Exodus 4 and 5 both share hard stories. Moses’ incredible fear of leading and God’s grace and mercy with him. The people’s suffering under their slave masters and their groaning. I can relate to so much here. I thought that as we enter into the Lenten season this week (Ash Wednesday is the 2nd of March), we would spend a …
Sunday 2/27/22
Spend some time this morning thanking God for each of the names that we looked at this week, all the pieces of His character that are revealed through these names. If you would be interested in learning more of the names of God, the Navigators have this online resource that you can request to be sent to your email:
Saturday 2/26/22
Read Exodus 17:8-16 What name of God do we learn about today? What do you come to understand about this name from this portion of scripture? The Red Letter Bible explains it this way: “Moses, recognizing that the Lord was Israel’s banner under which they defeated the Amalekites, builds an altar named Jehovah-Nissi (the Lord our Banner). Nes is sometimes …
Friday 2/25/22
Read Exodus 15:26 Though we have not made it here yet on Sunday mornings, in this verse God is revealed as Jehovah Rapha- the healer. Read Isaiah 53:4-5 How have you seen God heal physically? What about mental healing? Spiritual healing? Emotional healing? Read all of Isaiah 53 A prophecy about Jesus and His sacrifice so that we could be …
Thursday 2/24/22
El Shaddai is our name to focus on today: Christianity Today explains, Translated as the “Almighty God”, El is another name translated as God and Shaddai derives from the Hebrew word for Mountain. In the Bible, mountains often refer to nations, so El Shaddai reveals that our God is God of the nations. There is no place where he is …
Wednesday 2/23/22
In Genesis 22 which we read last month, Abraham calls God “Jehovah Jireh” – the God who provides, when He provides the ram in the thicket to be sacrificed instead of his son, Isaac. John 1:29 refers to Jesus as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world”- He has come to be the sacrifice instead …
Tuesday 2/22/22
In Genesis 1:1 we get introduced to God as Elohim: mighty, strong, prominent- the creator God. Read Psalm 19:1-14 What stands out to you from these verses? If God is indeed the supreme creator of everything we see around us, how does that impact His laws that are given to us? How do you feel about the way that God …