Gods Sign Post - EP 624 - Grace to the Humble - 4/29/2025

Gods Sign Post - EP 624 - Grace to the Humble - 4/29/2025

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 4:6-8, 10 NIV
6) But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
“God opposes the proud
but shows favor to the humble.”
7) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8) Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
10) Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
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James 4:6-8, 10 NKJV
6) But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
7) Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
8) Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
10) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
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Life Lessons from 1 Peter
Lesson #9 - Grace to the Humble
1 Peter 5:1-14
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Further Reading:
To Complete 1 Peter during this 9-part study, read 1 Peter 5:1-14.
For more Bible passages on humility, read Proverbs 11:2; 15:33; Zephaniah 2:3; Luke 14:11; Ephesians 4:2; Philippians 2:3; Colossians 3;12; and James 4:10.
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD
Week #26: AB, ABBA, PATER - FATHER
Key Scripture’s : Luke 15:20

Understanding the Name:
THe Hebrew Scriptures normally depict God, not as the Father of individuals but as Father to his people, Israel. Pious Jews, aware of the gap between a holy God and sinful human beings, would never have dared address God as Ab (Hebrew) or Abba, the Aramaic word for “Daddy,” which gradually came to mean “dear father.” Jesus shocked many of his contemporaries by referring to God as his Father and by inviting his followers to call God “Abba, Father.” Rather than depicting God as a typical Middle Eastern patriarch who wielded considerable power within the family, he depicted him primarily as a tender and compassionate Father, who extends grace to both the sinner and the self-righteous.

The most frequent term for “Father” in the New Testament was the Greek word pater. The first recorded words of Jesus, spoken to his earthly parents, are these: “Didn’t you know I had to be in my fathers house? (LUKE 2:49 NIV), In John’s gospel, Jesus calls God his Father 156 times. The expression “Abba, Pater” (AB-ba pa-TAIR) is found three times in the New Testament, all in the prayer. It is the form Jesus used in his anguished cry in Gethsemane: “Abba, Father, everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will” (Mark 14:36 NIV).