Profound Hebrew Words: TEFILLAH (Prayer) (Original Work)
Good Morning Friday.......
Father Thank You for this NEW Day. Please grant us TRUTH, WISDOM, DISCERNMENT, UNDERSTANDING, and KNOWLEDGE. Father we ask this so that we will not be conformed to this world, but TRANSFORMED by the renewing of our MINDS. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST'S Name. Amen.
- Profound Hebrew Words: TEFILLAH (Prayer)
It can be easy to drop on our knees and pray to God Our Father when we are in trouble, hurt, distressed, or in need, but what about the rest of the time? With our english word "pray" it can be easy to fall into this habit because the english definition is "to ask or beg," but let's take a look at The Original Hebrew Word for prayer, Tefillah, and see the meaning that is revealed.
The Hebrew Word for prayer, Tefillah, has a much different meaning in its original form. Tefillah means "self evaluate," or "self judgement." So, we see that originally prayer, or Tefillah, meant a time for self examination and not just a time for asking for things. While it is definitely appropriate that we make requests to Our Father during prayer, as Yeshua, Jesus, and the apostles made clear, it originally meant a time for us to "judge" our lives according to the standard of Our Father in His Word, to judge our actions, behaviors, and attitudes in alignment with God's Holiness.
Is this something that could change the way and frequency of our prayers?
Let's go one step further. In Hebrew each letter has multiple meanings and this is what makes Our Father's Original Language so rich and profound. Let's take a look at "The Message" the individual letters of The Word "Teffilah" give us.
The Word Tefillah in Hebrew is spelled with the Hebrew Letters (from right to left in Hebrew) Tav, Pey, Yod, Lamed, and Hey. It looks like this, תפילה. When we take the individual meanings of each letter and put them together we get An Amazing Message. Ready for this? The individual letters in the Hebrew Word Tefillah mean: "The Spoken Covenant Sign of Worship to The Shepherd and Teacher Revealed In Our Breath." What?! How amazing is that?! Our Father left no doubt about what prayer was to be with His Simple Yet Beautiful Word For Prayer, Tefillah!
As we can see, prayer is not only about "asking for" or "begging," but an act of worship, questioning ourselves, and a sign that we are in covenant with Our Father that is revealed with our spoken words and breath. Wow... Brothers and Sisters, His Glory Is Infinite, His Mercies Are Never Failing, His Judgements Are Righteous, His Word Is Perfect, and His Mysteries Are Boundless!
May we all make a resolution today to revive ourselves with prayer, or Tefillah, and worship Our Father and His Son with the covenant sign towards Our Shepherd and Teacher, revealed with our words and breath! May we not only pray when we are in need, but also to evaluate ourselves against The Original Shepherd, knowing it is a command and sign of worship to spend time with Our Loving and Kind Father Yahweh, and His Son, The Word,Yeshua, Jesus Christ, Our King.
God Bless Everybody and have a Great God-Filled Day!
The Word of God:
“Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray (Tefillah) and not give up.”
Luke 18:1
“as you pray (Tefillah) at all times, with all kinds of prayers and requests, in the Spirit, vigilantly and persistently, for all God’s people.”
Ephesians 6:18
“So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
James 1:19-21
“‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be filled.’ “Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them,”
Deuteronomy 11:13-16
“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the LORD of hosts; “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the LORD of hosts.”
Malachi 3:10-12
“Now while I was speaking, praying (Tefillah), and confessing (judging himself) my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God, yes, while I was speaking in prayer (Tefillah), the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.”
Daniel 9:20-22
“The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer (Tefillah) of the upright is His delight.”
Proverbs 15:8
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