PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD

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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD

• COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
• SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
• MARCH 2008

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• GOD IS A GOD OF MANY NAMES.
• HIS NAMES REVEAL HIS CHARACTER, DISPOSITION AND
  ABILITY.
• HIS PREMIERE NAME IS DERIVED FROM YAHWEH - A
  WORD MEANING THE ONE WHO IS OR THE VERB TO
  BE.
• THE NAME MOST OFTEN USED FOR GOD JEHOVAH - IS
  THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE WORD YAHWEH OVER 6,800
  TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

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• A PHENOMENON IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS FOUND IN THE
  COMPOUND JEHOVAH NAMES.
• THEY ARE REFERRED TO AS THE COVENANT NAMES OF GOD
  REVEALING HOW GOD. RELATES TO HIS PEOPLE.
• SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS

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JEHOVAH-JIREH GENESIS 214

• THE WORD JIREH MEANS TO SEE.
• PROVIDE MEANS TO SEE BEFORE.
• GOD HAS SEEN AND SEEN TO EVERYTHING THAT
  PERTAINS TO HIS WILL.

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JEHOVAH-ROPHE EXODUS 1526

• THE WORD ROPHE OR RAPHA MEANS HEALER.
• GOD SAYS, I AM THE GOD WHO HEALS YOU.

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JEHOVAH-NISSI EXODUS 1715

• THE WORD NISSI MEANS A STANDARD OR A BANNER.
• IN ISRAEL THE TRIBES WERE IDENTIFIED BY BANNERS
  OR STANDARDS.
• THESE STANDARDS IDENTIFIED THE TRIBE.
• THE WORD INDICATED THAT GOD IS OUR BANNER OF
  VICTORY.

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JEHOVAH-MKADDESH LEVITICUS 207

• THE WORD MEANS HOLY.
• ON THE ONE HAND HE IS HOLY ON THE OTHER HAND HE
  MAKES US HOLY.

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JEHOVAH-SHALOM JUDGES 624

• THE WORD SIMPLY MEANS PEACE.
• THE SETTING WAS AMID GREAT CONFLICT.
• WHEN GIDEON SAW THE LORD, HE EXCLAIMED GOD IS
  PEACE.

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JEHOVAH-ROHI PSALM 231

• THE WORD MEANS SHEPHERD OR GUIDE.
• THE VERSES OF THE PSALM SHOW US A PERFECT
  SHEPHERD.

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JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU JEREMIAH 235-6

• THE NAME MEANS TO BE STRAIGHT OR RIGHT.
• THE STRONG CONCEPT IS THAT OF JUSTICE.

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JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH EZEKIEL 4835

• THE NAME HAS TO DO WITH THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
• THE TRANSLATION IS GOD IS THERE.
• HE IS OUR EVERYWHERE GOD!

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VITAL TRUTHS ABOUT GODS NAMES

• GODS CHARACTER IS REVEALED THROUGH HIS NAMES.
• OUR NEEDS ARE REVEALED THROUGH HIS NAMES.
• THE NATURE OF OUR SALVATION IS REVEALED THROUGH
  HIS NAMES.
• WE CAN KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT OF LIFE THROUGH HIS
  NAMES.
• WE CAN COME TO KNOW GOD BETTER THROUGH HIS NAMES.
• WE CAN EXPERIENCE GODS RICHES THROUGH HIS NAMES.
• PRAYING OR PRAISING THE NAMES OF GOD BRINGS TO
  LIGHT THEIR FULL MEANING.

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RAPID REVIEW

• JEHOVAH-JIREH
• MY PROVIDER
• GENESIS 2214

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• JEHOVAH-ROPHE
• EXODUS 1517
• MY HEALER

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• JEHOVAH-NISSI
• EXODUS 1715
• MY BANNER OF VICTORY

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• JEHOVAH-MCKADDESH
• LEVITICUS 207
• WHO MAKES ME HOLY

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• JEHOVAH-SHALOM
• JUDGES 624
• MY PEACE

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• JEHOVAH-ROHI
• PSALM 231
• MY SHEPHERD

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• JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU
• JEREMIAH 236
• MY RIGHTEOUSNESS

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• JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH
• EZEKIEL 4835
• HE IS ALWAYS THERE

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