Prayer, Week 6 Day 2

Book The Essentials of Effective Prayer

Week 6, Day 2, pages 76-77

Scripture: Exodus 32:9-14

Good morning,  ladies!  Here are my word/Word study and thoughts for Day 2 from the Effective Prayer book.  Looking forward to your sharing.

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Entreated/besought comes from two Hebrew words:

chalah (2470):  to be or become

• Weak
• Sick
• Grieved
• Sorry

Face/Paniym (644):  face or presence

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After Moses heard God speak, he faced Him or came into His presence weakened by what he had heard, sick in heart, grieved and sorry for his/His people's obstinance. 

Prayer, Week 6, Promise of God

Book:  The Essentials of Effective Prayer by Kay Arthur

Page 75

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From Vine's:

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Promise/epaggelia (1860)

[from epi which means upon and angello which means to proclaim or announce]

Primarily a law term, denoting "a summons"; also meant "an undertaking to do or give something." 

It frequently stands for the thing promised, and so signifies a gift graciously bestowed, not a pledge secured by negotiation. 

Intercessory Prayer

Good morning! :-)

As I read my devotional this morning, I was hit by a reality I already knew in my heart but that Oswald Chambers put into words.  I love these kinds of confirmations.

Just as I learned when my father died 18 years ago that the ultimate healing is death and that when I pray for healing, I must be prepared for that reality... today I learned intercessory prayer is more than asking God to intercede on behalf of someone-- to make their circumstances better or to ease their hurting soul.

Here's what Chambers wrote:

Prayer, Week 5 word/Word study

Here is a copy of my word/Word study for Week 5 with many quotes taken from Vine's Expository Dictionary.  I look forward to your insights.

Forgive/aphiēmi (863)

To send away debts and trespasses

To send away sins signifies

• the remission of the punishment due to the sinful conduct
• the deliverance of the sinner from the penalty divinely, and therefore righteously, imposed
• the complete removal of the cause of offense

Such remission is based upon the vicarious and propitiatory sacrifice of Christ.

In the O.T., the word atonement is used.

Application