Names of SufficiencyEphesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.2Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
*******************************Go Ali The Lord My Redeemer*******************
*******************************Elohi Tsuri My God My Rock********************
*******************************Yahweh Raah The Lord My Shepherd**************
*******************************Yahweh Chelqi The Lord My Portion***************
*******************************El Simchat Gili God My Exceeding Joy**************
We have seen through this study of Knowing God By Name by Mary Kassian that God is God, He is Good, our Creator, Judge, Awesome, Friend, Sufficient.
This week, then we study God's ability to be Our Portion. Yahweh Chelqi The Lord My Portion Psalm 73:25-26 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
God’s Name***********************Means to me*************a Personal statement
Elohei Chasdi ***********************God has loved me even
God My Steadfast Love ***************When I was unlovely,
Ps 59:17 Unto **********************when I thought no one
thee, O my strength,******************loved me, and He will
will I sing:for God is*****************continue to do so
my defence, and the God
of my mercy. *************************************************Robert’s Steadfast Love
Yahweh Ori ***********************Sometimes I have been
The Lord My L:ight *****************blinded by self or others
Ps 18:28For thou God************** has helped me to see
wilt light my candle: the******* ******my path and to avoid the
Lord my God will enlighten***** *****traps of life.
my darkness. *************************************************Robert’s Light
Pele Yo-ets ***********************God has, throughout my life,
Wonderful Counselor ****************enthused me when I was
Ps 73:24Thou discouraged, **********encouraged me
shalt guide me with thy *************when I was afraid, enlightened
counsel, and afterward *************me when I was confused.
receive me to glory. ********************************************Robert's Counselor
Adonai Tiqvati********************God has reminded me of His
The Lord My Hope ****************love when I was lonely, He
Ps 71:5For **********************has helped me to see a bigger
thou art my hope, *****************picture when I thought I was
O Lord God: thou *****************failing, He has given me that
art my trust from my ***************which I needed when I was
youth. ***************************destitute of spirit***************Robert’s Hope
Elohim Ozer Li *********************If I will but humble my
God My Helper ********************brazenness to God's Person,
Ps 54:4Behold, ********************seek after His Will, and
God is mine helper: ****************be thankful to Him in all
the Lord is with them ***************things, then He provides
that uphold my soul., ***************the wherewithal for whatever
46:1 God is our *******************I encounter. Much of this is
refuge and strength,a ******** ******facilitated by fellowship
very present help in ****************within His Body, the Church.
trouble. *******************************************************Robert’s Helper
Yahweh Machsi ********************God has made Himself available
The Lord My Refuge ****************to me, I just need to call on
Ps 61:4I will **********************Him when I have need and His
abide in thy tabernacle **************everpresent, all knowing, all
for ever: I will trust *****************powerful Spirit is my Rock.
in the covert of thy
wings. Selah. ****************************************************Robert’s Refuge
Adonai Tiqvati *********************When I grow weary, or the World
The Lord My Strength ***************begins to pressure me, then God's
Ps 28:7The ***********************resilience will bouy me.
Lord is my strength
and my shield; **************************************************Robert’s Strength
Elohey Kol-Nechamah **************God knows me in and out,
God of All Comfort ****************up and down and round
Ps 71:21Thou ********************about. He is able to
shalt increase my *****************fulfill me.
greatness, and comfort
me on every side. **********************************************Robert’s Comfort
Yahweh Shalom ******************God is bigger than any
The Lord My Peace ***************fear or anxiety or worry
2 Thess 3:16Now ****************that I may have. I can rest
the Lord of peace himself **********assured in His Promise, and
give you peace always by **********Faithfulness!
all means. ****************************************************Robert’s Peace
Yahweh Shomreka ****************God, who is pure, powerful,
The Lord My Keeper **************and kind holds ME in the
Ps 121I Will *********************palm of His Hand.
lift up mine eyes unto the
hills, from whence cometh
my help. My help cometh
from the Lord, which made
heaven and earth. He will
not suffer thy foot to be
moved: he that keepeth thee
will not slumber. Behold,
he that keepeth Israel
shall neither slumber nor
sleep. The Lord is thy
keeper: the Lord is thy
shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite
thee by day, nor the moon
by night. The Lord shall
preserve thee from all
evil: he shall preserve
thy soul.The Lord shall
preserve thy going out
and thy coming in from
this time forth,
and even for evermore. *****************************************Robert’s Keeper
Yahweh Mephalti ******************As I submit that that I
The Lord My Deliverer **************am and have to God, then
Psalms 70 Make ******************God replaces it with the
haste, O God, to deliver ************much better, untarnished
me; make haste to help me, *********gifts which only He is able
O Lord. Let them be ***************to imagine for me.
ashamed and confounded
that seek after my soul:
let them be turned backward,
and put to confusion, that
desire my hurt. Let them be
turned back for a reward of
their shame that say, Aha,
aha. Let all those that
seek thee rejoice and be
glad in thee: and let such
as love thy salvation say
continually, Let God be
magnified. But I am poor
and needy: make haste unto
me, O God: thou art my help
and my deliverer; O Lord,
make no tarrying. **********************************************Robert’s Deliverer
Yahweh Kessel ********************I can rest assured of
The Lord My Confidence *************an ultimate victory for
Prov 3:26For *********************me in God's Kingdom. God
the Lord shall be thy ***************has provided for all con-
confidence, and shall ***************tingencies.
keep thy foot from
being taken. ***************************************************Robert’s Confidence
El Chayyai ***********************Yippee Chayyai Yah!
God of My Life
Ps 42:8Yet the
Lord will command his
lovingkindness in the
daytime, and in the
night his song shall be
with me, and my prayer
unto the God of my life. *****************************************Robert’s Life
I have mixed the presentation of the last two chapters because I see a need in our lives to understand that because of who God is is why He can be so personal to each and every one of us.
This section from the chapter on Sufficiency seems to fit here a little earlier in my presentations to you than in the author’s. But her summary of this section is a good one to consider for the reasons God is Sufficient to those who believe.
All of God’s attributes
**************God is God
***************God is Good
****************God is Power
*****************God is Beneficent Ruler and Righteous Judge
******************God is Awesome
*******************God is Personal
**********************...demonstrate that He is all we need.
This leads us to affirm that God is All In All.
Eph 4:6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all.
1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in
all.
2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may
abound to every good work:
Ps 73:25-26 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none
upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth:
but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
El Qanna-My God is a Jealous God
Names of Intimacy
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
El Roi God-Sees Me
Immanu El-God With Us
Elohey Avoteynu-God of Our Fathers
Avi-Father
El Qanna-Jealous God
Meeting Royalty would they remember you? We have seen that God is All Powerful, the Creator, All Glorious, The All Sufficient One, and now we see He is Relational
I. El Qanna-Jealous God Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Omnipotent God desires the closest and most personal relationship with me
A. Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
B. Hosea 2:19-20 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
C. Ephesians 5:31-32 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
II. What is Holy Jealousy? Zeal, ardor, passion
Whom should I give my heart’s affection
But Thee, who gavest thine to faith?
Thy fervent love is my protection;
Lord, Thou hast loved me unto death.
–Lord F Lochmer, 1673
A. 2 Cor 11:2-3 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
B. 1Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had.
C. Psalms 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
D. James 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
III. What ignites God’s jealousy in anger?
A. Zech 1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
B. 1 Chron 5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
C. Ezek 16:15,26-29 15. But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was., 26. Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
D. Num 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
E. Jer 5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
F. Isa 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
G. Judges 8:33-34 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
IV. How do we avoid God’s Jealousy?
A. 1 Cor 10:20-22 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
B. Deuteronomy 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
C. Hosea 2:14-20 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
El Roi God-Sees Me
Immanu El-God With Us
Elohey Avoteynu-God of Our Fathers
Avi-Father
El Qanna-Jealous God
Meeting Royalty would they remember you? We have seen that God is All Powerful, the Creator, All Glorious, The All Sufficient One, and now we see He is Relational
I. El Qanna-Jealous God Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Omnipotent God desires the closest and most personal relationship with me
A. Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
B. Hosea 2:19-20 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
C. Ephesians 5:31-32 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
II. What is Holy Jealousy? Zeal, ardor, passion
Whom should I give my heart’s affection
But Thee, who gavest thine to faith?
Thy fervent love is my protection;
Lord, Thou hast loved me unto death.
–Lord F Lochmer, 1673
A. 2 Cor 11:2-3 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
B. 1Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had.
C. Psalms 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
D. James 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
III. What ignites God’s jealousy in anger?
A. Zech 1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
B. 1 Chron 5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
C. Ezek 16:15,26-29 15. But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was., 26. Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
D. Num 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
E. Jer 5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
F. Isa 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
G. Judges 8:33-34 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
IV. How do we avoid God’s Jealousy?
A. 1 Cor 10:20-22 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
B. Deuteronomy 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
C. Hosea 2:14-20 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Names of Sufficiency-Elohi Tsuri
Names of Sufficiency
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
2Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Go Ali The Lord My Redeemer
Elohi Tsuri My God My Rock
Yahweh Raah The Lord My Shepherd
Yahweh Chelqi The Lord My Portion
I. Elohi Tsuri God My Rock Sur(Hebrew) means immovable foundation,
2 Samuel 22:2-3 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: He is my shield, and the Horn Of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
A. Pharos One of seven wonders of the Ancient World
1. Located in Alexandria Egypt
2. Built in 300 BC
3. 40 stories tall on top of red granite and lead-no top soil
4. Stood for 2 millenia
B. Old Testament encourages us to depend on God for our strength
1. Psalm 18:31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
2. Isaiah 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
C. Jesus encouraged us to be obedient by promising eternal life based on a firm foundation Luke 6:47-49 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
II. Rock of Safety-David describes God
A. Psalms 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings..
B. Psalms 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower
C. Psalms 61:2-3 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
D. Psalms 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
E. Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
F. Psalms 62:6-8 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
III. Rock of my Heart
A. Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
B. Psalm 62:1-2 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
C. Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
God's Word to us is like the peace of a rock, His Love for us is like the strength of a rock, His Protection is like the sharp face of a rock, His Will for us is as sure as a rock, His Promise is like the endurance of a rock. Come to God and He will give you peace! Come to God and you will be enthused! Come to God and your enemies will fall away in fear! Come to God and He will guide your way! Come to God and you will never be dissappointed!
God is our Rock of Salvation.
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
2Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Go Ali The Lord My Redeemer
Elohi Tsuri My God My Rock
Yahweh Raah The Lord My Shepherd
Yahweh Chelqi The Lord My Portion
I. Elohi Tsuri God My Rock Sur(Hebrew) means immovable foundation,
2 Samuel 22:2-3 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: He is my shield, and the Horn Of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
A. Pharos One of seven wonders of the Ancient World
1. Located in Alexandria Egypt
2. Built in 300 BC
3. 40 stories tall on top of red granite and lead-no top soil
4. Stood for 2 millenia
B. Old Testament encourages us to depend on God for our strength
1. Psalm 18:31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
2. Isaiah 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
C. Jesus encouraged us to be obedient by promising eternal life based on a firm foundation Luke 6:47-49 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
II. Rock of Safety-David describes God
A. Psalms 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings..
B. Psalms 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower
C. Psalms 61:2-3 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
D. Psalms 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
E. Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
F. Psalms 62:6-8 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
III. Rock of my Heart
A. Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
B. Psalm 62:1-2 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
C. Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
God's Word to us is like the peace of a rock, His Love for us is like the strength of a rock, His Protection is like the sharp face of a rock, His Will for us is as sure as a rock, His Promise is like the endurance of a rock. Come to God and He will give you peace! Come to God and you will be enthused! Come to God and your enemies will fall away in fear! Come to God and He will guide your way! Come to God and you will never be dissappointed!
God is our Rock of Salvation.
Saturday, April 03, 2010
The Easter Story found in the name of God-Go Ali-The Lord My Redeemer
Names of Sufficiency
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
2Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
The names of sufficiency are
Go Ali The Lord My Redeemer
Elohi Tsuri My God My Rock
Yahweh Raah The Lord My Shepherd
Yahweh Chelqi The Lord My Portion
I. Go Ali My Redeemer Isaiah 43:1,3-4 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. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
A. Redemption/damages restored-a man and his dog, chewed up neighbor's belongings, captured by the Dog Catcher, piddled on the Aunt's carpet, must all be paid for, a good master does this.
B. God redeemed Israel from Egypt but the plagues and miracles were of no consequence to Pharoah, so God sent the Angel of Death to collect the price of sin from Egypt's 1st born and protected His people Israel with the blood of the lamb...God the Creator, Jesus the Son, and the Eternal Holy Spirit. Three without sin, the middle one whose flesh became my sin...
C. 2 Samuel 7:22-24 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
II. John the Baptist spoke of the Redeemer
A. John 1:29, 34-36 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
B. Galatians 4:4-5 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
C. Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
III. God has redeemed us from all that prevents us from fellowship
A. Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
B. Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
C. Ps 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
D. Ps 103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
E. Ps 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
IV. How Jesus has redeemed us
A. John 13:3-5 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;. He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
B. John 17prayer and submission
C. John 18: 1-6 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
D. John 19:1-5 1. Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
E. John 19:16-18 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
F. John a9:32-35 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
G. John 20:1-22 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
He the pearly gates will open,
So that I may enter in;
For He purchased my redemption
and forgave me all my sin.
By Frederick Blom 1917
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
2Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
The names of sufficiency are
Go Ali The Lord My Redeemer
Elohi Tsuri My God My Rock
Yahweh Raah The Lord My Shepherd
Yahweh Chelqi The Lord My Portion
I. Go Ali My Redeemer Isaiah 43:1,3-4 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. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
A. Redemption/damages restored-a man and his dog, chewed up neighbor's belongings, captured by the Dog Catcher, piddled on the Aunt's carpet, must all be paid for, a good master does this.
B. God redeemed Israel from Egypt but the plagues and miracles were of no consequence to Pharoah, so God sent the Angel of Death to collect the price of sin from Egypt's 1st born and protected His people Israel with the blood of the lamb...God the Creator, Jesus the Son, and the Eternal Holy Spirit. Three without sin, the middle one whose flesh became my sin...
C. 2 Samuel 7:22-24 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
II. John the Baptist spoke of the Redeemer
A. John 1:29, 34-36 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
B. Galatians 4:4-5 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
C. Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
III. God has redeemed us from all that prevents us from fellowship
A. Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
B. Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
C. Ps 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
D. Ps 103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
E. Ps 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
IV. How Jesus has redeemed us
A. John 13:3-5 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;. He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
B. John 17prayer and submission
C. John 18: 1-6 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
D. John 19:1-5 1. Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
E. John 19:16-18 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
F. John a9:32-35 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
G. John 20:1-22 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
He the pearly gates will open,
So that I may enter in;
For He purchased my redemption
and forgave me all my sin.
By Frederick Blom 1917
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Coverage
Genesis 2:
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man...
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed...
Genesis 3
7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat...
21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
To emulate the voice of the Lord God walking is to uncover Truth and yet cover another's sin...
If Satan stands and accuses why do you?
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man...
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed...
Genesis 3
7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat...
21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
To emulate the voice of the Lord God walking is to uncover Truth and yet cover another's sin...
If Satan stands and accuses why do you?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Waiting on the Lord ref Psalm 123 and Deut 7:9
Have you ever read your scriptures and confessed all your sins and turned everything over to God and still you thought 'What is the use?'
Today It was my turn.
Have you ever prayed and prayed and prayed but decided 'God must not care?'
Today it was my turn.
Have you been still and quiet as a mouse, and listened, and growned, and growned and listened in silence and wondered 'Can He be there?'
If you have, it feels like it has been 'my turn' for a long time. We are not alone. In the great book of prayers God has given us it becomes quicly evident Psalmists have been there before us.
Today it was my turn.
In Psalm 123 is written just such a prayerful expression. yet we also see anticipation. Imagine a waiter in a diner that never closes, where people are not always stopping to dine but there is always something to be done for the Diner itself or those diners-past present and future.
1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, uintil that he have mercy upon us.
3Have mercy upon us, OLord, have mercy upon us" for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4Our soul is exceedoingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Today it was my turn.
My grandmother, 'Gwen', is what her grandchildren and friends called her, Gwen battled the effects of Ploio since she was thirteen. She road horses, Connie, she married my grandfather, Charlie, or tamed him might be the correct terminology, Cheryl, for he was a mule skinner early on, a race car driver and award winning car mechanic, knew all the best fishing pools on most bends of most branches of the Brazos, Craig, played the Tennessee Flattop Box like he wrote it, Michael, and according to legend, could tattoo an elephant, Randy. Gwen bore him two daughters and ran a printing and card business. With twisted hands and feet she was able to drive a car during an accident free 70 years of driving.
She showed me how to mop a floor, wash dishes, to cream and freeze coorn I had picked and chopped and shucked, to pick, shell and freeze blackeyes I had picked, and to pick, snap, and can green beans9the contender variety).
Later she showed me how to print cards and napkins and invitations and to make cold calls on customers who still come looking for good service.
Gwen is remembered as a woman who could be counted on to either get the job done or else see to it that it was done! My granny wore army boots!(pediatric boots, really) to help her keep her balance, til Charlie, who also buttoned herbuttons, couldn't lace 'em up for her anymore, then she wore house shoes and rolled around in a wheel chair, callingt her clients with that switchboard trained silky smooth voice and manner. She was an elocutionist and speech teacher, specializing in emotive recitations, you know, known today as cowboy poetry.
Today it was my turn.
A couple of times over the years, Charismatic type missionaries had stopped by and promised her healing through prayer, a hand masseuse from Shallowater had even tried to straighten her hands and feet. Now, nobody sang Amazing Grace, Rock of Ages or Victory in Jesus, any better than Gwem did. Everybody that met her knew--they--had been uplifted by the love and grace and joy ever present at her side. Even after she outlived Charlie, or Chas as she often called him, she regularly and continually praised and thanked Jesus for her blessings. She never quit battling the effects of polio, never gained her strength, her hands and feet were never staightened after her bout, not here on Earth, anyway. But she lived on the sunny side, paid her own way, no disability checks for her. And Gwen, thank you, Jesus, Gwen and Charlie helped teach me to pray, Bill.
So everything's rosy for me right? Naw, not always, not lately, cause today it was my turn. I am not gonna give you a litany of hardships i been sailing around in. You really do not need to hear that. But I have been going into Retirement homes and shariing God's word with a goup of people living at the threshold to eternity(since 5yrs?). Some of 'em are bright eyed and sharp as a tack. Some afre able to understand more that they are able to let on, and some cannot tell me their na-a-ame! A lot of 'em have to be reminded who that guy is that comes most every week and sings and prays and reads the Bible to them, yours truly.
That is a little bit of how, I am not so sure when, but recently, I began to think 'I'm just spinning my wheels. I am not accomplishing a thing.' I even bought a new watch, it has two time keeping systems on it. An analog or sweep hands system and a digital LED system. Well almost two weeks into my wearing it the digital system up and quits. No more LED, no more stop watch, no more alarm clock, no more handy night light, no more military time. Just the three sweep hands showing the hour minutes and seconds.
For three months I have been wearing this broken watch and wondering, "Why me O Lord?" I can't even buy a decent watch! I start pestering the resident answer man, known here abouts as Dr Randy, asking many of my doubting questions, and as I recheck verses and scripture, and see the answer to one of those multitude of questions, I call Randy and excitedly, tell him of my resolution there concerning some timing of Jesus' manifestation...lo and behold as I hang up the phone and check my time piece, I notice the digital apparati are once again clicking, so to speak.
What a grand coincidence you say? Not I, and never again! For a couple of days later when I web logged about this very occurence, giving to God credit for His great providence, but thinking all the while this may be just coincidence, just as I pressed the publish button and into the blogosphere it went I looked and percieved that my LED was once again quit.
I tried batteries but to no avail, and discovered, by tinkering, the watch has bent out of shape and can't work without some extreme contortions. You might say coincidence, but I say it was a sign, a sign for me to know God was checking to see if I am paying attention. Which brings me back to the reason for my being up here today. Today it was my turn.
The next day, Saturday, after my watch's digital began to work again, at Bible study in the retirement home I am speaking to my friends about Praying in Eclipse. You know the eclipse, it is that time when all is gray and heavy, nothing seems to fit, nothing gets corrected, despite our best efforts and humility and persistence and prayer and memory of the lightness of being in God's good graces. Yes, today it was my turn.
There is a lady in th study who just started coming a week or two ago. I had learned her name is Elva. She seems very aware and alert, if a little unsure. As I finish I see she has moved from the back to up close, (is this my first altar call? I think now in retrospect, Tim) After the session I stop by to speak to her and thank her for coming, for she is milling about there in front of me noticably: You know, today it was my turn.
I ask her how her stay is going, and she says 'OK'. but she hopes to leave as soon as she is healed from a heart condition, to return to California where she was a park ranger for thirty years. So I ask her if she has family close by, and she says, a bit miffed, 'None that will claim me!' I am taken aback, a dear gentle lady ex park ranger who is not loved and adored by her family, so I pause there a little longer, sensing her frustration, and to allow her to vent. She doesn't, vent, I mean. She begins to talk about how good her experience in the home is, Randy Christopher-one of yours, and where she will go when she gets out. She is smiling calmly, though her eyes are moist and lookiing intently into my face. I turn back to the family statement and ask her what she means her family doesn't claim her?! and bluster 'Why on Earth not?!' Her smile fades into a gentle understanding and with a stoic but friendly look she asks, Do you know what they said to me when I came in here? They said, 'Now you can't go to church any more.' It is as if the Devil is tipping his glass and spilling a celebration and laughing with her family, yet here is God looking at me through Elva's reassuring eyes explaining to me that this is one reason why I am here-to help Elva specifically and others like her know that God knows them and loves them and has provided for them ahead of time and in the nick of time. He is Emet Elohim Emet; that is to say faithful and true God. from Deut 7:9Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to thousand generations.
This is key. Will God's love reach out into the generations from the starting point of you own doorway? Today it was my turn. Retirement homes ministry is in need of readers, singers, musicians, sitters of a spell and other grandchildren of all makes and kinds who love the Lord.
Today It was my turn.
Have you ever prayed and prayed and prayed but decided 'God must not care?'
Today it was my turn.
Have you been still and quiet as a mouse, and listened, and growned, and growned and listened in silence and wondered 'Can He be there?'
If you have, it feels like it has been 'my turn' for a long time. We are not alone. In the great book of prayers God has given us it becomes quicly evident Psalmists have been there before us.
Today it was my turn.
In Psalm 123 is written just such a prayerful expression. yet we also see anticipation. Imagine a waiter in a diner that never closes, where people are not always stopping to dine but there is always something to be done for the Diner itself or those diners-past present and future.
1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, uintil that he have mercy upon us.
3Have mercy upon us, OLord, have mercy upon us" for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4Our soul is exceedoingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Today it was my turn.
My grandmother, 'Gwen', is what her grandchildren and friends called her, Gwen battled the effects of Ploio since she was thirteen. She road horses, Connie, she married my grandfather, Charlie, or tamed him might be the correct terminology, Cheryl, for he was a mule skinner early on, a race car driver and award winning car mechanic, knew all the best fishing pools on most bends of most branches of the Brazos, Craig, played the Tennessee Flattop Box like he wrote it, Michael, and according to legend, could tattoo an elephant, Randy. Gwen bore him two daughters and ran a printing and card business. With twisted hands and feet she was able to drive a car during an accident free 70 years of driving.
She showed me how to mop a floor, wash dishes, to cream and freeze coorn I had picked and chopped and shucked, to pick, shell and freeze blackeyes I had picked, and to pick, snap, and can green beans9the contender variety).
Later she showed me how to print cards and napkins and invitations and to make cold calls on customers who still come looking for good service.
Gwen is remembered as a woman who could be counted on to either get the job done or else see to it that it was done! My granny wore army boots!(pediatric boots, really) to help her keep her balance, til Charlie, who also buttoned herbuttons, couldn't lace 'em up for her anymore, then she wore house shoes and rolled around in a wheel chair, callingt her clients with that switchboard trained silky smooth voice and manner. She was an elocutionist and speech teacher, specializing in emotive recitations, you know, known today as cowboy poetry.
Today it was my turn.
A couple of times over the years, Charismatic type missionaries had stopped by and promised her healing through prayer, a hand masseuse from Shallowater had even tried to straighten her hands and feet. Now, nobody sang Amazing Grace, Rock of Ages or Victory in Jesus, any better than Gwem did. Everybody that met her knew--they--had been uplifted by the love and grace and joy ever present at her side. Even after she outlived Charlie, or Chas as she often called him, she regularly and continually praised and thanked Jesus for her blessings. She never quit battling the effects of polio, never gained her strength, her hands and feet were never staightened after her bout, not here on Earth, anyway. But she lived on the sunny side, paid her own way, no disability checks for her. And Gwen, thank you, Jesus, Gwen and Charlie helped teach me to pray, Bill.
So everything's rosy for me right? Naw, not always, not lately, cause today it was my turn. I am not gonna give you a litany of hardships i been sailing around in. You really do not need to hear that. But I have been going into Retirement homes and shariing God's word with a goup of people living at the threshold to eternity(since 5yrs?). Some of 'em are bright eyed and sharp as a tack. Some afre able to understand more that they are able to let on, and some cannot tell me their na-a-ame! A lot of 'em have to be reminded who that guy is that comes most every week and sings and prays and reads the Bible to them, yours truly.
That is a little bit of how, I am not so sure when, but recently, I began to think 'I'm just spinning my wheels. I am not accomplishing a thing.' I even bought a new watch, it has two time keeping systems on it. An analog or sweep hands system and a digital LED system. Well almost two weeks into my wearing it the digital system up and quits. No more LED, no more stop watch, no more alarm clock, no more handy night light, no more military time. Just the three sweep hands showing the hour minutes and seconds.
For three months I have been wearing this broken watch and wondering, "Why me O Lord?" I can't even buy a decent watch! I start pestering the resident answer man, known here abouts as Dr Randy, asking many of my doubting questions, and as I recheck verses and scripture, and see the answer to one of those multitude of questions, I call Randy and excitedly, tell him of my resolution there concerning some timing of Jesus' manifestation...lo and behold as I hang up the phone and check my time piece, I notice the digital apparati are once again clicking, so to speak.
What a grand coincidence you say? Not I, and never again! For a couple of days later when I web logged about this very occurence, giving to God credit for His great providence, but thinking all the while this may be just coincidence, just as I pressed the publish button and into the blogosphere it went I looked and percieved that my LED was once again quit.
I tried batteries but to no avail, and discovered, by tinkering, the watch has bent out of shape and can't work without some extreme contortions. You might say coincidence, but I say it was a sign, a sign for me to know God was checking to see if I am paying attention. Which brings me back to the reason for my being up here today. Today it was my turn.
The next day, Saturday, after my watch's digital began to work again, at Bible study in the retirement home I am speaking to my friends about Praying in Eclipse. You know the eclipse, it is that time when all is gray and heavy, nothing seems to fit, nothing gets corrected, despite our best efforts and humility and persistence and prayer and memory of the lightness of being in God's good graces. Yes, today it was my turn.
There is a lady in th study who just started coming a week or two ago. I had learned her name is Elva. She seems very aware and alert, if a little unsure. As I finish I see she has moved from the back to up close, (is this my first altar call? I think now in retrospect, Tim) After the session I stop by to speak to her and thank her for coming, for she is milling about there in front of me noticably: You know, today it was my turn.
I ask her how her stay is going, and she says 'OK'. but she hopes to leave as soon as she is healed from a heart condition, to return to California where she was a park ranger for thirty years. So I ask her if she has family close by, and she says, a bit miffed, 'None that will claim me!' I am taken aback, a dear gentle lady ex park ranger who is not loved and adored by her family, so I pause there a little longer, sensing her frustration, and to allow her to vent. She doesn't, vent, I mean. She begins to talk about how good her experience in the home is, Randy Christopher-one of yours, and where she will go when she gets out. She is smiling calmly, though her eyes are moist and lookiing intently into my face. I turn back to the family statement and ask her what she means her family doesn't claim her?! and bluster 'Why on Earth not?!' Her smile fades into a gentle understanding and with a stoic but friendly look she asks, Do you know what they said to me when I came in here? They said, 'Now you can't go to church any more.' It is as if the Devil is tipping his glass and spilling a celebration and laughing with her family, yet here is God looking at me through Elva's reassuring eyes explaining to me that this is one reason why I am here-to help Elva specifically and others like her know that God knows them and loves them and has provided for them ahead of time and in the nick of time. He is Emet Elohim Emet; that is to say faithful and true God. from Deut 7:9Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to thousand generations.
This is key. Will God's love reach out into the generations from the starting point of you own doorway? Today it was my turn. Retirement homes ministry is in need of readers, singers, musicians, sitters of a spell and other grandchildren of all makes and kinds who love the Lord.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
avoidance of corruption
When flailing at windmills sometimes the bigger wind is needed. In response to a post at Good Dr and my friend Rick Davis' aintsobad:
Well
1 Tim 6:10. ...the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
so it is the love of money which corrupts
and as for power
Revelation 19:15 ...out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
God is all powerful
yet
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
God is uncorrupted and incorruptible
but
Romans7:7-8. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
so
Romans 7:11-12...sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
for
Romans 7:16. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Then
Romans 24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
therefore
John 3:3 ...Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
So that
1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
but we know
John 3:19 ...this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
notwithstanding
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
and again
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
It seems all is lost except Jesus saves. So then we should be guarded in the appllication of our gift of generosity so that God's purposes be edified.
Well
1 Tim 6:10. ...the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
so it is the love of money which corrupts
and as for power
Revelation 19:15 ...out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
God is all powerful
yet
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
God is uncorrupted and incorruptible
but
Romans7:7-8. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
so
Romans 7:11-12...sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
for
Romans 7:16. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Then
Romans 24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
therefore
John 3:3 ...Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
So that
1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
but we know
John 3:19 ...this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
notwithstanding
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
and again
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
It seems all is lost except Jesus saves. So then we should be guarded in the appllication of our gift of generosity so that God's purposes be edified.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
A funny thing happened...chapter 14/Getz
I am a turtle. I hide my fears in a vest pocket. I try to enjoy this as security. With security there is peace. But when the shell-cracker arrives, the pick pocket makes a tangential passing, peace is lost and security exposed as false. Thus it becomes known that even in seclusion there is not security, rather vulnerability. Now to what am I vulnerable? If I am vulnerable to God, then Love enfills and His power enables and rather than reactions of angst and fear, senses of security and peace abound. An abounding peace must by application be intentionally inclusive, and if inclusive by mutual acceptance, then is there security.
Surely by these scriptures is this concept underwritten:
KJV Romans 12:16
16. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
KJV Romans 12:18
18. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
KJV Romans 14:19
19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
KJV Romans 15:5-6
5. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
6. That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
KJV Ephesians 4:1-3
1. I Therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Surely by these scriptures is this concept underwritten:
KJV Romans 12:16
16. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
KJV Romans 12:18
18. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
KJV Romans 14:19
19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
KJV Romans 15:5-6
5. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
6. That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
KJV Ephesians 4:1-3
1. I Therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Adam Highly Conjectured
So God created Adam, and placed him in the Garden, and set him to work tending the Garden and caring for all that was in it. And as Adam moved around tending the Garden he noticed that all other creatures had their helpmeat and Adam felt alone when he was not talking with God and so God caused Adam to sleep and pulled from Adam a rib and from that rib He formed Eve. And Adam loved Eve as if she were his own flesh and blood for she truly completed him. Eve looked about the Garden and was amazed. Adam led Eve through the Garden and gave her the names of all that lived there in the Garden. He showed her all the good things to eat. Then he took her to that special place in the Garden where God had set His Beauty and his Glory. These trees were so magnificent that they must have been
especially blessed by God. Eve spoke of how attractive they were and
how beautiful the fruit of the one tree was.
Adam then told her that the one tree with beautiful fruit was the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and that they were not to eat of it and that it would be better if she did not even touch it, since he was to tend it
personally because to eat of it would be mortally injurious. Eve believed Adam, and smiled warmly as she realized that Adam was drawn to her and wanted to care for her and provide for her and protect her within the tenets of strength and knowledge and love he had been given by God.
especially blessed by God. Eve spoke of how attractive they were and
how beautiful the fruit of the one tree was.
Adam then told her that the one tree with beautiful fruit was the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and that they were not to eat of it and that it would be better if she did not even touch it, since he was to tend it
personally because to eat of it would be mortally injurious. Eve believed Adam, and smiled warmly as she realized that Adam was drawn to her and wanted to care for her and provide for her and protect her within the tenets of strength and knowledge and love he had been given by God.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
So I think I might wriite concerning evangelism and the first block I encounter is that Calvin rears his head.
So do we envangelize those who have no inclination or desire to be evangelized? Well how in the world do we ascertain that is the case if we do not begin to evangelize even the determinedly lost.
Then how do we begin if we are to receive the blessing of encouragemengt from our efforts? We must attenuate to the Spirit.
How do we know it is the Spirit? If we can find it in scripture without leaving off context.
What is the context? God made all there is while dwelling in pre-existance. Sending light and separating dark from light.
Would you dwell in darkness or in light?
Is the darkness cold? There is no light.
Is the lightness fun? There is always forgivenness.
So do we envangelize those who have no inclination or desire to be evangelized? Well how in the world do we ascertain that is the case if we do not begin to evangelize even the determinedly lost.
Then how do we begin if we are to receive the blessing of encouragemengt from our efforts? We must attenuate to the Spirit.
How do we know it is the Spirit? If we can find it in scripture without leaving off context.
What is the context? God made all there is while dwelling in pre-existance. Sending light and separating dark from light.
Would you dwell in darkness or in light?
Is the darkness cold? There is no light.
Is the lightness fun? There is always forgivenness.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Genesis Chapter 1 verses 1-4
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
In the Beginning
God created the heavens and the Earth. The Earth was without form and void so the Spirit of God hovered over the turbulent, teeming waters. And God sent Enlightenment to separate the darkness from the light.
hmm!? well maybe.
In the Beginning
God created the heavens and the Earth. The Earth was without form and void so the Spirit of God hovered over the turbulent, teeming waters. And God sent Enlightenment to separate the darkness from the light.
hmm!? well maybe.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Outside looking in
He crouched at the entrance, unseen, just barely seeing, hearing, and noting the sound of commotion. Ibrim seemed nervous, pensive, worried. He was walking back and forth and undoubtedly waving his hands, talking to someone. The lapping fire dancing his shadow about the walls and floor. His voice rising in toimbre and decibel, "Why?, hoh!" "When? hmmm!" "Where?, Yah?" "How?, and that is it, YahWeh? I go?" Until at last, calmly and slowly and convincingly he said, "Very Well." The commotion stopped, Aspin peered fearfully over the rise in the doorway threshold as all became quiet and still. Ibrim sat silently head in hands and breathed almost in a sob. Aspin began to move slowly backwards to leave. Wondering at what he had almost witnessed, puzzled by Ibrim's out of character acquiesence to an unseen master. It frightened him, and as he moved away he began to move faster and faster as his breathing began to heave his chest and his heart pounded in his head. Finally he was safe, for the time, but how long?
Friday, January 21, 2005
On the beginagain
God was, then God made, then He added light, then He separated it from the non light--I thought the separation was to come at the end but here it is at the beginning. on the second day He beganagain the 4th time, tho' it was not a complete erasure and restart, He was not finished then, and so each day He beganagain. This is how He seems to approach us, with a mind to our significance to Him, yet when we rebuff His entreaty to us, He is willing to grant us the beginagain. And so He goes!
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