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KWT Paraphrasing, Wednesdays - praying for IDOKs by name

Free Online Dictionary Fear

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Psalm 25:12 Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
via Ps 25 NASB – Prayer for Protection Guidance and – Bible Gateway.

Isn’t that an interesting phrase? Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

Fear? Regular run of the mill fear?  Hmmm.

Fear: A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger. via Fear – definition of Fear by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

No. Not that kind of fear. This kind:

My Hebrew Lexicon gives the Hebrew word for our English word fear as ary, transliterated yare’, meaning to stand in awe of, to honor, to respect.

So now. Let me give you a KT paraphrase of verse 12.

The man who is in awe of God, who honors God, who respects God will seek the LORD in all his (her) decisions; he will inquire of the LORD BEFORE the decision is made; he will pray saying, ‘LORD which should I choose?’ And even before he knows the LORD’s answer, he is determined to do it.

Further he/she who fears the LORD can expect this:

13 His soul will abide in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
via Ps 25 NASB – Prayer for Protection Guidance and – Bible Gateway.

The one who fears the LORD lives prosperously. I like that! But what does it mean? This is what I think: that he who fears the LORD, his whole being is lavishly loved by God and he (or she) knows it! — whether she be in the midst of a trial or beyond the trial; when supplies are abundant or when there is scarcity. Through it all, she who lives LOVED passes it on to her children and they are well likely to receive this land of prosperous living for themselves.

It’s believing we are lavishly loved, always and forever, that keeps us free of Free Online Dictionary fear.

So, how free am I? How free are you?

Click HERE and pray, please. And this is Wednesday again so I am praying for you by name (or email address).  Love and provisions to you all in JESUS Name.

Keep braving the dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

Assurance - Promise, Christian Living

Vowels

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A E I O U and sometimes Y — is that right?

I was reminded this morning as my hubby was reading one of his morning devotionals to me that where we position a vowel in a word changes more than just the word.

Got.

I got to go to work.
I got to iron clothes.
I got to mop the floor.

Change that o to an e and see what happens.

I GET to go to work today. That comes from the mouth of one whose heart is grateful to have a means of gainful employment to provide for her/his family.

I GET to iron clothes. Can only be spoken by one who appreciates such things as this:  I have an iron. I have a roof over my head wherein that iron is housed. Moreover I have clothes to wear – clean clothes even, or they would not need pressing.

I GET to mop the floor. Again. I have a floor. I have eyes that can see the need to clean. I have arms and legs that can actually perform the task.

See what I mean?
You try it.
What do you GOT to do that you really are blessed to GET to do?

Hebrews 12:28 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; via Hebrews 12:28 NASB – Therefore since we receive a kingdom – Bible Gateway.

Click HERE and pray – it’s a ‘service’ that ABBA seeing in secret will reward openly.

Keep braving the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

Assurance - Promise, Celebrations, Christian Living, Forgiveness, Repentance, Salvation

Not One, Not Two

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Genesis 3:4 The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die!
via Gen 3 NASB – The Fall of Man Now the serpent was – Bible Gateway.

Do we dismiss him altogether or do we fail to allow ourselves to appropriately score the hatred of Satan? When he said to Eve You surely will not die, he knew differently. He knew he was offering her death; not only to her but the entire human race. He knew when she disobeyed God and took a bite of the forbidden fruit she would then be a rebel against God and that IS ultimately death.  He knew it! He wanted her eternally spiritually dead. He wants that for the entire human race. Is that not the epitome of hatred and evil? And yet who of us has not taken him lightly?

To some he is nothing more than a cartoon character in a red suit with a long tail and a pitch fork. He must think that so humorous and much to his advantage. I see him as having two tactics.

One, the cartoon character as described which is tantamount to non-existent.

Two, he would have us to be so preoccupied with him, seeing a demon behind every bush, that we would be immobilized with fear.

One or two, whichever we choose to believe, Satan wins. Until JESUS that is.

So what should be our position?

1 Peter 5:8 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
via 1 Peter 5:8 NASB – Be of sober spirit be on the alert Your – Bible Gateway.

Ephesians 6:10-12 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
via Ephesians 6:10-12 KJ21 – Finally my brethren be strong in the – Bible Gateway.

James 4:7 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
via James 4:7 NASB – Submit therefore to God Resist the – Bible Gateway.

Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
via Romans 16:19-21 NASB – For the report of your obedience has – Bible Gateway.

Revelation 20:2 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
via Revelation 20:2 NASB – And he laid hold of the dragon the – Bible Gateway.

Revelation 20:10 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
via Revelation 20:10 NASB – And the devil who deceived them was – Bible Gateway.

So, got your armor on?
Good.
Then we will not play into his hands any longer as did our sister Eve.
We will refuse to believe any more of his lies.
We will give him reason to fear us and not we him.

Click HERE and pray –  it’s a fine place to start shaking him up. :) But don’t do it for that reason primarily – do it to love on JESUS and those listed there who so need your prayers.

Keep braving the dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie