A Little Walk With God

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. What a beautiful name for God. Jehovah-Jirah, the Lord will provide. Do you believe that today?
3. 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.”
4. 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
5. 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."

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Today we explore the name Jehovah-Tsidkenu, the Lord our righteousness. What does that name mean to you?
3. 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.

1. 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. 1. As hard as we try, the sin in us keeps us from being righteous. Not one of us is righteous
2. 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.
3. 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."

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Today we explore the name Jehovah-Rapha, the Lord who heals. What does that mean to you?
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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."

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Today we explore God’s name Jehovah-Shammah, the Lord who is present.
3. Scripture
   1. Ezekiel 48:35
   2. The total distance around the city will be 6 miles. From that day forward, the name of the city will be The Eternal One Lives There.
4. Devotional
   1. It might seem like an unusual verse to talk about God’s name, Jehovah-Shammah, the Lord who is present
      1. Ezekiel given a vision of heaven, the home of God, the place He resides on His throne of glory
      2. Jehovah lives there
      3. Indescribable by those who say they have seen it in near death experiences
         1. Music
         2. Color
         3. People
      4. Many talk about the brilliance of the light, but no one talks about the presence of a sun
   2. Jehovah-Shammah, the Lord who is present
      1. Whenever the Israelites followed Him and called on Him, He was there for them
      2. Jesus promised His followers never to leave us or forsake us
      3. Promised His spirit to live with us and within us to help us on this journey of life
      4. Promised His presence eternally for those who believe He is the Son of the living God and ask forgiveness of their sins.
      5. Everywhere, at all times, in every circumstance
   3. Jehovah-Shammah, the Lord who is present
      1. Today, knowing Jehovah-Shammah is always by your side,
      2. How will you live today?
      3. How will you act today?
      4. How will you demonstrate His love to someone around you today?
5. 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."

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Today we look at another name of God, Jehovah-Rohi, the Lord, my shepherd.
3. Scripture
   1. Psalms 23:1
   2. The Eternal is my shepherd, He cares for me always.
4. Devotional
   1. Jehovah-Rohi, the Lord my shepherd.
   2. From “Around the Mediterranean with My Bible”: “Shepherding does not change much in Palestine, where wild beasts may descend still upon unsuspecting sheep and suddenly destroy them. The Palestine shepherd lives night and day with his animals. He establishes a degree of intimacy with them that is touching to observe. He calls them all by name and they, knowing his voice and hearing him only, heed. He protects the sheep from thieves and preying animals who would devour them at night, by sleeping in the often makeshift sheepfold and they, sensing his watchfulness, ‘fear no evil.’ He provides pasture and water even in the wilderness and the presence of enemies and they, casting all their anxiety on him, are fed. There is a singular communion between shepherd and his sheep which, after one has visited Palestine and observed it, makes the symbol of the Good Shepherd peculiarly apt and the Twenty-third Psalm strangely moving.”
   3. If you’ve ever had an opportunity to watch a shepherd at work, you understand just what a meaningful title Jehovah-Rohi is.
      1. Provides food and water
      2. Cares for us
      3. Protects us from the enemy of our souls
      4. When we deserve nothing, He puts a banquet in front of us
      5. He never sleeps
      6. He never tires
      7. He keeps vigilance like no other because He is Jehovah and He is Rohi, the Good Shepherd
   4. Writers of the Old Testament called Him Jehovah-Rohi, Jesus called Himself the Good Shepherd, Rohi.
      1. Explains His love and care
      2. Explains another aspect of God’s great character
   5. Jehovah-Rohi, the Lord, my Shepherd
      1. Today, think of the way God asks as your shepherd
      2. Provider
      3. Protector
      4. Guide
      5. Spend some time today worshiping Him as Jehovah-Rohi, the Lord, my Shepherd.
5. 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."

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Topic Introduction with headline.
3. Scripture
   1. Exodus 31:13
   2. Eternal One: Speak to the Israelites and tell them, “You must be careful to observe My Sabbaths. For the Sabbath Day serves as a sign between Me and you for all generations, so that you will know I am the Eternal One who has set you apart from all the other nations.
4. Devotional
   1. Jehovah-Maccadeshem, the Lord who makes you holy
      1. The King James translates this name, the Lord, who sanctifies [sanctifieth] you.
      2. NIV and several more modern translations, the Lord, who makes you holy.
      3. Easy to Read version, says, the Lord, who makes you his special people.
      4. We just read from The Voice, the Eternal One who has set you apart.
   2. All have the same meaning, sanctify, set apart for sacred use, special people, holy, separate.
      1. The God we serve sets apart from the world
      2. He makes us different, special, sacred for His use
      3. He sets apart for His special use
   3. Today, everyone wants to be unique
      1. It’s interesting because everyone who seems to want to be unique looks and acts just alike in the world
      2. Hippie movement, Gothic look, whatever fashion the world thinks sets you apart all look and act alike in their attempt to be special
      3. Doesn’t bring happiness because those attempts to form into what the world wants doesn’t satisfy, doesn’t fit the purpose for which we are individually created
   4. Set apart for God’s purpose
      1. God gives unique skills, talents especially designed for the purpose He has for you
      2. Created you to fulfill a specific purpose within the scope of His will
      3. His will, that all will come to know Him as their personal Lord and Savior
      4. Uses people to carry out His will and fulfill His ultimate purpose
      5. Sets us apart to accomplish that mission
      6. Does He need us? No. Will He use us? Yes, if we let Him.
   5. Jehovah - Maccaddeshem, the Lord who sanctifies you, who makes you holy, who sets you apart from the world. He is the God we serve.
5. 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."

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Today we look at God’s name Jehovah-Yahweh. They are one and the same, the first a Christian transliteration of the latter.
3. Scripture
   1. Genesis 2:4
   2. This is the detailed story of the Eternal God’s singular work in creating all that exists.
4. Devotional
   1. Yahweh, the name God called Himself when Moses asked who he should tell the Israelite sent Him.
      1. Meanings attributed to the name
         1. “He Who Makes That Which Has Been Made”
         2. “He Brings Into Existence Whatever Exists”
         3. other interpretations have been offered by many scholars.
   2. Written as a tetragrammaton, four letters YHWH without vowels
      1. Reminder to never say His name because of its sacredness
      2. Later transliterated to Jehovah by Christians
      3. Adonai was the spoken name of God
      4. One of the seven names of God that should never be erased
   3. We hear the name Jehovah fairly often, Yahweh not as much, but they are the same
      1. Transliteration on one to the other beginning in ancient Israel
      2. God, the one who makes that which has been made
      3. He is the creator of all things
      4. If it’s been made, He is the one who brought it into existence
      5. We might think we are creative, but Yahweh created the creative mind
      6. Nothing exists without Him
   4. Today, think about God’s name, Yahweh.
      1. What does His creative name mean to you?
      2. What has He created for you and in you that you can give thanks and glorify Him for it
      3. What has He brought into your life that you recognize come from Him
      4. Reexamine your life and see how Yahweh has made possible every good thing in your life
   5. He who makes that which has been made; He brings into existence whatever exists
      1. Good descriptions of the God we serve
      2. He is the one worthy of our worship
5. 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."

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Topic Introduction with headline.
3. Scripture
   1. Malachi 1:6
   2. Eternal One: (to the priests who despise the name of the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies) A son respects his father, and a servant fears[b] his master. If I am your Father, then where is My respect from you? And if I am your glorious Master, then where is your fear of Me? From your self-centered oblivion you ask, “How have we despised Your name?”
4. Devotional
   1. Most often in the NIV, CEV, King James and other versions, Adonai is translated as “LORD”. The Voice translates it as “glorious Master”. Adonai was spoken when the tetragrammaton YHWH was written.
   2. We don’t understand the concept of Lord the way the people of England did when King James authorized the translation of the Vulgate into a language the common man could understand
      1. Watch TV shows with lords and ladies
      2. Hear about the titles when we hear about Great Britain’s royalty
      3. Still don’t realize the power lords held over their subjects
      4. The title is believed to have come from an old English word meaning “bread keeper”.
      5. Lord refers to someone who has authority, control, or power over others acting like a master, a chief, or a ruler.
      6. In feudal system, the landowners that provided protection, work and food for tenant families
   3. Adonai is one of the seven names the Hebrews used for God that once written could not be erased.
      1. Sacred name of God, Lord of lords,
      2. owner of all things
      3. creator of all things
      4. Everything is His
      5. He has authority, control, power over everyone and everything
      6. Creation turns at His bidding
   4. May not understand the term Lord the way those who translated YHWH did
      1. May not feel the weight of lordship the way those in the middle ages did
      2. May not understand the power the lord held over His subjects
      3. We can understand God has authority, control, power over all things
      4. He wants us to recognize who He is as Lord, Adonai
5. 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."

A daily devotional exploring the names of God in scripture. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Today we start looking at the names of God. He is called a lot of different things in scripture. We will start looking at what His names mean to us today.
3. Scripture
   1. Genesis 1:1; Psalms 19:1
   2. In the beginning, God created everything: the heavens above and the earth below.
   3. The celestial realms announce God’s glory;

the skies testify of His hands’ great work.

1. Devotional
   1. The Bible starts with the words we just heard, In the beginning, God created everything.
      1. Elohim is an interesting name for God.
      2. Hebrews used it as singular, but ‘im’ usually makes the word plural
      3. Usually means the God of great power
      4. Can mean God of gods, power of powers
   2. Hebrews began their basic understanding of God with this word
      1. God of gods, supersedes anything or anyone we might try to put in His place
      2. Power of powers, Elohim is greater, more powerful than anything or anyone Satan may try to use to defeat us.
      3. God is above all
         1. In strength
         2. In knowledge
         3. In wisdom
         4. In goodness
         5. In grace and mercy
         6. In dealing out justice for those who deserve His wrath
      4. Before anything was, God was there and created it
   3. When we think about the name Elohim, we also see the triune God-head encapsulated in the name
      1. The word is plural
      2. Singular when referencing God, the creator
      3. Recognition that God is more than one, but one, three in one, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
      4. Those who wrote the words believed in one God, monotheistic society
      5. Still used the plural name, inspired by God
   4. As you think of this first name used by the Hebrews to describe our God, think of what qualifies Him to carry this name
      1. Creator
      2. God of gods
      3. Power of powers
      4. Here before the beginning to put in place all there is, nothing exists apart from His spoken word bringing it into existence
   5. Elohim, God of power and might
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."

A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. This is better than Christmas...maybe. It depends on who you believe.
3. Scripture
   1. Revelation 22:20
   2. The Anointed One: Yes. I am coming soon.
4. Devotional
   1. I enjoy watching my grandkids as special days start to approach.
      1. Birthdays
      2. Christmas
      3. Start counting very early
      4. Anxious for its arrival
   2. We sometimes do the same with
      1. Vacations
      2. Weekends
      3. New jobs
      4. Retirement
   3. Jesus talks about an event without a date
      1. He says He is returning soon
      2. His disciples have been looking for that day since He ascended into heaven a few days before Pentecost
      3. Some did some things Paul and others warned them against
         1. Sold all their belongings
         2. Stopped working
         3. Sat and waited
   4. We’re not to stop everything and just sit in a room and wait
      1. We have a task to complete
      2. Told us to teach
      3. Share the message
      4. Make disciples
      5. We should be growing in grace and becoming more like Him
      6. That takes work and can’t be done by sitting and waiting for His return
   5. Also says He will return at a time we don’t expect
      1. Only the Father knows the time and day of His return
      2. Comes like a thief in the night
      3. Promised to return
      4. Wants to give us every opportunity to come to Him
      5. His delay is not failure to keep His promise
      6. Opportunity to see His grace and mercy at work
      7. Wants all to come to know Him as Lord
   6. He will come
      1. Soon is relative when thinking about eternity
      2. But He is coming soon to claim His own
      3. Be ready
5. 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."