God's Sign Post W/ Dana Christensen - EP 637 - Suffering Serves a Purpose - 5/7/2025

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:
Hebrews 11:13, 16 NIV
13) All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
16) Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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Hebrews 11:13, 16 NKJV
13) These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
16) But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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Life Lessons from Hebrews
Lesson #10 - Suffering Serves a Purpose
Hebrews 12:1-11
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Further Reading:
To Complete Hebrews during this Twelve-part study, read Hebrews 12:1-11.
For more Bible passages about God’s discipline, read Deuteronomy 4:36; 11:2-7; Job 5:17; Psalm 94:12; Proverbs 3:11; 10:17; Jeremiah 30:11; Hosea 5:1-2; and Revelation 3:19.
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #28: LIGHT OF THE WORLD - TO PHOS TOU KOSMOU
Key Scripture’s : John 8:12

Understanding the Name:
The Hebrew Scriptures are full of images that link God with light—pillers of fire, burning lamps, consuming fire. Such images are often associated with God’s nearness or his presence. John’s gospel portrays Jesus as the embodiment of the divine light, a light so powerful that it cannot be overcome by the darkness of sin and death. Though Satan tries to disguise himself as an angel light, he is light’s opposite— the prince of darkness.

The phrase “to phos tou kosmou” (to FOHS tou KOS-mou)--- the light of the world —appears three times in the New Testament (Matthew 5:14; John 8:12; 9:5) it is a distinctive phrase spoken only by Jesus, who uses it twice to refer to himself and once to refer to his disciples, who are to reflect his light through their good deeds.

Just as natural light is essential to life on earth, Christ’s light is essential to unending life with God. Whoever believes in his light becomes like him, reflecting his brightness by walking in his light and obeying his commands.

Matthew’s gospel recalls Isaiah’s prophecy, applying it to the child who would soon be born to Mary (Matthew 1:22-23). The sign given hundreds of years earlier was meant for all God’s people. Infact, the Bible is nothing if not the story of God’s persistent desire to dwell with his people. In Jesus, God succeeded in a unique way, becoming a man in order to same the world not from the outside, but from the inside. Immanuel, God with us, to rescue, redeem, and restore our relationship with him.