Gods Sign Post - EP 587 - Taking Responsibility - 3/8/2025

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:
James 1:19-21 NKJV
19) So then, my beloved brethren, let evey man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
20) for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
21) Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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James 1:19-21 NIV
19) My dear brothers and sisters, take not of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
20) because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
21) Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
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Life Lessons from Daniel
Lesson #9 - Taking Responsibility
Esther 4:1;17
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Further Reading:
To Complete Esther during this Six-part study, read Esther 4:1-17.
For more Bible passages on taking responsibility, read Genesis 22:1-19; Jonah 1:1-16; Matthew 12:36-37; 26:36-46; Luke 12:47-48; 1 Corinthians 3:5-9; Galatians 6:1-6; and 1 Timothy 5:3-8
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #20: Maon, Machseh, Magen, Metsuda, Migdal-Oz - DWELLING PLACE, REFUGE, SHIELD, FORTRESS, STRONG TOWER
Key Scripture’s : Psalm 91:1-16

Understanding the Name:
The Hebrew Scriptures reveal a God who dwells with his people — first in a tent in the wilderness and then in the Jerusalem temple. The New Testament takes this idea of God’s dwelling place on earth a giant step farther by revealing a God who wants to dwell not merely with his people but within his people. Occasionally, Scripture reverses this imagery in a wonderful way by picturing God himself as our Dwelling Place or Maon (ma-OHN).
Closely allied to this image of Dwelling Place is the idea of God as our Refuge or Machseh (mach - SEH) He is pictured as one to whom we can run for safety and security. The word “refuge” also appears in the Hebrew Scriptures in connection to Israel’s “cities of refuge” (the Hebrew word in this instance is miqlat), where people could flee for safety if they had accidentally killed someone. These cities were strategically located so that anyone in Israel was within a day’s journey of one. A shield or Magen (ma - GAIN) is another image of God’s protecting care. Ancient shields were often made of layered cowhide and were used in situations of close combat as well as to protect soldiers from rocks hurled from city walls.

In biblical times, some cities were enclosed by walls, twenty-five feet high and fifteen to twenty-five feet thick. Farmers worked in the fields by day and then retreated within the city walls at night for protection. Large, fortified cities also contained strongholds of strong towers that provided additional defense should the city’s outer walls be breached. Like the other terms already mentioned, God is compared to a fortress of Metsuda (me-tsu-DAH) and to a strong tower or Migdal-OHZ (mig-dal OHZ)