Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of our post today is Be Courageous and Pray.

Today I want to mention a very important Greek word from the New Testament,

along with a couple of references where it's used.

The word is die, D-E-I, which means that which is necessary, even binding as in a legal sense, that which is right, proper, or necessary in the nature of a

case, that which is prescribed by law, duty, custom, etc.

From a sense of duty, one must. Extensive list of definitions. You get the idea.

From these definitions, it's easy to see the strong meaning of the

word. Die does not indicate a suggestion or that something might perhaps be a good idea. To the contrary,

it carries the weight of duty or legality.

The very literal weist translation of the New Testament typically uses the phrases,

quote, that which is right and proper, end quote, and, quote, that which is necessary in the nature of a case or of the case,

end quote, to translate the word, that which is right and proper, that which is necessary in the

nature of the case. With this in mind, let's look at two passages where it's used.

The first one will demonstrate the strength of the word. The latter uses it in the context of prayer.

In Luke chapter 13, Jesus healed a lady on the Sabbath who had a crooked back, bent over for 18 years.

The condition was caused by a demonic spirit. However, practicing medicine was considered work,

and the Pharisees lumped healing in with practicing medicine.

Therefore, as ridiculous as it seems, the Pharisees considered it a violation of Sabbath laws

to heal on that day, on the Sabbath.

Upon seeing this miracle performed on the Sabbath,

the synagogue official became indignant.

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