meaning of the letter (1a)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>A</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ב</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bet,</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Beyt -house, It's
literal meaning is House or tent. In the ancient Hebrew, it was drawn as the
floor plan of a primitive house, and thus it's symbolic meaning is a household.
(1a), family (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>B</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">גִּ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gimel – to lift up, It's literal meaning is a camel,
to lift up. Its symbolic meaning is kindness, to nourish, or pride, to be
lifted up. (1a) gather, walk (2b) <b>CG</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ד</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dalet -Pathway, enter, door- In ancient Hebrew
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">To enter could infer an action of discovering what
is behind the door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(10)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The letter ‘dalet’ is a picture of a door<span style="color: #ff6600;">.</span> <b>D </b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ה</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He, Hey –
behold, to reveal, the – look, reveal, breath (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's literal meaning is a window, or lattice.
The symbolic meaning is to behold, or to reveal. In rabbinic tradition the
letter hey is associated with revelation! (1a). Also by inference, the meaning
could mean--expose or show. (10) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>E</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ו</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vav- Nail, to secure – add, secure, hook
(2b) The literal meaning is a <b>nail</b>. The symbolic meaning is "to
secure or fasten" "add" "a connection". The letter in
grammar serves to connect or join together, two words or phrases as in English
our word “and” (1a).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inferred—lasting— Psalms
119:144-</span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">עוֹלָם</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">ʿ</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">ô</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">l</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">ā</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">m -everlasting. (10) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>F</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ז</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zain
/Zayin - a weapon-(possibly the letter was a picture of and axe.) (1a), food,
cut (2b) The numeric value is 7, and 7 indicates the saboth which the Lord
wants us to remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zayin is also the
first letter of the word "zahor" (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">זחור</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">), meaning to remember—(8)—therefore another meaning of Zayin
could be to remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Z<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ח</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Heth, Chet – fence, hedge, to separate. Outside,
divide, half (2b), The literal meaning of this letter is a "fence",
"hedge" or “chamber”, (1a) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An
inferred meaning could also be protection-IE a fence protects. (10)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another inferred meaning could also be that
Heth refers to instruction— instruction that makes the hedge—see the word
Statutes Hebrew Strong’s Number 2706<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">חֹק</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (10) Another inferred
meaning is that the hedge represents love-possibly protective love. (10) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>H</b></span></div>
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is the Old Testament's highest expression for love. It is a love that remains
constant regardless of the circumstances. Chesed is translated in English in many
different ways: kindness, lovingkindness, mercy, loyalty, love, and unfailing
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">טּ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "ezra sil sr"; font-size: 16.0pt;">ט</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tet
-- The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet is the Tet. The literal meaning of
this letter is "a snake" or "to twist" and the symbolic
meaning is "to surround."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
snake (Tet) brought judgment to God's children in the garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is amazing in that one of the ways of
writing the ancient letter Tav besides as a cross, was in the form of an
"X".(1a) surround, contain (2b) It also represents a container made
of wicker or possibly clay (9)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Note—there is considerable variance in the interpretation of the meaning
of Tet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The definition in (1a) suggests
a snake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The definition in (2b) is to
surround, contain which is more supportive of the definition in (9) referring
to a basket or a pot—which does fit the description of the letter.)</span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">י</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yud
- deed done, to make, power, might- Work, worship (2b) In the ancient Hebrew
word pictures, the yod was drawn as a "hand" complete with the arm
above the elbow. It symbolized work done - (1a) (note: the picture of the
letter Yud-of how it was represented in the Alphabet used in Abraham’s time,
looks like a possible handshake-a handshake could infer ‘agreement’.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>JI</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">כּ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">כ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ךְ</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Kaph - It's symbolic meaning is to cover, to
allow or to open. In the picture Hebrew of Moses it was drawn like what it represented,
an open hand. The center of the Hebrew alphabet, it shows the open hand of
God's blessing for all who embrace Him. (1a) Open, Allow (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meaning where kaph is used in a work
preceded by a word like ‘lo’ </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">לֹא֙</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">which is a negative</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> could also infer that in
the presence of pure Holiness –all our wrong doings are known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, to open would be to show faults
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ל</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lamed - Go toward, learn, teach, urge forward
- The ancient picture form of this letter is a cattle goad and in this form it
symbolized: to control or the controller, to prod or urge forward, to go
towards of forward, and a tongue (1a) <b>L</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">מַ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ם</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Mem-massive, sea, ocean,
mighty. It related to Moses, mighty, mighty waters (nations) and this is how
Moses got his name. Moses means ‘drawn waters’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Based on the name Moses, the letter could possibly mean ‘drawn’ (1a)
Chaos, Mighty, Blood (2b)</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
(inferred-"many"-see Exodus 20:3 aherim, Strong's Number 312 translated
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language this was pictured as a seed in ancient Hebrew and Egyptian cultures.
As mentioned, it represented "life", "posterity",
"active life". As used in the Hebrew word for son <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><img height="10" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image030.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1030" width="29" /></span>, the nun symbolized the posterity of
the house.(also by inference, Nun could mean purpose—it is used in the
word—potter </span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> –see </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Isaiah 64:8—a potter makes a vessel for a specific
purpose) Continue, heir, son (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
Isaiah 53:5 it is possible that the letter Nun in the word nirpa, we are healed, could indicate an
inferred meaning of Nun as healing.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (10) </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">N</span></b></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">סָ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Samekh - lean upon,
support, uphold, It's literal meaning is a "prop" or
"support". It's symbolic meaning is to prop up, support, to turn
aside, like a prop on a tree to change the direction of it's growth. (1a). grab,
hate, protect (2b), thorn (9).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the word
dross Strong’s Hebrew Number 5509, Ps 119:119 it could mean remove (10) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>X<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div>
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The Samech is another letter of support and protection. The ancient
pictograph of the Samech is that of a prop or support, thus it represents God's
support. The circular shape of the Samech can be seen as a picture of God, our
support, who has no beginning and no end. This center letter is seen by the
sages as a picture of the heart of God where one can reside and be protected by
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knowledge, experience, insight, symbol of sight and insight and other
possible meaning eye and fountain. (1a) watch, know, shade—(to shade could
infer hiding) (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>O</b></span></div>
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- mouth, speak, word, to speak, to open, It's literal meaning is “mouth” and
it's symbolic meaning is "to open", "speak",
"word", "the beginning" (like a river). In the ancient
picture Hebrew, the letter Pey was drawn according to the meaning, in this case,
a mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Let the words of my <b>mouth</b>,
and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my
strength, and my redeemer</i>. Psalms 19:14 (1a) (7) <b>P </b></span></div>
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harvest, desire, just, righteous—In ancient Hebrew this letter was drawn like a
hook. In Hebrew, to "want" or "desire" is Ra-tsah<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><img height="10" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image038.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1033" width="39" /></span> and the word picture tells us that
desire is when a person is "hooked". Another significant word is the
Hebrew word for Righteousness, Tse-dek<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><img height="19" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image040.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1034" width="39" /></span> and the word picture tells us that
you are righteous when your <b>hook</b> is the door you follow. See John 10:7,
9 (1a) Journey, chase, hunt (2b). An inferred meaning could be: focused desire.
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ק</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Qoph, Kof -
the <i>last, least, behind</i>(6f) –condense, circle, time<b><i>—(circle time
could indicate eternity—which may be a meaning of Qoph; circle time could also
mean ‘time’ by inference </i>(10)<i>)</i></b> (2b) Sunset, back of head,
Follow, (follow) after (guarding/protective of). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also another inference –see Psalms 119:
152—old—Qoph—could mean-passage of time or what has passed in time—i.e.
ancient. (10) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Q</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ר</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Resh, Reish - what comes first, capstone,
head, highest, first, top, beginning, (2b) The literal meaning of the Reish is
"first", "Head" and the symbolic meaning is
"first" "person", the "most important",
"highest" or the "highest/first person".(1a)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>R</b></span></div>
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"sharp", "to consume, devour or destroy". (It might be
possible to infer the meaning of shin as ‘focused’ when looking at the word
sharp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example—to speak sharply, can
be very<i> focused</i> speaking) There are two words that bear out the theme of
"destroy" which begin with the sheen/shin. They are the word for
"Repent": Shoov<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><img alt="repent" height="14" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image048.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5" width="52" /></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note: Repentance comes when we
"destroy" our old house (old ways), leaving nothing to turn back; and
the word meaning “peace”, which refers to wholeness and wellness: Shalom </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">שָׁלוֹם</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">. A definition of
shalom has been given as: (1a) Sharp, press, eat, two (2b) to press could mean
to force—force open (note: to force could also possibly mean strong or focused,
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It's literal meaning is "ownership" "covenant"
"sign" "a mark" and "to join two things
together". (1a), mark, sign, signal, monument (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>T</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Note about Tav</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the ancient Hebrew picture letters the Tav was written as a cross, and later as
an X. In the ancient Hebrew word for "sign" <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><img alt="sign" height="22" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image052.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3" width="54" /></span>we see that the SIGN is
"<b>the strong leader nailed to the cross</b>". It is this same word
that is translated <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><img alt="Greek" height="19" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image054.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" width="162" /></span>in the Greek text of Luke
2:12 which reads: <i>And this shall be a <b>sign</b> unto you; Ye shall find
the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.</i> <br />
<i>The Hebrew word for religion is "DaT”, </i></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">דתּ</span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Abraham’s Day it was
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religion is the "<b>door of the sign</b>" or the "<b>door of the
cross</b>".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Source (1a)</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(1a)
Yarah Ministries<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://webpages.charter.net/yarahministries/alphabet.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://webpages.charter.net/yarahministries/alphabet.html</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(2b)
Hebrew28_alphabet chart </span><a href="http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/28_chart.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/28_chart.html</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(3c)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary on Word Search</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(4d)
Giving Ourselves to Prayer compiled by Dan R. Crawford, Chapter 30</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(5c
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(5e)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hebrew Alphabet Chart with Meanings Prepared
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(6f)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hebrew letter/ Consonants </span><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Hebrew+letters+/+consonants+charts&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=1280&bih=788&tbm=isch&tbnid=TyfMXnaxd_ODOM:&imgrefurl=http://www.amerisoftinc.com/hebletr1.htm&docid=7thjxuH7zPChFM&imgurl=http://www.amerisoftinc.com/images/heblet1.gif&w=602&h=852&ei=foEGUbX1O4y40QHGmoC4Cg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=4&vpy=97&dur=1228&hovh=267&hovw=189&tx=68&ty=131&sig=117736692378039438569&page=1&tbnh=153&tbnw=108&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:84"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Hebrew+letters+/+consonants+charts&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=1280&bih=788&tbm=isch&tbnid=TyfMXnaxd_ODOM:&imgrefurl=http://www.amerisoftinc.com/hebletr1.htm&docid=7thjxuH7zPChFM&imgurl=http://www.amerisoftinc.com/images/heblet1.gif&w=602&h=852&ei=foEGUbX1O4y40QHGmoC4Cg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=4&vpy=97&dur=1228&hovh=267&hovw=189&tx=68&ty=131&sig=117736692378039438569&page=1&tbnh=153&tbnw=108&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:84</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(7)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ףּ</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Meaning of the Hebrew Alphabet </span><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/2441ebb77a421fb9/AppData/Roaming/Lewis/AppData/Roaming/www.abarim%20publications.com/Hebrew_Alphabet_Meaning.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">www.abarim
publications.com/Hebrew_Alphabet_Meaning.html</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">8 Hebrew Today </span><a href="http://www.hebrewtoday.com/"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.hebrewtoday.com</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">9 The Ancient
Hebrew letters, Jeff A Benner </span><a href="http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_thet.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_thet.htm</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Notes: In this passage of Psalms, the word well
and good is used several times, and <i>pronounced differently</i> and <i>translated
different ways</i> <u>even though the letters are the same</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all come from the Hebrew word—</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">טוֹב</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following are the Hebrew Strong’s Numbers
for this word:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are - 2898 &
2896.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The meanings of the word in each pronunciation are
closely related but different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
pronunciation for ‘<b><i>well</i></b>’ may refer indicate the phrase is in the
past tense. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pronunciation mark is on
the letter Vav </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">וֹ</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> and the phrase
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-4040870338739667352016-03-22T09:41:00.000-07:002016-03-22T09:41:44.490-07:00ELAH אֱלהִ, a possible root of Elohim
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">ELAH</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">אֱלהִ</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">, <span style="color: blue;">a possible root of Elohim</span> </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Reflection & Discussion</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">—an
ancient meaning of the word Elah speaks of ‘<i>a strong leader teaching and
revealing’</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This ancient meaning was
discovered through studying the meanings of the Hebrew Letters used to spell
Elah. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s examine the meanings of the
letters and bring those meanings together to derive a possible meaning of
Elohim—which may be called an ancient meaning.</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">א</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aleph
- strong leader</span></li>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ל</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lamed - Leading toward, teaching</span></li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">הִ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey – reveal-
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">making
what is being taught known</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This teaching
is about a mighty </span></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Consider </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Bringing
the meanings together, we have the ‘Ancient Meaning’ of Elah: ‘<i>Strong leader
teaching and revealing’</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
ancient meaning, stated above, shows us starting from Genesis 1:1, that God
wants to teach us about Himself and is about (revelation of Himself).</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Strong’s
Number:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">430<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">א</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aleph -
Strength, leader, first, strong leader- strong, power, leader (2b) In the
ancient Hebrew, it was drawn like the head of an ox which is part of the
original meaning of the letter (1a)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>A</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ל</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lamed - Go toward, learn, teach, urge
forward - The ancient picture form of this letter is a cattle goad and in this
form it symbolized: to control or the controller, to prod or urge forward, to
go towards of forward, and a tongue (1a) <b>L</b></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;">ה</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He, Hey
– behold, to reveal, the – look, reveal, breath (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's literal meaning is a window, or lattice.
The symbolic meaning is to behold, or to reveal. In rabbinic tradition the
letter hey is associated with revelation! (1a) (Also by inference, the meaning
could mean--expose or show.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>E</b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: green; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">* Possible Letter Meaning of Elohim—the strong leader who through
teaching reveals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-81498771870038905552015-06-21T19:44:00.002-07:002015-06-21T19:44:27.895-07:00A Needed Recipe for Life<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>A Needed Recipe for Life</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">One part Sunshine</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Two Parts Water</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three Parts Prayer</span></span></b></div>
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Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-32419714105915401592015-06-08T06:19:00.000-07:002015-06-09T09:19:52.837-07:00I AM ani אֲנִ֤י,<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18.0pt;">I AM </span></b><sup><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></sup><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18.0pt;">ani </span></b><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; font-size: 18.0pt;">אֲנִ֤י</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="hebrew"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>,</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="strongs"><span style="color: black;">Hebrew Strong’s Number</span></span><span class="hebrew"> H589 </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><b>Numbers
18:20 I AM, </b><sup><span style="color: black;"> </span></sup><b>ani,
</b><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE">אֲנִ֤י</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,</span></b></span></span></div>
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<b>“And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no
inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am
thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.” (KJV)</b></div>
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<span class="hebrew">When the Lord uses the name ‘I Am Yahweh (Jehovah), it is almost
always a declaration of who He is, and there is significant meaning to this
declaration. Let’s take a few moments and look at this name and use the
meanings of the letters of Hebrew to help us in understanding what is fully
meant when the Lord says ‘I AM’.</span></div>
<i><span class="hebrew">The Ancient meaning of Ani, derived from the meaning of
the Hebrew letters is: ‘the deed of life of the strong leader’</span> who
is Jesus.</i><br />
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<span class="hebrew"><i>This meaning of Ani is confirmed in John 1:4 “In him was life;
and the life was the light of men.” (KJV) and in John 14:6 where </i></span><i>Christ
himself said: “I am the way the truth, the life…” </i></div>
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<i>‘I
AM’ is found in the Bible over 300 times in the Old Testament. When the
Lord uses ‘I AM’ in the Bible, He is revealing Himself to the children of Israel that He
is life. <b>Jesus was making it clear that He is life! </b></i></div>
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<i>In
John 10:10 Christ says "...I am come that they might have life, and that
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<i><span class="p"> </span> </i></div>
Here is a thought on 'I Am', found in the Old Testament--and a way we can use the meaning to encourage others.<br />
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The Hebrew
word/name 'Ani'-- means that that Jesus is life--and greeting others that
"Jesus is life', like we greet each other on Resurrection Sunday that 'He
is Risen' could possibly encourage others--and knowing that Jesus is life, gives us all
the more reason to pray.<br />
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On Resurrection Sunday (Easter) we often greet each other saying—‘He is
Risen’ and others respond saying ‘He is Risen, Indeed’. That’s only once a year we do that—<i>I would like to suggest another way
to greet and encourage people—would be to ask them to meditate on and thank the
Lord that He is the deed of Life. Yes, Jesus is life!</i>
</b></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
<i>Greeting people and letting them know that Jesus is Life—may really
encourage other and <b>may encourage them to pray!</b> </i></b></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;">Prayer Focus:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Father,
Thank you that you are the deed of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jesus’
Name, Amen.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reference and Resource material for the above: </span></span></i></b></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Definitions of the letters in the name ‘Ani’ </i></b><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE">אֲנִ֤י</span></span><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></i></b></div>
<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial;">א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="HE"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;">Aleph - </span><span style="color: blue;">Strength, leader, first, Strong Leader- strong, power, leader (2b)
In the ancient Hebrew, it was drawn like the head of an ox which is part of the
original meaning of the letter (1a) </span><b><span style="color: black;">A</span></b></span></span></i></b></div>
<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE">נ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> <span style="font-size: small;">Nun-</span><span style="color: blue;">Propagate increase<b>, </b>In the ancient picture language this was
pictured as a seed in ancient Hebrew and Egyptian cultures. As mentioned, it
represented "life", "posterity", "active life".
As used in the Hebrew word for son, the nun symbolized the posterity of
the house.(also by inference, Nun could mean purpose—it is used in the
word—potter </span><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="hebrew"><span lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></span><span class="hebrew"><span style="color: blue;">–see</span></span><span class="hebrew"> </span><span style="color: blue;">Isaiah 64:8—a potter makes a vessel for a
specific purpose) Continue, heir, son (2b)
</span><b><span style="color: black;">N</span></b></span></span></i></b></div>
<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE">י</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="HE"> </span> Yud - <span style="color: blue;">deed done, to make, power, might- Work, worship (2b) In the ancient
Hebrew word pictures, the yod was drawn as a "hand" complete with the
arm above the elbow. It symbolized work done - (1a) (note: the picture of the
letter Yud-of how it was represented in the Alphabet used in Abraham’s time, looks
like a possible handshake-a handshake could infer ‘agreement’.) </span><b><span style="color: black;">JI</span></b></span></span></i></b></div>
<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: green;">Possible
Letter Meaning of I AM, ani </span></i></b><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: green;">אֲנִ֣י</span></span><b><i><span style="color: green;">: <span class="hebrew">the deed of life of the strong leader </span></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="color: black;">Note: The above Hebrew letter definitions have been
developed through personal detailed research of approximately 3 years of
study. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;">©2015 Lewis
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Appendix
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Word Study of <i>Grace and Mercy</i>,
looking at their meaning from the meanings of the <i>Hebrew letters</i> by
Lewis Turner, Wheatland Ministries-<i>notes-</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Grace </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;">חֵ֖ן</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Strong’s Number:<span style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">2580</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Transliteration: </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ḥên</span></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;">ח</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Chet" height="23" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_25" width="37" /></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Heth, Chet, Hhet (9) – fence, hedge, to
separate. Outside, divide, half (2b), Barrier, outside, defend, divide. (5e)
(1a) (an inferred meaning could also be protection-IE a fence protects) (an
inferred meaning could also be that Heth refers to instruction—instruction that
makes the hedge—see the word Statutes Hebrew Strong’s Number 2706 </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0px;">חֹק</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">)
(another inferred meaning is that the hedge represents love-possibly protective
love) H</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Chesed is the Old Testament's highest
expression for love. It is a love that remains constant regardless of the
circumstances. Chesed is translated in English in many different ways:
kindness, lovingkindness, mercy, loyalty, love, and unfailing love. (5c) </span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;">נ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;">ן</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><img height="24" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025" width="24" /></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Nun-Continue, heir, son, (2b) seed. Life,
grow, son, continue, (5e) It can also mean to propagate, to increase, or to
sprout. (1a)<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In the ancient picture language
this was pictured as a seed in ancient Hebrew and Egyptian cultures. As
mentioned, it represented "life", "posterity", "active
life". As used in the Hebrew word for son <span style="margin: 0px;"><img height="16" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image006.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1026" width="32" /></span>, the nun symbolized the posterity of
the house. (Also by inference, Nun could mean purpose—it is used in the
word—potter<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0px;">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">
–see Isaiah 64:8—a potter makes a vessel for a specific purpose). Another
thought about the meaning of the letter Nun, in Isaiah 53:5 it is possible that
the letter Nun</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">in
the word nirpa, we are healed,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">could indicate an inferred meaning of Nun as healing.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"> (10) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">N</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Ancient meaning derived
from the meanings of the Hebrew letters of the word grace:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The hedge/protection of life. </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">References and notes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">From H2603; graciousness, that is subjectively (kindness,
favor) or objectively (beauty):—favor, grace <br />
(-ious), pleasant, precious, [well-] favored.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">—Strong's (Hebrew
& Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0px;">חֵן</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Grace:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Genesis 6:8:
19:19; 32:5: 33:8, 10, 11; 34:11: 39:4: 47:25, 29; 50:4 Exodus 33:12, 13, 16,
17:34:9.<br />
Numbers 32:5. Judges 6:17. Ruth 2:2, 10. 1 Samuel 1:18; 20:3; 27:5. 2 Samuel
14:22; 16:4. Esther 2:17,<br />
Psalms 45:2; 84:11 Proverbs 1:9; 3:22, 34; 4:9; 22:11. Jeremiah 31:2, Zechariah
4:7. 7; 12:10</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Mercy
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;">חָ֑סֶד</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Strong’s
Number:<span style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">2617</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Transliteration: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ḥā·seḏ</span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;">ח</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Chet" height="23" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image007.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_23" width="37" /></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Heth, Chet, Hhet (9) – fence, hedge, to
separate. Outside, divide, half (2b), Barrier, outside, defend, divide. (5e)
(1a) (an inferred meaning could also be protection-IE a fence protects) (an
inferred meaning could also be that Heth refers to instruction—instruction that
makes the hedge—see the word Statutes Hebrew Strong’s Number 2706 </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0px;">חֹק</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">)
(another inferred meaning is that the hedge represents love-possibly protective
love) H</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Chesed is the Old Testament's highest
expression for love. It is a love that remains constant regardless of the
circumstances. Chesed is translated in English in many different ways:
kindness, lovingkindness, mercy, loyalty, love, and unfailing love. (5c)) </span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;">סָ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Samech" height="26" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image008.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_22" width="34" /></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Samekh - lean upon, support, uphold,
It's literal meaning is a "prop" or "support". It's
symbolic meaning is to prop up, support, to turn aside, like a prop on a tree
to change the direction of it's growth. (1a). grab, hate, protect (2b), thorn
(9), support, protect (5e).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>From the
word dross Strong’s Hebrew Number 5509, Ps 119:119 it could mean remove
(10)<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><b>X<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">The Samech
is another letter of support and protection. The ancient pictograph of the
Samech is that of a prop or support, thus it represents God's support. The
circular shape of the Samech can be seen as a picture of God, our support, who
has no beginning and no end. This center letter is seen by the sages as a
picture of the heart of God where one can reside and be protected by the strong
outer circle.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>(5c)</span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;">ד</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Dalet" height="21" src="file:///C:/Users/lewis/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image010.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_21" width="26" /></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Dalet -opening,
enter, door (5e) move, Hang, Entrance (2b)- In ancient Hebrew this letter was
drawn as a tent flap (1a).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>(to enter
could infer an action of discovering what is behind the door)<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><b>The letter ‘Dalet’ is a picture of a door.</b>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Ancient
meaning derived from the meanings of the Hebrew letters of the word for Mercy</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The hedge or chamber (of God’s love) that
supports us and separates us, and provides a door (who is Jesus) to enter it.</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Genesis 39:21</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">Christ said “I am the
door” John 10:9.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Those words are an
invitation showing He is Mercy providing the door to God’s support upholding
us.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Note 1: the English does not convey
the depth of meaning that the letters do. We find that looking at mercy
through the meaning of the letters of the word, that God provides a protective
hedge to support us and separate us and in providing it, provides a door to
enter it.</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 7.5pt; margin: 0px;">Note 2:</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 7.5pt; margin: 0px;"> 1 Corinthians 10:13 King James Version (KJV)</span></b></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">13 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to
man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye
are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may
be able to bear it.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">The way of escape is through the
door (Jesus) to the protective hedge that support us and separate us, providing
safety and a way of escape from the temptation.</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">The hedge that God provides for us
which Jesus is the door to, supports and protects us.</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px;">©2012 Lewis Turner</span></i></div>
Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-84388475999308060612014-10-02T05:31:00.001-07:002014-10-04T09:40:31.651-07:00Potter-A Study of its Meanings From the Meanings of the Hebrew Letters Is 64 vs 8<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span lang="AR-SA">The following is a study of the Hebrew Word YATSAR,</span></span></span></b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Potter,<b> </b></span><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Hebrew Strong’s Number: H3335 It is used as a name for God in Isaiah 64:8 "</span><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thou our potter."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: green; font-size: 12.0pt;">*Possible
Letter Meaning of Potter </span></i></b><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: green; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span></span><b><i><span style="color: green; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The secure deed of the righteous desire of
the capstone that gives life/purpose</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">A potter is
one who takes a shapeless piece of clay and makes it into something useful—something
special—and something with a purpose. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a potter makes is according to his desire
and the process of making the vessel or special item, is a deed of action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let’s look
at the Hebrew letters and their meanings in the name ‘Potter’: </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">To start, it has the Hebrew letter </span></i></b><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">י</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yud, which refers to a deed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In looking at the other Hebrew letters making up the name ‘Potter’, we find
the letter </span></i></b><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ן</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vav, which can mean secure or lasting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another Hebrew letter found is </span></i></b><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">צַ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>Tzadi, which means desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who’s desire is being expressed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hebrew letter </i></b></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ר</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resh, Reish, in the name indicates whose desire is being referred
to. That letter means ‘the most important person’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should take a moment and
consider—who is this most important person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The letter </span></i></b><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ן</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vav, gives us a clue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
quite possible that the most important person is Christ who was secured to the
Cross of Calvary by nails.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is one more letter in the name
‘Potter’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the Hebrew letter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">נ</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">Nun, which tells us about the purpose of the deed being made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is referring to life, an active life.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">From the
above, what might you conclude about the meaning of the word ‘Potter’ as it is
used in Isaiah 64:8?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">As you
consider the meaning of the name Potter, consider what a ‘Potter’ does and what
the work Christ has done for us. A potter makes a vessel generally for a
purpose, and the work of Christ at Calvary
provides a way for us to have life and purpose.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;">Prayer Focus:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Father, may
the desire You have for us, make us into something important and beautiful to
you. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Definitions of the letters used in the Hebrew Word for Potter<b><span lang="AR-SA">, YATSAR.</span></b></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">י</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 26.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Yud -
deed done, to make, power, might<span style="color: blue;">- Work, worship `(2b)
In the ancient Hebrew word pictures, the yod was drawn as a "hand"
complete with the arm above the elbow. It symbolized work done - (1a) (note:
the picture of the letter Yud-of how it was represented in the Alphabet used in
Abraham’s time, looks like a possible handshake-a handshake could infer
‘agreement’.)</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "SD Viewer Font";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">JI</span></b></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">צַ</span><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Tzadi-harvest,
desire<span style="color: blue;">, just, righteous—In ancient Hebrew this letter
was drawn like a hook. In Hebrew, to "want" or "desire" is
Ra-tsah and the word picture tells us
that desire is when a person is "hooked". Another significant word is
the Hebrew word for Righteousness, Tse-dek<img alt="Tse-dek" height="16" src="file:///C:\Users\Lewis\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image018.jpg" width="38" /> and the word picture tells us
that you are righteous when your <b>hook</b> is the door you follow. See John
10:7,9 (1a) Journey, chase, hunt(2b) (an inferred meaning could be: focused
desire)</span></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ר</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Resh,
Reish - what comes first, capstone, head, highest, <span style="color: blue;">first,
top, beginning, (2b)</span> <span style="color: blue;">The literal meaning of the
Reish is "first", "Head" and the symbolic meaning is
"first" "person", the "most important",
"highest" or the "highest/first person".(1a)</span> <span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">R</span></b></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">נ</span><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Nun-</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;">Propagate increase<b>, </b>In the ancient
picture language this was pictured as a seed in ancient Hebrew and Egyptian
cultures. As mentioned, it represented "life", "posterity",
"active life". As used in the Hebrew word for son , the nun symbolized the posterity of
the house.(also by inference, Nun could mean purpose—it is used in the
word-potter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span></span><span class="hebrew"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></span><span class="hebrew"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;">–see</span></span><span class="hebrew"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;">Isaiah 64:8—a potter makes a vessel for a
specific purpose) Continue, heir, son (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">N</span></b></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ן</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vav- Nail, to secure – <span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;">add, secure, hook (2b) The literal meaning
is a <b>nail</b>. The symbolic meaning is "to secure or fasten"
"add" "a connection". The letter in grammar serves to
connect or join together, two words or phrases as in English our word “and” (1a)
(inferred—lasting—vs<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psalms 119:144</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 20.0pt;">-</span><span dir="RTL" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt;">
</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;"> ʿôlām</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">-everlasting))<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b>F</b></span></div>
Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-34461779411258673052014-09-06T13:49:00.001-07:002014-09-06T13:49:04.849-07:00The Connection of Light and Life in the Bible<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
The Connection of Light and Life in the Bible</div>
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Lamp, ner, <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt;">נֵר</span><span lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt;">,</span>
Psalms 119 verse 105</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Psalms
119 verse 105 speaks of God’s word being a lamp to our feet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In looking at the word lamp in Hebrew, which
is ner and is spelled in Hebrew,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt;">נֵר</span><span lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt;"></span><i><span lang="HE">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The letters of Hebrew do have a meaning and
can expand on the meaning of the word as it is often translated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Hebrew letter </span></i><span lang="HE"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt;">נ</span><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i>Nun means life, and the Hebrew letter </i><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt;">ר</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><i>Resh, Reish means highest
person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Putting these meanings together
we have the life of the Highest person.</i></div>
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<i>In the context of Psalms
119:105, the word is translated lamp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
lamp gives light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John 1:1-5 says: “In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that
was made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In him was life; <u>and the
life was the light of men.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the
light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>
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<i>This passage in the New
Testament ties life and light together in Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shows us that the Word of God not only
gives light, but it is also life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>
Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-73782657408003729052014-07-08T08:56:00.002-07:002014-07-08T09:26:16.165-07:00Praying Together--Connecting--God's Love Present Among Those Praying Together<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The more reading I have done,
the more seeking the Lord about the condition of our churches, and our nation
that I have done, I find a burning within my heart to find ways to encourage
people to pray together. This includes Husbands and wives, friends,
acquaintances, Churches, Co-workers, and the list goes on. </div>
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What happens when we pray
together? </div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list .5in;">Matthew 18:20 says Christ is present! “For
where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the
midst of them.”</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list .5in;">When Christ is present—God’s Love is also present.</li>
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If you hear the phrase I don’t
connect— that might be because we are not praying together. When we
don’t—God’s Love is fully manifested.</div>
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When we pray together, we find
according to scripture that Jesus is also with us. It is because of Jesus
and His presence that we can find the Love of God present among us. The
Love that comes from God ties us together. </div>
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I encourage all who read this
to take time to meditate on this, and ask the Lord to help us to pray together.</div>
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Consider—what would happen to
the deep divisions in our country if our politicians—from all parties—prayed genuinely
together?</div>
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Consider—What would happen in
marriages and families if they prayed together?</div>
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Consider—what would happen if
Churches prayed on their knees together? </div>
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There is much to look forward
to when we do pray together—much good and blessings.</div>
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Perhaps you might want to share
how the Lord encouraged you when you prayed with others.</div>
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<![endif]--><br /><b><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>One of the Names of God -- to meditate on </i></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">YASA,
POTTER</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="LTR"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: blue; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Hebrew Strong’s Number H3335</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Meanings of the letters of Hebrew in the word <i>Potter</i>: </span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">י</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 26.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Yud -
deed done, to make, power, might<span style="color: blue;">- Work, worship (2b)
In the ancient Hebrew word pictures, the yod was drawn as a "hand"
complete with the arm above the elbow. It symbolized work done - (1a) (note:
the picture of the letter Yud-of how it was represented in the Alphabet used in
Abraham’s time, looks like a possible handshake-a handshake could infer
‘agreement’.)</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "SD Viewer Font";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">JI</span></b></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">צַ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Tzadi-harvest,
desire<span style="color: blue;">, just, righteous—In ancient Hebrew this letter
was drawn like a hook. In Hebrew, to "want" or "desire" is
Ra-tsah and the word picture tells us
that desire is when a person is "hooked". Another significant word is
the Hebrew word for Righteousness, Tse-dek and the word picture tells us
that you are righteous when your <b>hook</b> is the door you follow. See John
10:7,9 (1a) Journey, chase, hunt</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Resh,
Reish - what comes first, capstone, head, highest, <span style="color: blue;">first,
top, beginning, (2b)</span> <span style="color: blue;">The literal meaning of the
Reish is "first", "Head" and the symbolic meaning is
"first" "person", the "most important",
"highest" or the "highest/first person".(1a)</span> <span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">R</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";"></span></b></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">נ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Nun-</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;">Propagate increase<b>, </b>In the ancient picture
language this was pictured as a seed in ancient Hebrew and Egyptian cultures.
As mentioned, it represented "life", "posterity",
"active life". As used in the Hebrew word for son , the nun symbolized the posterity of
the house.(also by inference, Nun could mean purpose—it is used in the
word-potter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="hebrew"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></span><span class="hebrew"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;">–see</span></span><span class="hebrew"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">
</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;">Isaiah 64:8—a potter
makes a vessel for a specific purpose) Continue, heir, son (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">N</span></b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vav- Nail, to secure – <span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;">add, secure, hook (2b) The literal meaning
is a <b>nail</b>. The symbolic meaning is "to secure or fasten"
"add" "a connection". The letter in grammar serves to
connect or join together, two words or phrases as in English our word “and” (1a)
(inferred—lasting—vs<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psalms 119:144</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 20.0pt;">-</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" style="color: teal; font-size: 20.0pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עוֹלָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt;"> ʿôlām</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">-everlasting))<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b>F</b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: green; font-size: 12.0pt;">*Possible
<u>Letter Meaning</u> of Potter:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span class="hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: green; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><b><span style="color: green; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The secure deed of the
righteous desire of the capstone that gives life/purpose<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"></span></i></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;">Thou our
potter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Isaiah 64:8</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt;">Prayer Focus:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Father, may
the desire You have for us, make us into something important and beautiful to
you. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.</span></i></b></div>
Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-71780258825439105762014-07-04T05:46:00.005-07:002014-07-04T08:05:48.624-07:00What Should We Repent Of As a Nation?The work of Wheatland Ministries involves research in learning how to best pray and be involved in intercessory prayer.<br /> <br />
I am currently reading the book the Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn. In it
he identifies 3 spirits affecting our nation, which are the spirits of
Defiance, Pride, and Arrogance. I mention them, because we seen many
saying we need to repent--and that is in scripture--but there is a
question--do we know what we are repenting of?--especially as a nation.<br /> <br />
Research is one way we can identify how to pray. What we pray for
should be in agreement with scripture. These three spirits listed above
are related to pride, and there is much scripture about pride, and the
problems of pride. A heart full of pride does not seek the Lord. <br /> <br />
This week (week of July 4, 2014) there has been a call to prayer by the
National Day of Prayer Task Force-I encourage you to consider what is
shared in this blog, and to search for even other things we as a nation
need to repent of.<br /> <br /> Some may not understand why repentance is
so-o-o-o important.There is a verse found in II Chronicles 7:14: If my
people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray,
and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-53488516954310379252014-04-22T06:36:00.002-07:002014-04-22T08:57:57.109-07:00Praying Into Another Person's Vision-an act of Love and Friendship<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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We live in a highly individualistic society—which carries
over into our prayer life—many of us pray alone—and we justify that by showing in
the Bible various occasions where Christ went and prayed alone.—We also look at
the prayer closet (Matthew 6: 6)—as reason to pray alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even with these times mentioned in the Bible
when Christ prayed alone, the Bible also mentions about Christ taking a few of
his disciples with him to pray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Matthew
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When we look at prayer, and fundamental points of prayer—which
can be called elements, (See ‘<i>Prayer Elements’ </i>at the following
link:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://wheatlandministries.blogspot.com/2010/11/prayer-elements.html">http://wheatlandministries.blogspot.com/2010/11/prayer-elements.html</a>),
these Prayer elements work together in a way that might be called<i> acts of love</i>
of a person on the behalf of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(See
‘<i>Prayer is an Act of Love’</i>—link: <a href="http://wheatlandministries.blogspot.com/2007/01/prayer-is-act-of-love_04.html">http://wheatlandministries.blogspot.com/2007/01/prayer-is-act-of-love_04.html</a>)
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The context of prayer being made on the behalf of others,
can refer to both individual and corporate prayer when it comes to upholding
someone else, especially if they have share a vision with rou about what they sense
God wants them to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of that
prayer could be—in a practical sense prayer..: </div>
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their vision will be aligned with God’s Word</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">For
their vision- that the Lord will work the details out—including the nitty
gritty details—</li>
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needed resources including financing or other need, </li>
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people to join in prayer as prayer partners, </li>
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for people to join as advisers or a board--people who have a similar
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Here is why those prayer points above are important. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times, the Lord has given each of us a
vision, but we seem stymied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others when
they pray, often pray once or twice for someone’s vision, but regular praying
into that vision—er—uh—oops—<i>we don’t do it very well—and we often move on
praying for other things once we prayed once or twice.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do know there are some intercessors who
will take the challenge to regularly pray for someone’s vision—but they are few
in number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Taking the time to regularly pray for a friend’s vision
could make a difference of your friend being able to move ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that sometimes the Lord waits to
answer until others join together in their prayers—<i>exactly what may be
happening in the spiritual realm that causes hold back of our prayers being
answered, and keeping us from moving forward — is<b> not always clear</b></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When that happens, it could also be a time of
needed preparation or training for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
when answers seem long in coming and there is sometimes a wait in seeing a
vision come about, the principle agreeing together is Biblical, in accordance
with Matthew 18:19, must not be neglected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is important to keep that vision before the Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider the example of the woman who kept a
request before a judge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See Luke
18:2-8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that when Christ shared
that story in Luke 18:2-8, He was teaching us to keep our requests before
Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Praying <b><i>regularly</i></b> for
someone’s vision is doing just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Perhaps the gist of what I am bringing up here is<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">—would you be willing to join with someone and pray
for their vision-<u>regularly</u>?</span></i></b></div>
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Now if one does desire to pray for someone, and seeks the Lord
on how to pray into that person’s vision—<b><i>how do we know what to pray for—????</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all like to see clearly, but the Bible
says we see through a glass dimly (I Corinthians 13:12).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result is that we have to depend on God
to lead us one item at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may also
require reading between the lines, and asking the Lord for wisdom and discernment
on the issues at hand. This would be difficult for someone, but with God’s help
it can be done. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, it takes a willingness
to sense someone else’s burden and involve yourself with that person and learn
first hand about their vision/burden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once
you have an understanding of their vision—what it is, joining together with
them in prayer is like taking a weight off a weary traveler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The action of Aaron and Hur made it possible
for Moses to hold up his arms in a major battle when Joshua fought Amalek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See Exodus 17: 9-13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>Watching out for, praying for, and
helping each other is the action that can make it possible to complete/move
forward on accomplishing their vision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is the action of a true friend. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b></div>
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In considering what the action of a friend can do in the
area of prayer, we need to remember that man was not meant to walk alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to encourage each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need others to listen to us, listen to the
Lord, and seeking God’s word—to help us in seeking God’s thoughts—not only our
thoughts, but thoughts and actions that help each other.</div>
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In addition to praying for your friend, we should also seek
the Lord to include those in our churches to pray for our vision that: </div>
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<i>Why pray for their church?—perhaps
that church is so self focused—churches are like people—that they fail to bring
in help that the Lord provides—which may be what the individual needs to move
ahead with the vision the Lord has given.</i></div>
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What is happening when we pray into a friend’s vision—that
action is a true act of friendship that is important in helping your friend
move ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proverbs 18: 24 says:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A man that hath friends must shew himself
friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”</div>
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Also Hebrews 3: 13 says to “…exhort one another daily,” and
such action is a true act of friendship.</div>
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<b><i>Praying with a friend for their vision is honoring to
God and encourages each other which the Word of God says we are to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Thoughts-Reflection</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">**Have you prayed for someone’s
desire or vision to serve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What can you
share from that experience that would encourage us on how the Lord worked when
you and others prayed for a vision?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">**What does it mean pray without
ceasing when it comes to praying for someone’s vision?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">**Does the individualism that
impacts our society, keep us from praying for someone else’s desire to serve
the Lord or their vision?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">**Do we understand the importance
of importunate prayer (Link:</span> <b><i><span style="color: blue;">http://www.praynetwork.org/profiles/blogs/importunate-prayer)</span></i></b><span style="color: blue;"> when it comes to praying for someone else and their vision?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">**there may be other reasons not
touched on in the above reflection questions of items that affect our praying
for the vision of someone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would
you be kind enough to share some?</span></div>
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supplication and what supplication is. We see this 'Old English Word'
in the Bible--but often we may not fully understand what the meaning of
the word is and from that what supplication is. We sometimes hear the
phrase 'Prayer and Supplication' (Philippians 4:6) and connect it with
prayer, and possibly conclude that supplication has something to do with
making requests. However, the meaning of supplication is much deeper
than just making requests. It focuses on beholding the Covenant hedge
-or hedge of the covenant --the Covenant of life that is is provided by
Jesus for us. (Romans 11:27 and Hebrews 12:24). <i><b> Meditating on that work of the New Covenant that Jesus gave us is what Supplication is about.</b></i><br />
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<i>Below is the development of the meaning of Supplication from the meaning of the Hebrew letters used to write the word supplication.</i></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Supplication </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: "ezra sil sr"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">תְּחִנָּה</span><span style="color: teal; font-family: "ezra sil sr"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">teḥinnâ</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/book.asp?pub=0&book=58&wave=H8467"><span style="color: blue;">tekh-in-naw'</span></a> Hebrew Strong’s Number 8467</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Examining the meanings
of the letters used in the Hebrew Spelling of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">תְּחִנָּה</span><span style="color: teal; font-family: "ezra sil sr"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">teḥinnâ</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/book.asp?pub=0&book=58&wave=H8467"><span style="color: blue;">tekh-in-naw'</span></a> Hebrew Strong’s Number 8467:</span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 24.0pt;">תּ</span><span lang="HE" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 24.0pt;"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 24.0pt;">ת</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 24.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tav<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> It's literal meaning is "ownership"
"covenant" "sign" "a mark" and "to join two
things together". (1a), mark, sign, signal, monument (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">T</span></b></div>
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cross, and later as an X. In the ancient Hebrew word for "sign" </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">we see that the SIGN is "<b>the strong
leader nailed to the cross</b>". It is this same word that is translated </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">in the Greek text of Luke 2:12 which reads: <i>And
this shall be a <b>sign</b> unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.</i> <br />
<i>The Hebrew word for religion is "DaT" , </i></span><i><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">דתּ</span></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In Abraham’s Day it was written as:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
ancient word picture tells us that religion is the "<b>door of the sign</b>"
or the "<b>door of the cross</b>".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Souce<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(1a)</span></i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">ח</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: teal; font-family: "ezra sil sr"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Heth, Chet – fence, hedge, to separate. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Outside, divide, half (2b</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">), </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The literal meaning of this letter is a "fence",
"hedge" or “chamber”, (1a) (an inferred meaning could also be
protection-IE a fence protects)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(an
inferred meaning could also be that Heth refers to instruction—instruction that
makes the hedge—see the word Statutes Hebrew Strong’s Number 2706 </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">חֹק</span><span style="color: teal; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">)(another inferred meaning is that the hedge represents
love-possibly protective love) </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">H</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chesed is the Old
Testament's highest expression for love. It is a love that remains constant
regardless of the circumstances. Chesed is translated in English in many
different ways: kindness, lovingkindness, mercy, loyalty, love, and unfailing
love. (Tiffany Ann Lewis) </span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">נ</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Nun-Propagate increase</span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the ancient picture
language this was pictured as a seed in ancient Hebrew and Egyptian cultures.
As mentioned, it represented "life", "posterity",
"active life". As used in the Hebrew word for son </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, the nun symbolized the posterity of the
house.(1a) Continue, heir, son (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">N</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">ה</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He, Hey – behold, to reveal, the – </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">look, reveal, breath (2b)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's literal meaning is a window, or lattice.
The symbolic meaning is behold, or to reveal. This meaning of the letter is one
of the many reasons Rabbinic tradition calls the letter hey the letter of
revelation! (1a) (Also by inference, the meaning could mean--expose or
show.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">E</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Possible Letter Meaning of Supplication:</span></i></b><span dir="RTL" style="color: teal; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">תְּחִנָּה</span><span style="color: teal; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> teḥinnâ <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/book.asp?pub=0&book=58&wave=H8467"><span style="color: blue;">tekh-in-naw'</span></a> Hebrew Strong’s Number 8467</span><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beholding
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from examination of
the definition, you could conclude that 'supplication' deals with focusing on
the covenant-the work of Christ—<u>the work of the greatest expression of love—and
the hedge that the covenant of God provides which offers protection—a
protection made possible by God’s Love.</u></span></i></b></div>
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life</i></b>)</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> come before thee:
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Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-21266800542863874462013-12-15T06:35:00.003-08:002019-09-15T13:27:33.587-07:00Praying together as a Family At Christmas<div class="yiv1620548506MsoNormal" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2689" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 32px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2680">Christ wants a praying church—What about a praying family? With the Christmas season upon us, this would be a good time to and look for ways to try and apply some of our learning about praying together. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2682">Taking that idea, I present the following to each of you as a challenge to you to try the following: Look for opportunities to pray with your spouse, children, family, and friends. Take a few minutes together and remember what Christmas is about, especially about the true meaning of Christmas and the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then encourage each person say a brief sentence prayer that is related to what they have just considered about Christmas. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2678">At the end- you could even sing a carol like <b id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2686"><i id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2685">‘Silent Night’</i></b> and then say <b><i>‘Amen’</i></b> or <b id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2677"><i id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2676">just have everyone say</i></b> <i>‘AMEN’<b> </b></i> together, if you don’t sing.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2666">This could be done at a meal, at a time when the family is together, or other special time. It is possible that what you do this year, you may want to do in upcoming years—could be <b id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2674"><i id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2673">the possible start of a <u>wonderful</u> family tradition</i></b>, <b id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2665"><i id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1387118010855_2667">and be an encouragement to all.</i></b></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Symptoms</u> of
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<i><b><span style="color: blue;"> In the course 'Praying Together' offered on Pray!Network, <a href="http://www.praynetwork.org/">www.praynetwork.org</a>, a number of symptoms that may be seen in a prayless church have been compiled, and are in the chart below. There may be other symptoms not listed, but any of these symptoms are red flags, that when seen should encourage those of us who pray to further seek God's help in encouraging prayer.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: blue;">Christ said that He wanted His house to be a 'House of Prayer': Matthew 21:13</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Independence from God—a failure to “look to
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<span style="font-size: large;">A disconnect from the power of
Jesus</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">II Timothy 3:5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A failure to seek God’s Wisdom</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Prov 2:1-9</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lack of humility among leaders
and the congregation</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">II Chronicles 7:14</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Divisions present among the
congregation—creating disunity</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">John 7:11</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A failure to connect with others,
and a failure to encourage them</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">John 13:35, I Corinthians 13</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">7.
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<span style="font-size: large;">A typical feeling of mistrust or
lack of consideration—IE mistrust is sometime manifested as ‘not having a
voice’, or not being heard when decisions are made</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">John 13:35</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">8 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A host of other issues—IER gossip
and complaining; a lack of Godly purpose and vision; a lack of Godly love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Proverbs 29:18, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Revelations 3:16</span></div>
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Lewis Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971132874484076995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221658546091318916.post-31312711332945714982013-11-28T08:32:00.002-08:002013-11-28T08:33:44.159-08:00Being Thankful--Especially in Prayer<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">Through out the year and especially at Thankgiving-- </span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">May the Lord help each of us be always thankful to Him--Jesus for our blessings--and to bless others through praying for them.</span></b></i></span></div>
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Help us to be thankful for all those who have served our
country in the military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lift up our
veterans to you as many need your help today…asking for your help, protection,
and wisdom for all who are actively serving in our military. </div>
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Help us to remember them throughout the year with sustaining
prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those in need of a job, others with
serious problems from injuries, or post traumatic syndrome—we <i>also seek your
help for their families to understand what their veteran spouse/parent is
going through and went through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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Help us to honor, encourage, and support them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jesus’ Name, Amen.</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">A Function of God’s Family Which Relates to Prayer</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">A Study of the Words ‘Plead’ and ‘Cause’ in Psalms 119:154</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Written by Lewis Turner, Wheatland Ministries</span> </span></i></b></div>
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<span class="font-size-3"><i>The use of the words
‘Plead’ and ‘Cause’ in Psalms 119:154 are significant in that they speak
of a function that the Psalmist asked the Lord to do for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
An examination of the words above and related scriptures will help us
further understand a significant function which relate to intercession
and agreement.</i></span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">To start this study, we
will be closely looking at the Hebrew spelling of the two words, Plead
and Cause, and deriving possible meanings of the words from the Hebrew
letters used in the spelling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Hebrew letters do have a meaning for each letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The <b><i>Hebrew
spelling for both words ‘plead’ and ‘cause’ in Psalms 119 verse 154
shows that the spelling appears to be the same. Looking at the Hebrew
letters for these words we have:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b> <span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';">רִיב</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';"></span><b><i><span style="color: olive;">.</span></i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> An examination of the meanings of the letters of Hebrew for ‘Plead’ and ‘Cause’ reveals some interesting observations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The first letter, Reish <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';"><span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA">ר</span></span><span dir="rtl" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR'; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ִ</span>, in the word refers to the Head/most important Person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The 2<sup>nd</sup> letter, Yud <span dir="rtl" lang="HE" style="font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR'; mso-bidi-language: HE;">י</span><span style="font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';">, in the word</span>, means a deed done. The 3<sup>rd</sup> letter in the word <span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';">רִיב</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';"></span> <span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">is the</span> letter Bet <span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';">ב</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Its meaning implies a house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(The meanings of the letters are listed in the reference A below) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Putting all this together, you might conclude that the word could mean:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <b><i>the work done of the House of the Head/Highest Person</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other meanings derived from the letters are possible, but in the context of this verse, this definition seems to be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Examining the meaning that we have developed of <span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';">רִיב</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';"></span> —using the meaning of the letters, we find that they refer to the work of the House of the Head/Highest Person. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Head/Highest person referred to in the context of the verse is the Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Speaking of a House of the Head/Highest Person also seems to refer a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Looking further at the definition, we find that it speaks of the <i>work done of the house</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> This work may be what the Psalmist desired of the Lord when he asked the Lord to ‘plead his cause’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> A work of this nature could be considered a function of the House of our Lord. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Let’s look this concept further.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Psalms 119: 154, I believe the Psalmist was referring to the Lord, whom he directed his words in seeking help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> This seeking of the Lord’s help, reminds us of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romans
8:26-27 and 34, where we find that both the Holy Spirit of God making
intercession for us according to the Will of God and in verse 34 we also
find that the Lord Jesus making intercession for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The word for Intercession in Hebrew is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';">פָּגַע</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR';">,</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
which in the context of making intercession, and using the meanings of
the Hebrew letters to help define the word, we have the following
possible definition—To <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>speak, lifting up, of the desire of the righteous. (see Reference B below).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The statement in Romans 8:26-27 and 34 is a powerful statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
Considering that and looking back to the verse in Psalms 119:154, the
work of pleading one’s cause especially when it is a righteous cause, is
a function of God’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Both the Holy Spirit of God and Jesus make intercession for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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desire of the Righteous is also seen in I John 5:14 “And this is the
confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to
His Will, he heareth us :”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> When we pray and ask for something in accordance with God’s Will, God hears us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The Bible is God’s Word revealed to us and represents His Will. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Christ was on earth, He provided a way that we could be right with God. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bringing
this together, a function of God’s family is to pray pleading our cause
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the Holy Spirit of God and Jesus are making intercession for us, we
should also consider the scripture Matthew 18:19 which speaks of two
being in agreement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> When both the Holy Spirit of God and Jesus make intercession for us, they are in agreement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> That verse says that what two ask in agreement, it is done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> They both intercede according to God’s Holy Word, and because what they ask in intercession for us in agreement, it is done!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> That is an important fact to learn and remember.</span></div>
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for us should encourage us to join together; seek what God wants; learn
his word; use His Word in prayer; and pray with others who have their
faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior. When we do this we are functioning as
part of the family of the House of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><i><span class="font-size-3" style="color: blue; font-size: small;">The example we have in the document above should encourage us to join together with others in prayer. What attitudes hold us back?</span></i></b></div>
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literal meaning of the Reish is "first", "Head" and the symbolic
meaning is "first" "person", the "most important", "highest" or the
"highest/first person".(1a)</span> <span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; font-size: 10.0pt;">R</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Psalm 119:153-160 (KJV)</span></b> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /> <sup><span style="color: black;">119:153</span></sup> Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. <br /> <sup><span style="color: black;">154</span></sup> Plead <span style="color: blue;">(<b><i>the work done of the house of the most important person</i></b>)</span> my cause <span style="color: blue;">(<b><i>the most important work done of the house of the most important person</i></b>)</span>, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. <br /> <sup><span style="color: black;">155</span></sup> Salvation <i>is</i> far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <br /> <sup><span style="color: black;">156</span></sup> Great <i>are</i> thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. <br /> <sup><span style="color: black;">157</span></sup> Many <i>are</i> my persecutors and mine enemies; <i>yet</i> do I not decline from thy testimonies. <br /> <sup><span style="color: black;">158</span></sup> I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. <br /> <sup><span style="color: black;">159</span></sup> Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. <br /> <sup><span style="color: black;">160</span></sup> Thy word <i>is</i> true <i>from</i> the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments <i>endureth</i> for ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">154 Plead</span> <span dir="rtl" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR'; font-size: 10.0pt;">רִיב</span><span lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR'; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">rîb <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/book.asp?pub=0&book=58&wave=H7378" rel="nofollow">reeb</a> Hebrew Strong’s Number 7378</span></div>
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<span dir="rtl" lang="HE" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">ר</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><img alt="Reish" border="0" height="28" width="27" /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Resh, Reish – what comes first, capstone, head, highest, <span style="color: blue;">first, top, beginning, (2b)</span> <span style="color: blue;">The
literal meaning of the Reish is "first", "Head" and the symbolic
meaning is "first" "person", the "most important", "highest" or the
"highest/first person".(1a)</span> <span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; font-size: 10.0pt;">R</span></b></div>
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Work, worship (2b) In the ancient Hebrew word pictures, the yod was
drawn as a "hand" complete with the arm above the elbow. It symbolized
work done - (1a)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span> <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'SD Viewer Font'; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; font-size: 10.0pt;">JI</span></b></div>
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literal meaning is House or tent. In the ancient Hebrew, it was drawn
as the floor plan of a primitive house, and thus it's symbolic meaning
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Possible Letter Meaning of Plead :</span></b> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">154 Plead</span> <span dir="rtl" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR'; font-size: 10.0pt;">רִיב</span><span lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR'; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">rîb <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/book.asp?pub=0&book=58&wave=H7378" rel="nofollow">reeb</a> Hebrew Strong’s Number 7378<b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Capstone/most important person, work/deed done, house:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <i>the work done of the house of the most important person</i></b>—note in Romans 8:28 & 34, the Holy Spirit and Jesus make intercession for us—the work of His house is to plead our cause.<br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" />154 Cause</span> <span dir="rtl" lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR'; font-size: 10.0pt;">רִיב</span><span lang="HE" style="color: teal; font-family: 'Ezra SIL SR'; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">rîb <a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/book.asp?pub=0&book=58&wave=H7379" rel="nofollow">reeb</a> Hebrew Strong’s Number 7379</span></div>
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literal meaning of the Reish is "first", "Head" and the symbolic
meaning is "first" "person", the "most important", "highest" or the
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Work, worship (2b) In the ancient Hebrew word pictures, the yod was
drawn as a "hand" complete with the arm above the elbow. It symbolized
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literal meaning is House or tent. In the ancient Hebrew, it was drawn
as the floor plan of a primitive house, and thus its symbolic meaning is
a household, in or into. (1a), family (2b</span>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> <b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; font-size: 10.0pt;">B</span></b></div>
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literal meaning is mouth and it's symbolic meaning is "to open",
"speak", "word", "the beginning" (like a river). In the ancient picture
Hebrew, the letter Pey was drawn according to the meaning, in this case,
a mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <i>Let the words of my <b>mouth</b>, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer</i>. Psalms 19:14 (1a)</span></span> <b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; font-size: 10.0pt;">P</span></b></div>
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harvest, desire, just, righteous—In ancient Hebrew this letter was
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(1a) Yarah<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Ministries<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://webpages.charter.net/yarahministries/alphabet.html" rel="nofollow">http://webpages.charter.net/yarahministries/alphabet.html</a></span></div>
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offered to help in building relationships with others where we can have
the opportunity to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Developing
relationships takes an effort that should be motivated by the love of
Jesus for us and others. The guide provides some helpful thoughts that
may help in building relationships.</span></b></i></span><br />
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">1. Identify what people would say about the
relationship with you have with someone. Why would they say this?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">2. How have you <i>been</i> a friend to others? Take time to list ways you have shown friendship:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">
3. How can you <i>become</i> a better friend?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> Consider:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Could you learn
to “be a good listener”?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Could you
consider joining him/her in some activities, but being careful not to
compromise your faith? Examples of activities might be sharing your
hobbies, or personal interests, or just being ready to offer help in projects
they are doing. Be careful not to talk too much about
yourself. Take time to take an interest in him/her! Here is a guide that we will call a
friendship guide<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">4. What are <i>some possible common interests</i>
between you and the other person? Take time to review the following list of
ideas to help build friendships. Consider:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their likes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their dislikes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their hobbies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their goals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their dreams<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their fears<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their hurts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their joys<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Their struggles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Common Interests<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 3.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">5. Are you willing to
be vulnerable and share your personal responses or feelings and opinions? To be free to do so will open yourself to
being vulnerable. In some cases, if you
are not willing to listen to different opinions it could hinder building a
relationship. However, if you are
willing to listen, that can be a form of being humble which lets people know you
are a real person.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> 6. Can you “be sensitive” to them in
your approach, avoiding judgment?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 3.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">7. Can you “be
faithful” to follow-up, being true to your word and commitments?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 3.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">8. Are you willing to
take time and not rush a friendship? It may take several years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">
9. Are you willing to find ways to encourage them?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">
10. Will you avoid gossip at all times?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Further notes on
developing relationships:</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Relationships are built over time<o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Do not jump to a spiritual encounter, prematurely-Ask the
Lord to guide you.<o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Ask them if they would appreciate your to praying for them,
and if they would allow you to follow-up on your prayer for them. If
there has been an answer to prayer, they would probably be eager to share
what has happened. <o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Consider taking reasonable prayer requests to the Lord, for
them. ---Unreasonable requests
sometimes come up. Don’t pray for unscriptural ones—when such a
request occurs, consider asking the Lord how to discern and pray for the
real need.<o:p></o:p></b></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Remember, it is important that we allow the Spirit of God to
work in the other person.<o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b> Developing
friendships involves listening to the Lord and His Holy Spirit<o:p></o:p></b></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Allow the Holy Spirit to work, as you pray for God’s wisdom
and direction.<o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>The Lord can provide others who will pray for us, and who
will also keep us accountable in developing relationships.<o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>As a relationship develops, the Lord will show you how you
can find ways to minister to his/her spiritual needs. The Lord can
also help you to encourage them to meet other Christians in events they
enjoy.<o:p></o:p></b></li>
</ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Finally, as the Holy
Spirit of God works in a person’s heart, be responsive to his/her requests.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Answer questions clearly and compassionately<o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Encourage and introduce them to other Christians<o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>Be clear when presenting the Gospel<o:p></o:p></b></li>
</ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">An important concept to
remember from this lesson is that joining together in prayer for others
provides the opportunity to bring God’s help to them—giving the opportunity to develop
relationships with others, and also helps in building relationships with people
who are not a part of the group, who may not know the Lord. It also gives the opportunity to share Jesus
with others.</span></i></b><span style="color: #00b050;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #00b050;"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Reflections:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">The reflection exercise
for this lesson is an exercise of what we have learned to-date in the
course. It is intended to encourage you
to practice some of the principles we have learned which relate to prayer and
building relationship. It is possible that not everyone may be able to bring
a group together to pray. If that is so
and there is a group already praying, consider joining that group, then answers
some of the questions in the reflection.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><u><span style="color: #00b050;">The exercise is a
practicum to bring people together in prayer and observe how they respond to
group praying.</span></u><span style="color: #00b050;"> It may take some
time to pull your observations together about praying together. Your observations should relate back to what
we have learned. Those of you who are pastors and are a part of the
class, it would be good to hear from your point of view. Those who are
not pastors, your reflective comments are also very important. To help
lay-students get started, perhaps they could ask their pastor if he/she would
welcome your bringing people together for a prayer group. If they do,
that too is an excellent opportunity to learn and observe. Sharing those
observations with others on Pray.Network, could encourage someone else in the
class. Maybe you will observe some other issues about prayer in a group that
you would like to share for discussion – that too would be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Here are some possible
ways to bring people together for prayer—consider praying for an event that
your church is having, for example: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Vacation</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Bible</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
or a special function event, or a church activity. --that would help us grow in
praying together.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">With the help of God’s
Holy Spirit, both pastors and lay students in the course, together, can offer
their reflections and comments to the class for
discussion. Doing this, would benefit all in the course, and it will help
us have a deeper understanding of praying together. During the
exercise, we will continue with our lessons, covering the following: praying in
groups; prayer circles; looking at the power of a praying church; and
developing a prayer-culture in the church. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">If you <u>are</u> actually
able to do this exercise, in one form or another, I pray that the Lord will
make it a meaningful exercise. For those
who cannot do the exercise, please work on the reflections below, and draw from
you past experiences in answering.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Exercise Reflection: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><i>How can we encourage prayer to move from inward
self-focus to outward focus on others, but not forgetting the
inward-personal need?<o:p></o:p></i></b></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><i>What have you observed about the action of prayer helping
to build relationships?<o:p></o:p></i></b></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><i>If you could identify critical elements in “encouraging
prayer with others”, what are they? Why do you think they are
important?<o:p></o:p></i></b></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #00b050; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><i>Ask your prayer group to discuss what factors they
consider important that encourages others “to belong” to a prayer
group. -- Have the elements they have identified helped them to
reach out to others, who are not in their prayer group? <o:p></o:p></i></b></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;">You may have other
observations--please feel free to share them. When your project is
complete, please share about it on pray.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in;"><b><i><u><span style="color: #00b050;">SHARE IT -- WHILE IT IS FRESH!</span></u></i><span style="color: #00b050;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in;"><b><i><u><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></u></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> <i><u>
</u></i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">If you
have any questions, please ask!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Immanuel, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">עִמָּנוּאֵלEmmanuel, </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span dir="RTL"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="AR-SA"></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(H<span lang="AR-SA">6005 Strong's Number)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A close look at
meanings of the letters of Immanuel utilizing both the Hebrew Alphabet and the
Alphabet used in Abraham's time,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shows
that the name Immanuel, which is often interpreted "God with us" has
a wonderful significance for us.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">The name speaks
of <i>the urging of the Strong Leader through mighty knowledge and insight (God
the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit) securing life.—The Strong Leader
is Jesus Christ.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">Christ came
to earth for us through the mighty knowledge and insight of God the Father, God
the Son, and the Holy Spirit and secured life for us, by dying for us at Calvary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the greatest action of love that has
ever been seen.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">Not only is
God with us, but He has secured life for us through His Son, Jesus!</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">All He asks
is for us to believe in Him. John 1:12 says “But as many as received him, to
them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his
name.” </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now when you
hear the name Immanuel, remember it speaks of why Christ came to earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wants us to believe in Him, and when we
do, truly God is with us.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">©2012 Lewis Turner</span></div>
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