BYTES with Meaghan

BYTES~  Word Study :  Triggering Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Philippians 3:13‭-‬15 Triggering What can you just not forget from your past? Have you identified what triggers depression, anxiety, and fear in your life? What sparks of memory still trip you up so many years later?  Apostle Paul had trouble with his triggers in life as well. He had lived to persecute the church, having some killed, imprisoning others for their faith before he had his Damascus Road experience with Jesus. Some of his triggers were church  people rejecting him because they thought he was lying about his conversion. Many of his triggers were...

BYTES~   Word Study: Paradidomi~He Gave His Life For Me I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me ;  the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.  Galatians 2:20 PARADIDOMI Gave Himself for me is PARADIDOMI in the Greek. Paradidomi is an interesting compound of two words: Para and didomi . Para> denotes being near, beside or in the vicinity of. Didomi> means to give, grant, commit, show or deliver (up).  Compound para+didomi and you get a word that means to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, or manage; to entrust to, to commit (something) to someone. Yet it also means to deliver up one to custody, to betray, deliver to prison. It  is used to describe how Judas betrayed Jesus to the authorities.  Paradidomi~  He Gave Himself For Me.   As you can see, Paradidomi basically means to give, or entrust, something...

BYTES~   Word Study:   Dioko> Follow (Hard) After Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after , if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.    Philippians 3:12 KJV.  Dioko>Follow (Hard) After Dioko   is the Greek for   Follow after and it literally   means to pursue, to persecute, follow (after), or to press toward. Dioko is an old hunting term meaning to follow the tracks or the scent of the animal. Dioko depicts a hunter deliberately and intentionally searching for, following after and ruthlessly hunting his prey. The hunter is determined to never stop until he has found what he is looking for. He follows hard after what he wants, in other words.  Dioko>Follow After...  What are some of the things we as Believers should be following hard after according to the Bible?  1. Dioko, Follow After, These: But thou, O man of God, flee these things; a...