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Thoughtful Thursdays: Jehovah-Rapha,

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I can relate to the Israelite people in Exodus 15 — even though I want to say I would never be like them in the following passage.

I would like to say that my faith would stay strong as I remember what the Lord has done for me in the past. That I would not falter. That I would stay positive when hard times come. That through the hard times, I would be like Paul and Silas in the jail — praising God in the middle of the night.

That I what I hope I will do. But I know I sometimes complain about little first world problems. Like being hot. Being tired. Having a lot to do. Being upset about what someone has said to me or a child’s bad attitude. And it makes me think, “I probably would have been one of those doubting, complaining Israelites!”

Here is the story:

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.  And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.  And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee. Exodus 15:22-26
Jehovah-Rapha: He is the One who heals us.

In Exodus 15, the Israelite people have forgotten that the Lord provides (Jehovah-Jireh). God, just three days earlier, had delivered them from the Egyptians. He had done a miracle that allowed them cross the Red Sea on dry ground.

They had been on a cloud 9 for a day. Miriam danced and the women had danced and sang praises to God just a few verses earlier in this same chapter. And then they came to the bitter waters — and they murmur against their leader.

For three days, they had been walking through a hot dry desert. Their water has run out. Their food has run out. They are hot, hungry, thirsty, and crabby. Their children are hot, hungry, thirsty, crabby, and whiny. And they are genuinely worried. Will they survive? If they don’t get water soon, people will die!

But instead of going to the One who can provide, they complain.

Ken Hemphill in his book, Names of God, had the following quote:

“Great spiritual victory is often followed by defeat, discouragement, dissension, and depression. Satan often intensifies his spiritual attack immediately after we experience spiritual victory. He always tries to snatch away our victory and attempts to dull our joy.”
Ken Hemphill

Great quote by Ken Hemphill from his books, Name of God, about Jehovah-Rapha.

Be on guard! Satan would love to do for you what he did for the Israelite people. He would love to create division, dissension, and distress. He wants to steal your joy. When you have a spiritual victory, get ready — because He could attack.

And if he does, what will you do? How will you respond? Will you murmur and complain? Of course, not against God! But will you murmur against the people God has placed in your life? Against the situations God has placed in your life?

Then in reality, we are murmuring against God. Because He is sovereign. He is in control, and He has allowed those people and situations in your life FOR A REASON! And He knows best.

God knew that the Israelites would end up Marah. In fact, He led them there! 

Exodus 13:21-22 shows how the Lord was leading them in the wilderness:

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Our question might be, “Why?”
Why would God lead people into difficulty?
Why would He want us to experience hardship, thirst, and hunger?

  • There are so many reasons, but one simple one is that if we never experience thirst, then we never desire God’s water.
  • If we never experience the bitter waters, then we never experience the power of God in healing the waters.
  • If we never taste the bitter, then we’ll never taste the sweetness after God heals the bitter.
  • If we never have pain and sickness, then we never need a healer.
  • If we don’t see our need of a Savior, then we don’t understand how Jesus, our tree, can transform our life just like the tree transformed the bitter water into sweet water.

God knows what He is doing — but will we trust Him?
How will we respond when the bitter times come into our lives?
Will we murmur and complain?
Or will we be like Moses who cried out to God?

I want to be like Moses!

Next week, I will go into the meaning of the name, Jehovah-rapha, and seeing how the name Jehovah-rapha applies to our everyday lives. I’ll share the printables also for this lesson, but I hope this week got you excited to see how God is our healer for those bitter times in our life. He has a plan, and He knows best!

You see, even in the bitter times, He is Jehovah-Jireh and He will provide. He knew the water was bitter, and He had provided years beforehand a tree to grow in that place that He would use to make the water sweet. He knows beforehand what we will need when we experience the bitter waters in our life. He will not leave us dry and thirsty. He will not fail us.

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord Will Provide, Part 2

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Last week, I started sharing the notes I used when I taught the name of God Jehovah-Jireh to our ladies Sunday School class. That lesson had so many notes, I decided to split it into two weeks.

The first time we see the name Jehovah-Jireh is in Genesis 22:

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. Genesis 22:17

We shared the meaning of the name as well as the story that accompanies the first time we see this name. It still astounds me that God cares for me so much that He sees beforehand what I will need and then He will provide what I need when I need it.

God is our Jehovah-Jireh, the One who provides our needs. Come get the free printables that go along with this lesson.

Here are some other ways that we can apply this name to our every day lives:

  • Just as God provided a ram as a substitute for Isaac, He provided His son Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice. This was the Provision for our greatest need.
    • John 1:29: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
    • 1 Peter 1:18-19: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
  • God still delights in providing for His people. He will meet all our needs. He already knows what we will encounter in our lives and He has a provision for us to handle it.
    • Philippians 4:19: “But my God shall supply all your need. . .”
    • Matthew 6:26, 31-33: “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you”
  • We have needs that can be met only by our Jehovah Jireh.
    • “The happy Christian has met the Lord personally and found Him an all sufficient Savior and Lord. He or she has burned all the bridge in every direction.” Tozer
    • “Trusting in God’s promises when you cannot imagine how He will carry out His plan demonstrates to Him your great faith. Faith pleases God, and when He knows He can have His way with you, He provides in the most amazing and miraculous ways.” Martin
  • He knows what our needs truly are.
    • Isaiah 55:9: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
    • Matthew 6:11: Give us this day our daily bread.

Aren’t these applications for the name Jehovah-Jireh encouraging? He delights in meeting my needs — and He knows what I truly need.

Even though we don’t see specifically the name Jehovah-Jireh in the following verses, we do see how He meets our needs:

  1. Psalm 23:1 — The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
  2. Matthew 6:8 — Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
  3. Romans 8:32 — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

In our weekly studies on the name of God, I always close with how Jesus in the New Testament showed that He is God, the Messiah, by how He lived here on earth. For example, Jesus showed that He is Jehovah-Jireh when He said He was the bread of life (John 6:35). He would provide for those who came to Him. He was also the Lamb who was slain for our sin. (John 1:29)

You can print out the handout HERE for the lesson and the graphic HERE if you wish!

Free printables to go along with a study on the name of God, Jehovah-Jireh. Use for your own personal study or for a group study.

Here are the other lessons that you can use:

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord Will Provide, Part 1

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One of my favorite names of God is Jehovah-jireh.

The name has the wonderful promise as it’s meaning: God will provide! But not only does it have a wonderful promise, it has a wonderful story. As we read Genesis 22 about how God told Abraham to take his son, his only son, Isaac up a mountain and to offer him as a sacrifice is spell-binding.

Jehovah-jireh: a wonderful name of God that means, "The Lord will provide" or "The Lord will see to it." He knows what we need before we need it and will provide what we need at the right time. Come get printouts for a series of lessons on the names of God.

We see no hesitation or fear, only obedience. Abraham takes his son, two servants, and some wood. When they get to Moriah, he tells the servants to stay below, and he and Isaac start to climb the mountain with Isaac carrying the wood for his own sacrifice.

As they walk up the mountain, Isaac asks the question, “Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

Abraham answers, “My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering:”

Here we see the faith of Abraham — and the obedience of Isaac! We know from Hebrew 11:17-19 that he believed in the promise of God so much that he knew God could raise his son from the dead if Isaac did indeed die in the sacrifice.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

Even though we know the end of the story, even though we know how strong Abraham’s faith is from Hebrews 11, we are still held in suspense as we read Genesis 22. In the back of minds, we wonder, “What would we do? Would we sacrifice our son? Would our children so willingly obey us like Isaac did? What kind of emotions were going through Abraham at the time? DAbrahid Sarah know what Abraham was up to?

This story is packed with intensity. There is high drama. We come to the climax where the altar is built, Abraham has bound his son to the altar, he stretches out his hand with a knife in it to kill his son, and at the last moment, a voice from heaven, the angel of the LORD calls out to him.

The angel tells him to not kill his son. He says that He sees how Abraham fears Him as he was willing to sacrifice his son, his only son to God.

I love how God makes sure we know that this is Abraham’s son, his only son. We know that Abraham had other sons, but this was the son of promise. This was the son from whom the Promised One would come. This is the son from whose line one day the ultimate sacrifice would be paid. Then God’s Son, His only Son, would die. He would carry His own wood — the wood of a cross — up a hill. He would be placed on that tree, and He would die for our sins. At that time, there would be no other substitute. He would take my place, and He would take your place, in paying for our sins so that we could have eternal life if we choose to believe in Him.

But in Abraham’s story, Abraham looked up after God told him to kill Isaac, and in the thicket he saw a ram caught by his horns. He took the ram and offered the ram instead of Isaac. It was here, that we see for the first time in the Bible the name, Jehovah-jireh, for God provided. He provided a sacrifice for Abraham that was not his son.

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. Genesis 22:17

This name has such a rich meaning. It means more than simply, “The Lord Will Provide. There are actually two attributes included in this name of God:

The Lord will see, and the Lord will provide.

A simple way to look at this name is that God in His omniscience and foreknowledge knew what we would need before we would need it. He will then provide what we need when we need it.

He knew Abraham would need a sacrifice, and He provided the ram at the exact right moment.

Jehovah Jireh could be amplified and understood as “the Lord will see to it.” (Lockyer) or as“the revealing One who is more than a Provider.” (Marilyn Hickey)

Here is a deeper and a fuller explanation of the name, Jehovah-jireh:

“…with God, to see is also to foresee. As the One who possesses eternal wisdom and knowledge, He knows the end from the beginning. . . . From eternity to eternity He foresees everything. . . . Thus with God foreseeing is prevision. As the Jehovah of righteousness and holiness, and of love and redemption, having prevision of man’s sin, and fall, and need, He makes provision for that need. For provision, after all, is merely a compound of two Latin words meaning “to see beforehand”. And we may learn from a dictionary that “provide” is simply the verb and “prevision” the noun of seeing beforehand. Thus to God prevision is necessarily followed by provision, for He certainly will provide for that need which His foreseeing shows Him to exist. With Him prevision and provision are one and the same thing.” (Webb-Peploe)

As the One who possesses eternal wisdom and knowledge, He knows the end from the beginning. He saw ahead and provided what Abraham needed.

Isn’t this truth simply amazing?

God knows what I need before I know I even have a need, and He will provide what I need when I need it. I don’t have to worry or fret. The Lord will provide.

There are so many truths that we can apply to our lives from this one name of God. Next week, we will look at these truths; and I will share the printable for this lesson.

I hope that this week’s post was an encouragement to you. If you are feeling like God is asking of you something that is too hard, remember that He will provide what you need. He foresees your need and will make provision for that need.

If you have not read any of the other names of God posts, you can find all of them by clicking on the links below:

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Favorite Thoughtful Posts (from the last three months!)

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I have not share my favorite posts linked up to this party in about three months. I enjoyed looking at many of the posts as I looked to see which ones I would share on today’s post.

Finally, I narrowed down my favorite posts to the following 17 posts:

Here are some of my favorite posts linked up to the last 3 months of Thoughtful Thursday's linky parties.
  1. Books That Inspire A Generous Heart: The HOW and WHY to Giving from Down Aspen Lane
  2. Why I Will Not Be Thanking My Socks….. from B4 and Afters
  3. 10 Ways to Spark Joy in Your Home & Family from At Home with Beauty
  4. How to Embrace the Gift of Small Beginnings from Sun Sparkle Shine
  5. Probiotics for babies? from Spectrum Health HealthBeat
  6. Wise, Foolish or Evil from A New Lens
  7. Special Time With Boys: Protecting our Sons by Breaking Down the Barriers from Down Aspen Lane
  8. Practicing Simplicity from Soul Refreshed Journey
  9. I Threw Out All the Printables from Jennifer Lambert
  10. How to Build Muscles from A New Lens
  11. 15 Homeschooling Dos and Don’ts- From a Grown-Up Homeschooler from Saving Talents
  12. Are Children REALLY a blessing? from The Everyday Farmhouse
  13. How to Teach your Children to do Hard Things from The Everyday Farmhouse
  14. How to Fight & Conquer Body Insecurities (It’s a Journey) from Saving Talents
  15. Age-Appropriate Chores For Kids and Why Kids Absolutely Need Them from The Inspired Prairie
  16. 6 Tips to Handle Parenting Mistakes and Imperfections from Lovin’ Life with Littles
  17. 5 Parenting Lessons from 57 Years of Experience from Lovin’ Life with Littles

Thank you for linking up to these posts over the past few months! I enjoy reading all of these thoughtful posts about issues in life that really matter!

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Jehovah, The Self-Existent One, Part 2

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For the past several Thoughtful Thursdays, I have been sharing notes from the series on the names of God that my Sunday School class has been studying. So far we have studied the following names:

I also have shared in the past how we are using Kay Arthur’s book, Lord, I Want to Know You in the class; but I also read several other books. In this post, I share the list of books that I use for my own study so that I can make the printable worksheets as well as be ready to teach the class.

Last week, we started studying the name of God, Jehovah, which means “The Self-Existent One.” Because there was so much information on that name of God, I broke the notes into two blog posts.

In last week’s study, we looked at how we got the name Jehovah, what the name means, some key manifestations of the name in the Bible, how God is still our Jehovah today, and how we should apply this name to our life today.

Today, we are going to look at the message of the name Jehovah and at how Jesus is our Jehovah.

Jehovah, The Self Existent One. He is our I AM. What does that mean to you? Come read and study this name of God. There is a free printable handout or study sheet and a graphic for Jehovah.

Here are some of the messages of the name:

  • It reveals God as a God of moral and spiritual attributes.
  • In Old Testament times, righteousness and holiness were the two great attributes associated with the name Jehovah. We see that in many verses such as the one below:

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. Leviticus 19:2

We should remember that the LORD God is still Jehovah and still expects us to live holy and righteous lifes (with His enabling Holy Spirit helping us.

We should be awed at the holiness of God. When confronted with the LORD, our response should as Isaiah’ was. At least we should inwardly, if not outwardly, bow ourselves and worship this wonderful, covenant-keeping God!

“However personal and intimate God is with us, He is still God, Creator of the universe, self-existent, ineffable, immutable, holy, and majestic.  His very being and presence command sheer reverence, utter respect, and absolute worship.  Regardless of how close, personal,or intimate a relationship we have with Him, we must confess that He is “wholly other.”  He is God, and we are not.  And yet He speaks.  He invites.  He touches.  He enters our lives.  He initiates.  He is insistent and persistent.  Our great God chooses to reach out to me and desires a relationship with me.”    

Catharine Martin
  • This name of Jehovah reveals God also as a God of love. His holiness must condemn, but His love provides redemption.

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3

  • This name reveals God as a God who seeks to restore.

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. Isaiah 43:1

We see that God loves us and wants to restore us too. Don’t you love the verses we find in Romans 8?

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? (v. 32)
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (v. 35)
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (v. 37-39)

We can claim these and hold on to these in times of trouble or sadness or distress!  We are never alone—we never have to go through hard times on our own!  He is with us, and He loves us!

In the New Testament, we also see that Jesus is our Jehovah God. Jehovah means “I AM” as the Hebrew word YHWH is translated as “I AM.”

Jesus said He was the “I AM” in John 8:58: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.“

He fulfilled prophecies that were made about Jehovah:

  • Isaiah 45:21-23→Philippians 2:9-11
  • Joel 2:32→Romans 10:13

He shows how He is “I AM” several times in the New Testament:

  • He is your bread of life, who sustains you.  (Jn. 6:35—I am the bread of life).
  • He is your light, who shows you truth and causes growth in your life. (Jn. 8:12—I am the light of the world).
  • He is the door, who provides the way to eternal life.  (Jn. 10:7-9—I am the door).
  • He is your good shepherd, who gives you security. (Jn. 10:11, 14—I am the good shepherd).
  • He is the resurrection and the life, who gives you eternal life.  (Jn. 11:25—I am the resurrection and the life).
  • He is the way, the truth, and the life, who leads you to salvation and abundant life.  (Jn. 14:6—I am the way, the truth, and the life).
  • He is the true vine, who provides for your every need. (Jn. 15:1, 5—I am the true vine).

Your deepest needs can be fulfilled by Yahweh, the ego eimi, the I AM!

If you would like a 2-page handout for this lesson, you can go HERE.

You can print out a verse card HERE.

Jehovah, The Self Existent One. He is our I AM. What does that mean to you? Come read and study this name of God. There is a free printable handout or study sheet and a graphic for Jehovah.

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I have been sharing some of my notes and printables from the Sunday School study we have been doing based on Kay Arthur’s book, Lord I Want to Know You.

I have used several books when I have studied to teach the class, but the other ladies just have the book Lord I Want to Know You. If you wanted to see a list of the books I used for my study purposed, you can see this Names of God post.

Here are all of the names of God we have studied so far:

The name of Jehovah has more history than the other names of God.

As this is one of the most used names of God in the Bible, we must know what it means! I love this quote by Catherine Martin.

Trusting in God as Yahweh leads you to the most sacred, holy place in your relationship with Him, for Yahweh is the most personal, intimate name of God.”

The name Yahweh -- do you know what it means? Does it mean anything to you? It is a personal, intimate name from which we can draw strength and comfort.

Even though I condensed my notes down to only two single-spaced pages, it is still a lot of information. Therefore, I am going to take two weeks to share my notes on this very important name of God. I may not get all my information completely correct, but here is what I found in my studies about the name Jehovah:

  • The rabbis would not speak the name for fear of blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16), but instead would refer to this name as “the Name,” or the “extraordinary name,” “the unutterable name,” and “the holy name.” “the distinguished name,” or the “quadilateral name” (or Tetragrammaton), for the four letters YHWH.
  • The high priest would mention the name Jehovah on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, 10 times, so that its pronunciation would not be lost.  Also, older teachers repeated this name to their disciples once during every sabbatical year.
  • However, the true pronunciation of the name YHWH was lost because Judaism in the postexilic period (fifth century b.c. and later) prohibited the pronunciation of the name due to the commandment in Exodus 20:7.
  • Why do we say the name Jehovah?
    • Between the 7th-11th centuries A. D., the Maorete scribes substituted the vowel marks for Adonai under the letters YHWH. This reminded the reader to say adonai instead of Yahweh (Exodus 20:7)
    •   In the 16th century A. D., a German translator took these manuscripts and wrote the name YHVH (YHWH) putting the vowels of Adonai into the word.  By doing this, he incorrectly came up with the name Jehovah (YaHoVaH).
  • The Hebrew word translated “I AM” is YHWH, transliterated in English, Yahweh, which in our English Bible is translated LORD*.

What does Jehovah mean?

  1. The word Jehovah comes from the Hebrew verb hayah, which signifies “to be”” or “to become.
  2. When translated in the first person, it becomes “I AM,” said twice.
  3. This name expresses His self-existence and the unchangeableness of His character. He transcends the past, the present, and the future. 

What are the key manifestations of the name Jehovah (LORD*, Yahweh, I AM)?

  • Genesis 2:4–1st time used in Scripture
  • Exodus 3:14—we see the name, I AM THAT I AM. This is the covenantal name of God

And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

  • Exodus 6:2-4—Jehovah is finally understood to be the covenant-keeping God

And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD*: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

  • Exodus 34:1-14—God uses this name when He makes His covenant with Israel.

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD*, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

*In the words LORD above, the L in LORD should be a bigger capital letter than the letters ORD, but I cannot figure out how to do that in my blogging platform.

Is God still our Jehovah God today?

Yes! We have the following promises!

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

When you need assurance that God is there, that He will keep His promises without changing—even though you have wavered in you promises to Him—you need to run to your Jehovah—your covenant keeping God.  Trust in His name.  It can’t change because He can’t change. 

How should we apply this name to our lives today?

We are not to enter into a covenant with this world, just like the Israelites were not to enter into a covenant with the other inhabitants of the land.  We are not to love this world or the things of this world, because our Jehovah is a jealous God.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Next week, I will share the message of the name Jehovah and how Jesus in the New Testament reveals Himself as Jehovah God.

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Adonai, The Lord

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I have been sharing for several weeks thoughts on the names of God. We have been using Kay Arthur’s book, Lord, I Want to Know You, in our ladies Sunday School class. I have been making handouts for our Sunday School studies, so I thought some of you might be interested in using the sheets for your own personal Bible study.

The handouts are made up from studying several books. You can see which books I used for my personal study in the post below called Names of God. You can get handouts for any of the previous lessons by clicking on the links below.

The next name of God in the book is Adonai which means “Lord” or “Master.”

A quote from Hudson Taylor: "If He is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all."

Master indicates RELATIONSHIP:
complete submission of those who call Him Lord.

Lord indicates OWNERSHIP:
complete possession by God. God is our total authority.

The key verse where we first see the name of Adonai is Genesis 15:2. 

And Abram said, Lord (Adonai) GOD (Jehovah), what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Adonai -- Our Master and Lord. He owns us; yet because He owns us, He provides all that we need. Come get some printables to help you study this name of God.

Here we see Abraham who had already been in the Promised Land for 10 years.  God had previously promised Abraham the land and a son.  Now Sarah is past the age to bear children.  As Abraham had a slave/master relationship to God, it was only natural that he came to God using the name Adonai (Master) and then Jehovah, which we will discuss in a couple of weeks.

Slavery was very common in Abraham’s day. In Abraham’s days, a bondservant or a slave was far better off than a hired servant because his master provided for him totally. It was the master’s duty to protect and care for his slave according to his need.  The master even provided direction in his day-by-day living.

Abraham was trusting God to fulfill His promise and to bring him the heir that God had promised.

The wonderful truth about this master-servant relationship that Abraham understood was that this relationship between the master and the servant did not begin with the servant but with the master. The master was to do two things for his slaves. 

  • First, he must provide for the needs of his slaves—a place to sleep, food, clothing, and the basic necessities. 
  • Second, the master must give direction, training, and accountability for the work of the slave. 

Therefore, Abraham calling God Adonai put the responsibility on God to fulfill His responsiblities. Yet it also showed that Abraham knew his place. He knew that he was to be submissive to the task God put before him. He knew God would supply everything he needed to do his Master’s will.

It is the Master’s job to provide what His servants need, and it is the servants’ job to obey.

Here are three truths that the name Adonai assures for us as believers:

  • It implies that our God and Master has the resources and ability to take care of us.
  • It implies that help is available to us to carry out our Christian duty as a servant.
  • It gives us the confidence that we, as servants of Adonai, have the privilege of calling upon our relationship with the Master to get the help that we need.

As bondservants, we have responsibilities to our Lord.

  1. Our Adonai expects our support, loyalty to your Master above all other commitments. (Matthew 10:37-38, Genesis 15:2, Philippians 1:20-21)
  2. Our Adonai expects our submission, becoming a voluntary slave of Jesus Christ. (James 4:7a, Exodus 4:10-14, Luke 6:46, Isaiah 6:1-8)
  3. Our Adonai expects our service. (Isaiah 6:8; I Cor. 12:4-6)
  4. Our Adonai expects us to be good stewards. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20,  Romans 12:1-2)
Adonai: Is God your Lord and Master? Printable handout that can be used to study the name Adonai as well as a printable graphic. More names of God handouts as well!

You can print out the handout HERE for the lesson and the graphic HERE if you wish!

Adonai: Is God your Lord and Master? Printable handout that can be used to study the name Adonai as well as a printable graphic. More names of God handouts as well!
Adonai: Is God your Lord and Master? Printable handout that can be used to study the name Adonai as well as this printable graphic. More names of God handouts as well!

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Time Savers for Working Moms

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I’m back in the work force.

The past 3 years, I have volunteered and pulled a very small pay check for teaching the mornings at our local church school that is really considered a private school in the state of Florida as all the students at the school register with an umbrella school.

This year, I have to be the main teacher as our other teacher had to go teach at a school in our area. Now, I have to admit that this is the smallest pay check I have ever pulled since I was in high school; however, four of the nine students are my kids and I get to pick what I think is best for them to learn. I also get Fridays-Sundays off. Kind-of. I do have to do schedules for all of the kids and make sure we are set for the next week, but I can do a lot of that from my living room.

I was going to do another names of God post, but I ran out of time as I worked all day, got dinner ready, went to church, and then came home and decided to order my groceries online for the first time ever. We might get hit or experience some side effects from Hurricane Dorian (I am on the west side of Florida), and I did not want to fight the crowds to get some groceries this weekend.

Therefore, I need to do a fast post. Here are a few things I do to help myself and my family as I not able to be home all the time:

Here are some time savers for working moms or some of the organizational skills I have incorporated to help my day run more smoothly.
  • I sometimes make large portions of food so I can freeze some of it for another meal in a couple of weeks. I did this with some Italian beef that I made as well as some meatballs and hot pockets. On those crazy days, pull out something that can be warmed up later and let it defrost all day in the refrigerator — or that can go in a crockpot to be heated all day.
  • Do grocery pickup or deliveries. It did take me some time to figure out what I wanted the first time I ordered online, but now I don’t have to walk throughout the store to choose my items. I haven’t done the deliveries yet as I don’t want to pay for it, but it may be worth it for you. I got $10 off my first order with Walmart, and you can too with this link. I also used my Discover card which will give me 10% back this month.
  • Get your kids to help out at home. My oldest does a lot of the laundry as she goes to dual enrollment classes two days a week, and the other 3 days she is home. She does have to do homework, but it is easy for her to throw a laundry in when she wants a break. Then she can also make sure her uniform for work is clean. My next two girls help me make dinners. Everyone helps fold laundry, set the tables, do dishes, and pre-set Saturday chores.
  • On Saturday, we do a cleaning task that doesn’t get done during the week, and all the kids have to do something to help in that task. That way we get a lot done quickly.
  • Learn to say, “No!” This year, I am going to be only a substitute in our Wednesday night kid’s program at church. Last year, I was a class leader and taught the lesson three times. I need a break from kids at night, and I am enjoying hearing the adult lesson and praying with other ladies. I need a time of refreshment. I also asked a lady in our ladies’ Sunday School class to co-teach with me as Sunday School lessons take me a lot of time to prepare. Last year, I helped do some of the meals for the Bereans (our Senior Citizen Thursday Bible study and lunch). I am not doing that this year.
  • Enlist your spouse’s help if possible. Since my oldest doesn’t have her license yet, my husband has to drive her to her college classes and to her job. His job is flexible, so we can make this work. He wants me teaching at the school so that our kids get a good education and so that we can offer the school to our church members. This is what he can do to help. He also will take my second oldest to a Biology class at our local homeschool co-op one time a week, and he vacuums the house.
  • Get people praying for you! I have several church members tell me that they are praying for me as well as asking if there is anything they can do to help. Two elderly ladies come and grade papers at the school one day a week, and two ladies come listen to kids read one afternoon a week,. Four of the moms once a week help teach 1st grade Math, 7th grade General Science, grade papers, listen to reading groups, teach a craft time and other things that need to be done. I couldn’t do it without them! Nine kids doesn’t sound like a lot, but 7 different grade levels is something I have never done before!
  • Be prepared as you can possibly be. I try to get ready for the following week over the weekend. For school, I make sure all my manipulative and teaching aides are ready for each day the night before, so that I can go from lesson to lesson without wasting time.
  • Have a schedule if possible. Be flexible when the schedule doesn’t go as planned. I have a teaching schedule so that I make sure I get every subject taught to the different kids. But things happen. Sometimes, you just have to roll with it.

I know your situation may be totally different than mine, but this is what I have found to help me so far. As a disclaimer, even though I have 8 different “grades,” some of those grades are combined for different subjects, and some children are on video for a couple of classes. So I don’t have to teach 8 grade levels times 6-7 subjects. Our situation is a little unique. I have never seen anything really like it before. If you would like to hear more about it, please let me know!

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Thoughtful Thursdays: El-Shaddai, The All-Sufficient One

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The last few weeks, I have been sharing thoughts from the book study my Sunday School class has been doing together.

We have been studying the book by Kay Arthur called Lord, I Want to Know You. However, I also co-taught a series on the names of God in my previous church, and I had used many books when I put together those lessons. Therefore, when I make the worksheets for my Sunday School class, I use all of those books for the notes and not just Kay Arthur’s book.

Here is a list of the posts I have already written in this series:

This week’s name of God is El Shaddai.

El Shaddai. Our Almighty God. The All-Sufficient One! Come get a printable worksheet that can be used for personal Bible study or for a group Bible study.

This name has the meaning, “The All-Sufficient One” or “Almighty God.”

We first see this name in Genesis 17:1.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Here God comes to Abram and makes a covenant with Abram that he will be a father of many nations with his wife Sarai. His name of Himself as the Almighty God is very important as Sarai is past the childbearing years. They have no children yet. However, God is Almighty. He will do the impossible and give a son to Abraham and Sarah.

El means God. Shaddai is translated “Almighty” and is used 48 times in the Old Testament. Thirty-one of those times are in Job.

“Shad” means breast and occurs 24 times. As a mother who nursed her children, I understand this picture completely. There is nothing like holding a defenseless baby that cannot survice without it’s mother’s milk. This name pictures God’s fullness or bounty, His tenderness, His desire to nurture us and make us fruitful.

When I think of this name, I often think of Amy Grant’s song that starts off with the words, ” El shaddai, el shaddai, El-elyon na adonia.” The song references many of the names of God, but when we come in contact with The Almighty God, The All-Sufficient One, El Shaddai, our response should be, “We will praise and lift you high, El shaddai.”

One section that is included on the worksheet is a section called, “Understanding how knowing El Shaddai applies to our everyday lives.”

Here are three questions we should all ask ourselves to see if we are really have a full understanding of the name El Shaddai:

  • Do we believe that our problems are too big for God to handle?

If we know God as our El Shaddai, then we realize that God is all-powerful! (Rom. 16:25, 2 Cor. 9:8)

Contemplating the power of God brings you to the great realization of Paul that ‘God is able.’

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For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1:37

  • Are we trying to do things in our own strength? Do we doubt that we can do what He has called us to do?

God is all-sufficient! He is enough. He is more than enough!

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13

  • Do we forget to live abundant lives?

God is the all-bountiful One!

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Ephesians 1:18-19

God not only has the power to bless His people, but He will also do so abundantly.

You can go HERE to print out the worksheet and go HERE to print out the graphic for the name “El Shaddai.”

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