Gods Sign Post - EP 597 - Persistent Prayer - 3/21/2025

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:
Proverbs 30:5, 8-9 NIV
5) “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
8) Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.
9) Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
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Proverbs 30:5, 8-9 GNV (1599 Geneva)
5) Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to those that trust in him.
8) Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me not poverty, nor riches: feed me with food convenient for me,
9) Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, [a]Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the Name of my God in vain.
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Life Lessons from LUKE
Lesson #7 - Persistent Prayer
LUKE 11:1-13
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Further Reading:
To Complete LUKE during this twelve-part study, read LUKE 11:1-54.
For more Bible passages on prayer, read 1 Chronicles 5:20; Matthew 17:20; 21:21-22; Luke 17:6; 18:40-42; Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; James 5:15-16; and Jude 1:20.
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #21: SHOPHET; JUDGE
Key Scripture’s : Psalm 94:15

Understanding the Name:
The Hebrew verb shapat (sha-PHAT) can be translated in a variety of ways, including “judge,” “govern,” “decide,” “defend,”and “deliver”. In the Hebrew Scriptures the word often combined the three primary functions of government–the executive, legislative, and judicial–that modern Western nations separate. That’s why leaders like Gideon, Samson, and Deborah were called judges. When we read the Hebrew noun shophet (sho-PHAT), “judge”, in the Hebrew Bible, we need to remember that it often connotes the broader meaning of “ruler.”

The prophets often chided Israel’s rulers for failing to act justly, reserving their harshest word for those who ignored the rights of aliens, the poor, the fatherless, and the widow.

When the word “judge” is used in the New Testament, it tends to mirror the meaning of the Greek culture, emphasizing judicial functions rather than overall rule. The New Testament depicts Jesus as Judge of both the living and the dead.