BYTES with Meaghan

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: LOVE Love Is A Choice, Not Merely A Feeling Romans 5:5 ¹(NKJV) Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. A couple I knew was having some marital issues. The husband, after another night of arguing, asked me what he should do if he had fallen out of love with his wife. I consulted with the Holy Spirit for the best possible response to his query. I told him, “ Love is a choice, not merely a feeling. There will be many days in your marriage when you will wake up in the morning and feel that you no longer love your spouse. That is when you must make a choice, determining in your heart and mind, to love your spouse. It is up to you to start each day by making the choice to love your spouse despite your differences. That is what love is all about.” What Is Love? ‘ ²Aheb and ³Agapao are two words used to depict love, the first from the Old Testament and the second from th...

BYTES~ Avinu Malkienu Isaiah 63:16 Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O Lord, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.  Matthew 6:9   In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.* ~Jesus Avinu Malkienu is Hebrew for Our Father, our King. The Avinu Malkienu is a prayer sung during the Ten Days of Teshuva between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Each stanza of the prayer begins with the moving words, Avinu Malkienu, Our Father, our King in acknowledgment of God's love for His people above His supremacy over all.  That is who God is, or should be, in our lives, too, both King and Father . God has chosen for us to know Him, though, not first as Melech, King , but firstly as Father . Yes, God is King over all and the nations and unbelievers must and will come to know Him as King.  Revelation 17:14 T hese will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb...