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El-Elyon (Genesis 14:17-20; Isaiah 14:13-14), June 7, 2017

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El-Elyon, the Lord most high, nothing compares to Him. Let’s hear more about His name.
Scripture
1. Genesis 14:17-20; Isaiah 14:13-14
2. After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

Creator of heaven and earth.

And praise be to God Most High,

who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

1. You said in your heart,

“I will ascend to the heavens;

I will raise my throne

above the stars of God;

I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,

on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;

I will make myself like the Most High.”

1. 1. Devotional
    1. El-Elyon, the Most High God
      1. Elyon, up, high
      2. el-Elyon, could be translated, the extremely exalted, sovereign, high, God
      3. If there were any other gods, our God would be high above all others, none other would come close
      4. El-Elyon, the God so high none other can compare
    2. In an age of polytheism
      1. Abram recognized and worshiped only El-Elyon
      2. Melchizedek, king of Salem, served as a priest and he too recognized only one God, El-Elyon, God Most High
      3. They both understood nothing could compare to Creator of all things
      4. El-Elyon is the only One worthy of worship
    3. The world tries to convince us otherwise
      1. From the first deception in the garden of eden
      2. Success
      3. Fame
      4. Wealth
      5. Pleasures of life
      6. None can take the place of El-Elyon
    4. Today remember we worship El-Elyon, God Most High, the Extremely Exalted, Sovereign, Most High God. Nothing compares to Him
  2. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”

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Jehovah-Sabbaoth, The Lord of Hosts (Isaiah 6:1-3), June 6, 2017

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Topic Introduction with headline.
Scripture
1. Isaiah 6:1-3
2. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;

the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Devotional
1. Jehovah-Sabbaoth, the Lord of Hosts
  1. The Lord of armies
  2. The Lord Almighty
  3. The Lord of a vast multitude
2. Isaiah caught a glimpse of God seated on His throne one day
  1. Surrounded by angels of the highest order, servants of God, but even they must cover their eyes as they approach the Holy God
  2. John describes the crowd in heaven as thousands of thousands, too numerous to count
  3. Jesus mentions He could call ten thousand angels to come at His call to rescue Him, but He didn’t
3. 285 times God is called Jehovah-Sabbaoth, the Lord of Hosts, the Lord of Heavenly Armies
  1. God has at His disposal the might to defeat whatever enemies we face
  2. Name the problem
  3. Physical
  4. Relationships
  5. Emotional
  6. Temptations
  7. Spiritual weakness
  8. God has the soldiers at His disposal to defeat our enemies
4. God is the Lord of Hosts, seated high and lifted up
  1. Picture the victor lifted on the arms of His team carried away by their exuberance
  2. That’s the Lord of Hosts, high and lifted up
  3. Surrounded by His messengers, commanders, soldiers
  4. Ready to support us with His might
5. Today, worship Jehovah-Sabbaoth, the Lord of Hosts
If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”

Jehovah-Shalom (Judges 6:24), June 5, 2017

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Topic Introduction with headline.
Scripture
1. Judges 6:24
2. So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Devotional
1. Jehovah-Shalom, The Lord is peace
2. The story surrounding this verse is anything but one of peace
  1. Midianites raided the Israelites at will
  2. Stole their crops, livestock
  3. Left them in poverty with just enough to sustain life until the next harvest
  4. Gideon threshed grain in a winepress to hide from the raiders
3. God chose him to lead an army against these marauders
  1. A war would start that would cost countless lives
  2. Gideon built an altar and called God, Jehovah-Shalom, the Lord is peace
  3. Seems contradictory
4. Why could Gideon call God, Jehovah-Shalom?
  1. Brought peace to his own heart
    1. Warrior that came to the winepress wasn’t there to take the grain
    2. Didn’t die when he discovered it was an angel
    3. Discovered purpose for his life
  2. Saw future peace for Israel
    1. God had a plan to rescue His people
    2. God would defeat their oppressors
    3. God would bring peace to His land
5. Can you call God, Jehovah-Shalom?
  1. What is causing turmoil in your life?
  2. What seems too big to conquer?
  3. What enemies seem to stand at the door about to break in?
  4. God is bigger. God has a plan. God is almighty and conquers all.
  5. Then God brings peace to the troubled heart.
  6. He brings victory through impossible situations.
  7. God gives peace when peace seems beyond hope
6. Examine your life today. Remember we serve Jehovah-Shalom, the Lord is peace. He can bring peace to you today no matter what you might be facing.
If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”

Jehovah-Nissi, The Lord our banner (Exodus 17:15), June 4, 2071

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Topic Introduction with headline.
Scripture
1. Exodus 17:15
2. 15 Then Moses constructed an altar and called it, “The Eternal Is My Battle Flag.”
Devotional
1. Jehovah-Nissi, The Lord our banner
  1. Battle flag
  2. Flag
  3. banner
2. On my study wall hangs a replica of the colors, the banner, that accompanied my battalion as its commander.
  1. In ancient times the banner was the rally point for soldiers
  2. Marked the direction they would move on the battlefield in the attack or defense of the line
  3. Represented the men, the state, the families for which they fought
3. In a case on the wall is a Texas flag that flew over the Alamo given to me by the Daughters of the Republic
  1. Represents all those who fought and died in defense of that mission against the Mexican army of Santa Anna 1846
  2. Started the revolution of those citizens of Texas and the rise of the fledgling Americans to take the territory from the Rio Grande and claim it for the United States
  3. I spoke at commemoration of that battle several years ago and the Daughters of the Republic gave me that banner, that flag, as a remembrance of that event
4. In another case on one of my bookcases I have an American flag
  1. Presented by the installation commander on the occasion of my retirement
  2. Represents the nation I served, the people I served
  3. Represents the individual and collective states, the places I’ve lived and worked
  4. The moves my family has made and the sacrifices they have made to support me in my career also
5. Another wall has a case that holds the American flag that draped my father-in-law’s casket as he was laid to rest
  1. Represents his service to the nation as a veteran in World War II and Korea
  2. Honors his service and the sacrifice he made during those conflicts
6. Banners are important remembrances
  1. Visible representations of something much greater
  2. Yet Jehovah-Nissi is no representation
  3. He is our banner
  4. Rally point
  5. He is the thing for which we fight and die
  6. He is the One we look to when the battle is hard and we need inspiration to carry on
7. Today, if it seems the fight is overwhelming and the battle too hard.
  1. If it seems the enemy might be winning and you might be overcome,
  2. look to Jehovah-Nissi, the Lord our banner and
  3. know He is there,
  4. never wavering,
  5. always conquering,
  6. always winning.
  7. He is our battle cry and
  8. our victory
If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”

Jehovah-Jirah, The Lord will provide (Genesis 22:13-14), June 3, 2017

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What a beautiful name for God. Jehovah-Jirah, the Lord will provide. Do you believe that today?
Scripture
1. Genesis 22:13-14
2. 13 Abraham glanced up and saw a ram behind him with its horns caught in the thicket. He went over, dislodged the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering in the place of his son. 14 From that day forward, Abraham called that place, “The Eternal One will provide.” Because of this, people still today say, “On the Mount of the Eternal, all will be provided.”
Devotional
1. It’s a beautiful story.
  1. Abraham is old
  2. Isaac, the promised descendant through whom a nation will be built is a teenage
  3. God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son on Mount Moriah
  4. Load up the caravan with everything necessary for the journey and sacrifice, didn’t tell anyone yet
  5. Leaves servants at the base of the mountain
  6. Isaac carries the wood
  7. Isaac lets his 115 year old father tie him up after he builds the altar, arranges the wood, and crawls onto the altar
  8. Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son
  9. Lifts the knife and starts to plunge it into his son’s chest
  10. An angel grabs his wrist
2. God points Abraham to a ram caught in the brush
  1. Spare your son and sacrifice the ram
  2. The Lord will provide
  3. He provided a substitute for his son
  4. He provides a substitute for our punishment
  5. He provides a substitute for our penalty of death
  6. God provides what we need when we need it
3. Today worship Jehovah-Jirah, the Lord will provide
  1. Think of those times in your past God came through at just the right time and provided for you
  2. Think of His faithfulness to your needs
  3. Know He stands beside you as Jehovah-Jirah today, the Lord will provide
  4. Not all our wants, but all our needs, in just the right way and at just the right time
If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”

Jehovah-Tsidkenu (Jeremiah 23:6), June 2, 2017

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Today we explore the name Jehovah-Tsidkenu, the Lord our righteousness. What does that name mean to you?
Scripture
1. Jeremiah 23:6
2. In his days Judah will be saved

and Israel will live in safety.

This is the name by which he will be called:

The Lord Our Righteous Savior.

Devotional
1. Jehovah-Tsidkenu, The Lord our righteousness
  1. The Lord who makes everything right (MSG)
  2. The Lord makes things right for us (ERV)
  3. The Lord our righteousness (KJV)
  4. The Eternal is our righteousness (Voice)
2. We try so hard to do what is right, don’t we?
  1. There is a problem
  2. We can’t do it, we fail
  3. We live what Paul talked about in Romans
  4. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

1. 1. As hard as we try, the sin in us keeps us from being righteous. Not one of us is righteous
1. Jesus is sinless and is our righteousness. God is our righteousness
  1. He paid the penalty we should pay as punishment for our sins
  2. His blood, shed for us, covers our sin
  3. When we accept His sacrifice as our own His righteousness is imparted to us
  4. God the Father sees the righteousness of His own blood, His Son’s blood shed on the cross, imparted to us, when we accept His gift of salvation
2. Today, think of what God has done for you as Jehovah-Tsidkenu, the Lord our Righteousness. He makes us right before Him by covering our sins with His own blood so that we may stand before Him blameless, pure, spotless, holy. Worship Him as Jehovah-Tsidkenu today.
1. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”

Jehovah-Rapha (Exodus 25:16), June 1, 2017

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Today we explore the name Jehovah-Rapha, the Lord who heals. What does that mean to you?
Scripture
1. Exodus 15:26
2. Eternal One: If you will listen closely to My voice—the voice of your God—and do what is right in My eyes, pay attention to My instructions, and keep all of My laws; then I will not bring on you any of the plagues that I did on the Egyptians, for I am the Eternal, your Healer.
Devotional
1. Jehovah-Rapha, the Lord who heals
2. Everyone gets sick every once in awhile.
  1. Short term illnesses
    1. Colds
    2. Flu or other viruses
  2. Long term diseases like
    1. Coronary heart disease
    2. Diabetes
    3. Hepatitis
  3. Deadly diseases
    1. Cancer
    2. leprosy
  4. Some of them we take care of ourselves
  5. Some we need a doctor for help
3. We don’t have much of a problem going to providers when something physical is wrong with us
  1. Hesitate to go to the source of healing when we have spiritual
  2. We are broken people
  3. All have sinned
  4. No one stays pure because we are flawed
  5. We need someone to clean us up, but only God can do that
4. Jehovah-Rapha, the Lord who heals
  1. Story after story from the Bible that shows God heals
  2. Stories from believers about God’s intervention
  3. Personal experience
  4. No doubt God heals
5. Today, think about Jehovah-Rapha, the Lord who heals
  1. What is it you need healed
  2. Physical
  3. Mental
  4. Emotional
  5. Spiritual
  6. God is able because God is Jehovah-Rapha
If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”