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Jehovah Ori – God is My Light Light seems like a simple concept. Even small children know light from dark. But a deeper dive into the qualities and properties of light show how complex it is and how appropriate as a name for God. Wondering about those qualities, I looked it up and took most … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 13
El – Emeth – God of Truth God tells us in His Word that He is “The God of Truth” (Isaiah 65:16). He says His Word is true (Psalm 119:142), and that He cannot lie (Numbers 23:19). Jesus says that He, Himself, is Truth (John 14:6). We live in untrustworthy times. Regardless of where you … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 10
El Qadosh – The Holy One On Day 8 of our study, we magnified God’s grace and mercy regarding His Holiness. He is perfectly pure, immaculate, and completely moral. I am not. Born with a sin nature (Romans 5:12), I am at odds with God’s perfection. Perfection can have no fellowship with imperfection, but because … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 9
El Qadosh – The Holy One God is Holy. What does that mean? According to the online resource, www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com/Dictionary/Holy it means that God is perfectly pure, immaculate and complete in moral nature—and I would add, complete in every way. In my recent readings, I came across the idea that it is the gap between where … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 8
Elohim – Creator In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 We often overlook the first verse of Genesis. Many times, we rush through it as part of a New Year’s Resolution to read through the Bible in a year. Some years, honestly, day one is as far as I get … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 7
Sar-Shalom – Prince of Peace One of my favorite Bible promises is peace. This has been especially true since March 2020. As with some promises, though, God’s peace is conditional on my acceptance. You cannot wrestle a thrashing person to the ground, sit on their head and call it “peace” now, can you? Peace is … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 6
YHWH (Yahweh, Jehovah) – I AM Have you heard the story about the group of blind men who were trying to describe an elephant? One had hold of the trunk, one an ear, another a tree-stump of a leg. One had fallen against the massive side of the beast which felt like a brick wall … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 5
Jehovah Jireh – The Lord Will Provide God has proved Himself to be my provider more times than I can count. He has made a way for me when there was no visible way out of my mess—often a mess I foolishly created for myself. The name “Jehovah Jireh” implies that not only will God … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 4
El-Shaddai – God, the All-Sufficient One While El Shaddai is often translated “God Almighty,” it may have been more nuanced in the original Hebrew. Some say it is derived from the word “sadu” which means mountain and conveys the idea of towering strength. Others believe it came from “shad” meaning “breast.” In that scenario it … Continue reading Make God Bigger – Day 3
From earliest childhood, if like me, you were taken to church regularly, you were taught to sing, “Jesus Loves Me.” After all, the Bible tells me so. From there we were taught the benefits of that love, i.e., if we were good little children—said our prayers and didn’t snatch toys from other children—we would go … Continue reading Make God Bigger
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