Greetings John and Doves,
      I see my regular Dr. Friday to get cleared for surgery and will let everyone know of a scheduled date. I'm praying and hoping for significant shrinkage of the tumor to allow me another 30 days. Please agree with me in this.
       Now for the important part of this E-mail. Sometime in the last year or two I did a study on Luke 21:36 and discovered a nugget. In the Strongs there are about 5 different meanings for the word "pray" The most common used in the New Testament is Strongs # 4336 and the most rare one is Strongs # 1189 and I'll list them in order with the most used to the least.


g4336 pray to God, worship

g2065 to request, to ask, to beseech

g3870 to call near, to invite

g2172 to wish

g1189 to beg

This final G1189 was enlightening as it not only used just a few times but means to beg. Now insert the original Greek into


Luk 21:36  Watch ye therefore, and BEG always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.


The English meaning of the word beg is to :


beg
beɡ/
verb
verb: beg; 3rd person present: begs; past tense: begged; past participle: begged; gerund or present participle: begging


    1.
    ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something.
    "I begged him for mercy"

This should relay the importance of this Scripture in these final hours. God Bless this group of seven. On a side note I told everyone yesterday that satan couldn't help it in his vanity to arrange for American Pharaoh to win and even though he was the favorite, the favorite seldom wins in the Ky Derby. I'm sure also this horse # 18 ( 6+6+6) will be the first triple crown winner since 1978. If I'm wrong I'll eat my humble pie<[:o)

Agape
Charles


MEANINGS OF ALL GREEK WORDS FOR PRAY
G4336
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
pros-yoo'-khom-ahee
From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.


G2065
ἐρωτάω
erōtaō
er-o-tah'-o
Apparently from G2046 (compare G2045); to interrogate; by implication to request: - ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. Compare G4441.


G3870
παρακαλέω
parakaleō
par-ak-al-eh'-o
From G3844 and G2564; to call near, that is, invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation): - beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort (-ation), intreat, pray.


G2172
εὔχομαι
euchomai
yoo'-khom-ahee
Middle voice of a primary verb; to wish; by implication to pray to God: - pray, will, wish.

G1189
δέομαι
deomai
deh'-om-ahee
Middle voice of G1210; to beg (as binding oneself), that is, petition: - beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare G4441.