Tag: #jesuslovesyou
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Thankful for Patience
36 Then Gideon said to God, “If You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You said, 37 I will put a fleece of wool here on the threshing floor. If dew is only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that You will deliver Israel by my strength, as…
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Thankful for Discipline
1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish: 2 I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice. 3 You threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the current…
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Thankful for Grace
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 CSB Later this week, I am headed to a statewide reading conference with the Walking in Truth devotional book and the two teacher discipleship resources, Teaching Practices that Testify (Peace, Hope), that God has…
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By grace, through faith…
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen. Hebrews 11:1 CSB I long to see God. I mean, really SEE Him, walk with Him, hold His hand. I envy Adam and Eve and their evening walks in the garden with God. I wish for the Old…
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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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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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