Pray

Mar 5:17  And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. 

Mar 5:18  And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

Reading through and pray and prayed caught my attention.  Wondered if they were the same Greek word.  They are...G3870.


From G3844 and G2564; to call near, that is, invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation).

• G3844 - A primary preposition; properly near, that is, (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local [especially beyond or opposed to] or causal [on account of]). In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
• G2564 - Akin to the base of G2753; to “call” (properly aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise).

Used 108 times in 104 verses...translated comfort, beseeching, besought, intreated, exhort, desire, desiring, exhorting, given.

Of the 16 times the word exhort is used, it's the same Greek definition above, only once is it different.

I find it interesting that both the demon possessed man and his 'neighbors' both prayed to Jesus for something.  One for Jesus to leave, the other requesting to go with him.

How do we, in our lives, ask Jesus to get away from us?  To go with Him?

January 2015

Well here we go!!!  I decided on the Back to the Bible program - historical.  Got out my Complete Jewish Bible to compare and for the OT portion they match.  Completely different for the NT...but since that's months and months away... I'll do a side by side comparison then. :-)

Month	Book
1-Jan	Genesis 1-3
2-Jan	Genesis 4-7
3-Jan	Genesis 8-11
4-Jan	Genesis 12-15
5-Jan	Genesis 16-18
6-Jan	Genesis 19-21
7-Jan	Genesis 22-24
8-Jan	Genesis 25-26
9-Jan	Genesis 27-29
10-Jan	Genesis 30-31
11-Jan	Genesis 32-34
12-Jan	Genesis 35-37
13-Jan	Genesis 38-40
14-Jan	Genesis 41-42
15-Jan	Genesis 43-45
16-Jan	Genesis 46-47
17-Jan	Genesis 48-50
18-Jan	Exodus 1-3
19-Jan	Exodus 4-6
20-Jan	Exodus 7-9
21-Jan	Exodus 10-12
22-Jan	Exodus 13-15
23-Jan	Exodus 16-18
24-Jan	Exodus 19-21
25-Jan	Exodus 22-24
26-Jan	Exodus 25-27
27-Jan	Exodus 28-29
28-Jan	Exodus 30-32
29-Jan	Exodus 33-35
30-Jan	Exodus 36-38
31-Jan	Exodus 39-40

Double Minded

Jas 1:8  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 

Jas 4:8  Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 

Double minded - G1374 - From G1364 and G5590; two spirited, that is, vacillating (in opinion or purpose).

• G1364 - Adverb from G1417; twice.
• G1417 - A primary numeral; “two”.
• G5590 - From G5594; breath, that is, (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315], [H7307] and [H2416].
• G5594 - A primary verb; to breathe (voluntarily but gently; thus differing on the one hand from G4154, which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of G109, which refers properly to an inanimate breeze), that is, (by implication of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively).

I feel like I'm double minded.  Not all the time, or about everything.  Just marriage.  On the one side, I think no, I am content.  I enjoy my solitude.  Then on the other side I think, no, I would love to have someone to share the adventure of life. Especially when I come across something like this:

That sums it up...for me.  I want someone who finds my mind beautiful.  Who seems me as desirable, mentally.  Is that odd?  Selfish?  Shouldn't my desire for a spouse be something, I don't know...more?

Shouldn't I be more focused on what I can give or provide to someone versus what I *want*?

Am I truly praying for whatever His will is?  Desiring His plans and purposes?  Because when it comes down to it, it's really His choice.  Trying to 'force' His hand and go down a path He's not approved doesn't work out well.  Trying to 'make do' or lower your standards to avoid being alone isn't worth the price.

So here I am...wondering, I think yes, then no, so is that double minded?  Or can this be a form of prayer, as I surrender to Him?  Not wanting my way, but trusting, waiting on Him, should He decide He has someone for me?  Or continuing to learn contentedness, seeing, knowing Him as my heavenly husband?  I really don't know, and I think I can honestly say, either path is okay.

Maybe that's where He wants me to be, if it's yes, good.  If it's no, good.  So beloved saints, do we happily receive a NO as well as we would a YES?