Gods Sign Post - EP 565 - Generosity - 2/7/2025

A daily bible study to draw us closer in our relationship with GOD through our Savior Jesus Christ in prayer and reading the word of GOD.
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365 Devotions on the Power of Prayer:
MATTHEW 7:9-11 NKJV
9) Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10) Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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MATTHEW 7:9-11 NIV
9) Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10) Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
11) If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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Life Lessons from Philippians
Lesson #12 - Generosity
Philippians 4:14-23
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Further Reading:
To Complete Philippians during this twelve-part study, read Philippians 4:14-23.
For more Bible passages on tithing and giving, read Deuteronomy 14:22-29; 1 Chronicles 29:1-9; Proverbs 3:9-10; Malachi 3:8-10; Matthew 10:7-15; Acts 11:27-30; and 2 Corinthians 9:6-8.
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #16: HASHEM - THE NAME
Key Scripture’s : 1 Kings 8:28-29

Understanding the Name:
God’s name is associated with his glory, power, holiness, protection, trust, and love. To call on his name is to call on his presence. To act in his name is to act with his authority.To fight in his name is to fight with his power. To pray to his name is to pray to him. In fact, the very first mention of prayer in the Bible appears in Genesis 4:26: “At that time people began to invoke the name of the lord (NIV).” Though we are to exalt God’s name and proclaim it to the nations, it is also possible to dishonor it, which is the same as dishonoring him. God’s name is his reputation.

Though God’s name is holy and powerful, it cannot be invoked as a magic formula. Rather, his name becomes powerful whenever it is uttered by men and women who are exercising their faith in God.

Jesus taught his own disciples to pray by saying. “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name…”(Matthew 6:9 KJV). In John’s gospel, Jesus prays to his Father, saying , “I have manifested thy name to the men which thou gavest me” and “ I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known” (John 17:6, 26 KJV).

When we pray to Hashem (ha-SHAME), we are praying to the holy God who dwells in our midst, hearing and answering our prayers.