Love and Lordship

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(Psalm 75:1) - "We give thanks to You, God, we give thanks, For Your name is near; People declare Your wondrous works." El Taur – “God Our Rock (Has Redeemed)” (Deuteronomy 32:3-4) The Name of God that we look at today is a strong Name that we all need just as the Israelites needed Him when He revealed Himself as "EL TAUR (or ZUR) - GOD OUR ROCK (Has Redeemed)!" This is found in Deuteronomy 32:3-4 in Moses song to God's people as he is... Read More

Names of God 6

(Psalm 69:30) - I will praise the name of God with song, and exalt Him with thanksgiving. EL RACHAMIM – “The God Who Is MERCIFUL" or "The God of MERCY” (Deuteronomy 4:31) We continue our series on knowing and loving God by getting to know Him through all His Names revealed in Scripture. Our next Name is a powerful and much needed Name of God for us and is found in Deuteronomy 4:31. It is a derivative of EL RACHUM – “The God of Compassion”... Read More

Names of God 5

(Psalm 138:2) El Qanna or Kanna – “The Jealous God” (Exodus 20:5; 34:14) Prepare yourself for Today's Name of God as it is a difficult one.  However, it will truly help you understand more fully His perfect Love for us and how we can grow in Christ from imperfect fleshly lust to His kind of selfless, self-giving Love. Today's Name of God is found in Exodus 20:5 and 34:14 and it means that He is "El Qanna or Kanna - The Jealous God." See what... Read More

Names of God 4

EHOVAH NISSI - "The Lord is my Banner" or "The Lord our Banner." (Exodus 17:15) While I love every Name of God and what it reveals about His character this Name is one of my favorites as well as a favorite to many others. It is first found in Exodus 17:15. The Name of God here is JEHOVAH NISSI - "The Lord is my Banner" or "The Lord our Banner." The significance is found in the great story of Moses' arms being held up by... Read More

Names of God 3

Jehovah Jireh - "The Lord God Who Provides" (Genesis 22:14) As we continue looking at the incredible Names of God, we’ll look at one that we all love to call upon whether we do so in the Hebrew Name or simply by our own asking. That Name is Jehovah Jireh - "The Lord God Who Provides" found first in Genesis 22:14. It's an incredible story of faith and the unbelievable testing of that faith of Abraham by God. God asks him to make a sacrifice... Read More

Names of God 2

Yahweh or Jehovah - The Lord God (Genesis 2:4) As we continue with this series and move through Scripture, another Name of God that we encounter, allowing us to know more fully Who He Is and His impact and involvement in our lives, is Yahweh or Jehovah. The Jewish people reverenced (and many still do so today) God in such a way that they won't even say or write His full name so it was often displayed as YHWH with no vowels (as we know... Read More

Names of God 1

The Lord our God is One (Deuteronomy 6:4) If we are going to fulfill the first and greatest command to worship God alone and love Him with all our being (Mark 12:29-31) then we need to spend the time to get to know Him! The Lord has laid it on my heart to share the Names of God, where they are found and maybe most poignantly, how each of them is fulfilled in Christ! Over the next few posts we will look at several names... Read More

Secure in Christ

For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work among you will complete it by the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6 - emphasis in original) As we close out 2021 and look to 2022 I think most of us, just as we did in 2020, are hoping and praying that COVID was behind us and the economy would settle down and get back to thriving. We wanted to be able to gather again as families and friends, to... Read More

CHRISTmas Blessing 2021

(Matthew 1:21-23) In CHRISTmas Memories we recognized both the ups and downs that CHRISTmas can bring.  In CHRISTmas Players we shared a unique perspective from the “least” of the CHRISTmas players, the Bethlehem shepherds, and the role they played as well as lessons we can learn from them.  In this post, I want to turn our focus directly to the choice that Jesus made which makes CHRISTmas a reality and in doing so gave us the model for our lives and relationships…that of humility and... Read More

CHRISTmas Players

(Luke 2:1-20) Let me take you back to that first CHRISTmas and just briefly recount the well-known narratives and names.  Then I want to spend the better part of this article on a part of the story that you may have never heard and what we can learn from the lowliest of players in the CHRISTmas story…  Matthew 1:18-23 – Mary and Joseph engaged; Mary gets pregnant; Joseph chooses to privately divorce Mary which was an honorable thing as he could have had her stoned... Read More