A couple of weeks ago, I wrote the first post about the name God called The Lord My Banner, or Jehovah-nissi.

I shared the story of where we find this name in the Old Testament and what the name means, but I didn’t get into different applications we can draw from this name.

Jehovah-nissi is the name of the altar built by Moses after defeating the Amalekites at Rephidim. Amalek was the grandson of Esau and the first (and constant) enemy of Israel. In the Bible, Amalek is a picture of the flesh – which is our first (and constant) enemy once we are saved.

In the last post, we talked about how the Israelites defeated the Amalekites. Moses had to keep his arms lifted for them to win, symbolizing their dependence on God to win the battle for them. The Israelites followed their Banner into battle, and He gave them the victory.

Here are some ways that knowing Jehovah-nissi applies to our everyday lives:

If we are under His banner, God will give us victory against the flesh, the world, and the devil. Our God is a God of deliverances.

• This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:16
• I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2 Timothy 4:7
•  Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14
• Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4

In the middle of the battle, we need to lift our eyes to our Jehovah-nissi who stands with his arms extended high, making intercession for us. The Lord will fight for us.

• Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25
• The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. Exodus 14:14
• Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you. Deuteronomy 3:22

We are commanded to be strong and fight the battle in His power.

• Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Ephesians 6:10

If we do not fight under His banner, defeat is a certainty. We can’t do the battle against the flesh under our own power.

• I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5

Don’t be discouraged in the battle! We have God on our side!

• Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21

You can print out a sheet for your own study or for a group study HERE. You can print out the graphic HERE.

Here are all the other posts on the names of God:

• Names of God (List of books I used to study for this series)
• Elohim, The Creator God (free printables)
• El Elyon, The God Most High (free printables)
• El-Roi, The God Who Sees (free printables)
• El-Shaddai, The All-Sufficient One (free printables)
• Adonai, The Lord (free printables)
• Jehovah, The Self-Existent One, Part 1
• Jehovah, The Self-Existent One, Part 2 (free printables)
• Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Will Provide, Part 1
• Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Will Provide, Part 2 (free printables)
• Jehovah-Rapha: The Lord Who Heals, Part 1
• Jehovah Rapha: The Lord Who Heals, Part 2
• Jehovah Rapha: The Lord Who Heals, Part 3 (free printables)
• Jehovah Nissi: The Lord My Banner, Part 1

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Today is the third post I am sharing on the name of God, Jehovah-Rapha.

The first post focused on where we see this name in Scripture for the first time and how we can learn many lessons from the positive example of Moses and the negative example of the Israelites. It was a very inspirational post!

The second post was also encouraging, but a little more academic as it shared facts such as where we see the name in Scripture, what the name means, and how we can apply the name to our lives.

Today’s post will be a shorter post, but I’ll also share with you the printables I gave to my ladies Sunday School class when we studied this name of God.

The wonderful truth about this name of God is He is our healer in so many ways — physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally and more. The most significant way He heals is spiritually. Without His healing, we could never be saved.

Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. I Peter 2:24

God has never promised to always heal our physical infirmities; yet there are times that He chooses to do a miracle of physical healing. The wonderful truth for believers is that if He does not grant healing down here on earth, we will have no more sickness in Heaven. When a believer dies of an illness here on earth, they are transported to Heaven where they will no longer experience any sickness or pain. There they will receive the ultimate and forever healing.

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Psalm 103:1-3

It is never wrong to pray for God’s mercy and healing as we know He can heal if He thinks that healing is best. Moses prayed for his sister’s healing, and she was healed.

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb. And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. Numbers 12:10-13

Hezekiah prayed for healing, and God healed him. God wants us to run to Him with our needs and concerns. He cares when we are ill and hurting. So our first action when we need healing is to run to Him in prayer.

Next, we need to avail ourselves of the resources He has given us. He has given us doctors, nutritionists, chiropractors, and many other ways that we can receive help when we are sick. Many times he heals us through the gift of other people who use their talents to help those who are hurting.

Jesus demonstrated that He is Jehovah-rapha while He was here on earth.

He healed the sick, blind, lame, and casting out demons. Most importantly, He heals His people from sin and unrighteousness when they accept His gift of salvation. (Luke 4:18-19, Matthew 4:23)

“The Word of Jehovah that He spoke by His messenger, the prophet Malachi, has found glorious fulfillment and awaits a yet more glorious fulfillment. ‘But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings’ (Malachi 4:2). What Jehovah was to Israel at Marah, so the Lord Jesus is to all who will receive and obey Him, the Great Physician. How sad, that, like Israel of old who refused Jehovah until there was no remedy, multitudes today have refused the healing sacrifice and ministry of Jehovah Jesus! . . . But praise God for the multitudes who have received Him, and applied His remedy, and have been made whole, and ‘take the free gift of the water of life’ (Revelation 22:17).” Nathan Stone

You can print out the graphic for Jehovah-Rapha HERE.
You can print out the handout for the lesson HERE.

You can see any of the other posts in this series by clicking on the links below:

• Names of God (List of books I used to study for this series)
• Elohim, The Creator God (free printables)
• El Elyon, The God Most High (free printables)
• El-Roi, The God Who Sees (free printables)
• El-Shaddai, The All-Sufficient One (free printables)
• Adonai, The Lord (free printables)
• Jehovah, The Self-Existent One, Part 1
• Jehovah, The Self-Existent One, Part 2 (free printables)
• Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Will Provide, Part 1
• Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Will Provide, Part 2 (free printables)
• Jehovah-Rapha: The Lord Who Heals, Part 1
• Jehovah Rapha: The Lord Who Heals, Part 2
• Jehovah Rapha: The Lord Who Heals, Part 3 (free printables)
• Jehovah Nissi: The Lord My Banner, Part 1

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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.

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!

Here are the other lessons that you can use:

• Names of God (List of books I used to study for this series)
• Elohim, The Creator God (free printables)
• El Elyon, The God Most High (free printables)
• El-Roi, The God Who Sees (free printables)
• El-Shaddai, The All-Sufficient One (free printables)
• Adonai, The Lord (free printables)
• Jehovah, The Self-Existent One, Part 1
• Jehovah, The Self-Existent One, Part 2 (free printables)
• Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Will Provide, Part 1
• Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Will Provide, Part 2 (free printables)

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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:

• Elohim, The Creator God (free printables)
• El Elyon, The God Most High (free printables)
• El-Roi, The God Who Sees (free printables)
• El Shaddai, The All-Sufficient One (free printables)
• Adonai, The Lord (free printables)

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.

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.

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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.

• Names of God (List of books I used to study for this series)
• Elohim, The Creator God (free printables)
• El Elyon, The God Most High (free printables)
• El-Roi, The God Who Sees (free printables)
• El Shaddai, The All-Sufficient One(free printables)

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

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?

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)

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The past few weeks, I have been sharing notes and printables I have put together for a ladies Sunday School class I have been teaching on the names of God.

We have been using Kay Arthur’s book, Lord, I Want to Know You as our study book, but I have used several other books in my study as the leader and in putting together a handout for the ladies.

This is the fourth post in this series. You can get the handouts and thoughts on the first three posts here:

• Names of God (no handout)
• Elohim, The Creator God (2 handouts)
• El Elyon, The God Most High (2 handouts)

Today’s post is on El Roi, The God Who Sees

The only time we see the name El Roi is in Genesis 16:13.

And she (Hagar) called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me (El Roi): for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Sarah has had enough of Hagar. In the King James version, it says that “Sarai dealt hardly with her.” Hagar runs away into the desert to get away from Sarah. But we know that we can never outrun God. He sees where we are all the time, and He can find us.

Verse 6 of chapter 16 says that “the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.” He askes her where she came from. She answers that she is fleeing from her mistress Sarai. He then tells her to go back to Sarai, that He will multiply her seed, and that she would have a son that she was to “name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.” (verse 11)

After this declaration is when Hagar called God, “Thou God seest me” in verse 16.

From this story, we see a wonderful truth about our God: He sees, He hears, and He acts!

Many people see a problem. Many people hear about a problem. But do they do anything about it? Many do not. But God does — He sees our needs; He hears our prayers, and He comes to our aid in times of trouble.

“When God sees, He cares, He delivers, and He acts on your behalf.” Catherine Martin

Even though the name El Roi is only used in Scripture this one time, there are many passages about God seeing. Here are just 5 of those passages:

1. Psalm 139:16 — Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. (God saw us even in the womb.)
2. Hebrews 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. (God sees everything.)
3. I Samuel 16:7 — But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. (God sees our hearts.)
4. Psalm 34:15 — The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. (God watches over the righteous, and He hears our cries.)
5. Proverbs 15:3 — The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (He sees the good and the bad. He knows.)

Through these studies, I have loved to see how we can make applications to our life today. God is still the same God that He was back in Old Testament times. He is still El-Roi. He still sees, hears, and acts on the behalf of those that love Him!

Jesus Christ today sees and intercedes on our behalf. He is our El-Roi!

Sons and daughters of the Living God can experience victory IN the very midst of tribulations, distresses or persecutions because He gives a supernatural provision through Christ, our El Roi Who sees our need and strengthens us to press on against all odds.

How can we apply this lesson to our life? How does knowing that God sees me change the way we live?

• We remember that we are accountable to God. You can’t hide from God. (Jonah 2:1)
• We take comfort that we are not alone. You have One who is always looking out for you, who can help you and deliver you. (Psalm 145:18-20)
• We have a friend who sticks closer than a brother. This awareness that God sees you regardless of where you are emphasizes God’s nearness in your life. (Proverbs 18:24)
• We must remember that we not forgotten. El Roi notices everything about you. He even knows how many hairs you have on your head. (Luke 12:7, Isaiah 49:16)

I hope that these truths about our God, El-Roi, the God Who is Sees, is an encouragement to you! You can print out the handout of notes HERE and the printable graphic of the card above HERE.

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