Gods Sign Post - EP 567 - Your First Love - 2/10/2025

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 15:13; 17:22 NKJV
15:13) A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
17:22) A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
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Proverbs 15:13; 17:22 NIV
15:13) A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
17:22) A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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Life Lessons from REVELATION
Lesson #2 - Your first Love
REVELATION 2:1-7
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Further Reading:
To Complete REVELATION during this twelve-part study, read REVELATION 2:1-7.
For more Bible passages on putting God first, read Deuteronomy 5:7-10; 1 Samuel 14:36-38; Psalm 86:11; Matthew 6:33-34; Luke 10:38-42; 14:25-27; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; and 1 John 4:19.
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #17: MELEK - KING
Key Scripture’s : Psalm 24:7

Understanding the Name:
Compared to surrounding nations, the Israelites were relatively late in adopting monarchy as a form of government. Instead, they thought of Yahweh as their Malek. Once the monarchy was established, it was understood that the king received his power from God and was therefore responsible for ruling according to God’s laws. David, Israel’s second king, represented the ideal of how a king should rule.

But most of the kings of Israel and Judah fell far short of the ideal, leading people away from God by forging ill-fated alliances with foreign powers and by sanctioning the worship of false gods. After years of living under the rule of these less-than-perfect kings, God’s people longed for a Malek— a descendant of David who would sit on Israel’s throne, subdue its enemies, and then rule over the entire earth. Given these expectations, it is hardly surprising that even Jesus’s disciples thought he would establish an earthly kingdom.