Tag: #allmyhopeisinJesus
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Adonai: Lord, Master
Sweet friends, this post is going to wrap up our series: Thankful for the Many Names of God! I hope this series has led you to a deeper understanding of Who God is and a greater reverence for His name. To close out, it seems most fitting to look at one final name: Adonai which…
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Yahweh Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness
The name “The Lord Our Righteousness” literally means that God has fulfilled all requirements of the law for us. What law is that? The law that He gave Moses to ensure the people would be able to stay in fellowship with Him. The law that started with 10 commandments and grew to hundreds because we…
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Yahweh Rohi: The Lord Our Shepherd
Post 13: Revisiting the Thankful for the Many Names of God series! Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, the Angel who has delivered me from all harm—may he bless these…
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El Roi: God of Seeing
El Roi [el-roh-ee] is another name that appears only once in the Bible but is so packed with meaning that we simply must study it to know more about our amazing God and how much He loves us…God didn’t just see Hagar out in the wilderness with His all-seeing eye and go, “Well, looks like…
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Yahweh-Rapha: The Lord Who Heals
Yahweh-Rapha is first found in Exodus 15:26 and follows one of the first miracles God performs in the wilderness. In Hebrew, rapha means to restore, heal, or make healthy. Yahweh-Rapha demonstrates God’s ability to heal our bodies, our individual distress, and our collective hurts as a people or nation. To read more about God’s healing…
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Yahweh-Jireh: The Lord Will Provide
Though this name for God only appears once in the Bible, it is of immeasurable importance. Abraham did not call the mountain “The Lord Provided”, but instead called it “The Lord Will Provide”. We need only look at the character of God, shown to us through His names, to see the magnitude of His provision:…
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Yahweh-M’kaddesh: The Lord Who Sanctifies
Yahweh-M’kaddesh means the Lord Who Sanctifies or Makes Holy. With this name, God shows us that He wants His people to be holy and that He alone is the One who can sanctify His people. Sweet friend, in the Old Testament sanctification involved being physically set apart. In the New Testament, we see a change…
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Yahweh Sabaoth: The Lord of Hosts
Yahweh-Sabaoth means “The Lord of Hosts” with hosts including both angels and men. First used in 1 Samuel 1:3, it is used over 285 times in the Bible. What does this mean for us? (Click to read on!)
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Waiting Well
Don’t worry. We’ll return to “Thankful for the Names of God” on Monday. God has just been teaching me something about an area that many of us struggle with, and I was too excited to wait to share it with you! For we walk by faith, not sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 Sometimes when I am…
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Yahweh Shalom: The Lord is Peace
Yahweh Shalom, pronounced [yah-way-shah-lohm], known also as Jehovah Shalom, is another of God’s names given while building an altar. Throughout the Bible the word shalom appears 237 times meaning “completeness, soundness, welfare, peace”. Sweet friends, those who trust in the Lord have peace because the Lord is peace. In our everlasting God we…(click to read…
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