He Has a Name 5
HEALED
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What Jesus calls us defines our purpose, what we call God defines our worship!
Romans 12:1-2
Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.
Call on the name of the lord = worship
Definition: “actual release of power so that the accomplishment is assured.”
He is the only God that has the ability to BE and it IS.
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We can’t worship a God we don’t know!
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Yahweh Nissi and Rapha
Yahweh Nissi means “The Lord Is My Banner”
Under whose name and reputation I choose to live. Whose character and principles I will align my life.
This is the name of God that proclaims His protection, leadership, and deliverance for His people.
Just as God brought divine protection for the Israelites against their enemy, the Amalekites, He offers us protection and deliverance today from the enemies we may face in this life.
While Joshua and the people fought against their enemy, Moses stood on top of a hill with God’s staff in his hands. The Bible tells the story that even though Moses grew weary, when his hands were lifted by those who supported him, the Israelites were winning, and when his hands lowered the Amalekites were winning. It was clear to all who gave them victory that day.
Sometimes we spin our wheels trying to battle through our hard days in our own strength. We get weary, we get upset, we get angry, and we end up losing it.
God’s reminder is to all Him to be our banner, our protector, that One that is able to lead us and give us supernatural victory against forces and obstacles that come against us. If we allow Him to be in control, He will do more on our behalf, than would ever be possible on our own.
“Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner.” Exodus 17:15
HEALING – BRINGS DELIVERANCE FROM…
LIVING UNDER HIS BANNER (NISSI), BY HIS PRINCIPALS BRINGS HEALING (RAPHA)
Jehovah Rapha
Jehovah Rapha means “Healer, the Lord who heals you”
This name brings so much comfort and hope to many of us who have prayed for healing and deliverance from disease, illness, brokenness, or painful circumstances.
It reminds us that God knows we’re in need of help, He understands we’re in need of healing, and He promises to redeem every broken place in our lives.
He never leaves us on our own to fend for ourselves. Without Him we couldn’t have hope for true freedom and healing, but just as God brought miraculous deliverance from all types diseases and difficulties throughout His word, He promises to act on behalf of His people still today.
Sometimes the healing doesn’t come in the timetable or way that we would choose, and that can be hard. But as believers we still have this hope and assurance: we will live forever free in heaven, far away from the burdens we’ve carried here in this life. Jesus promises to make all things new, and God will wipe away every tear.
He said, “If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.” – Exodus 15:26
God is a global healer.
His touch is thorough, deep and complete and leaves no part of us unaffected.
Our worship of Him and obedience to His ways exposes us to a cause and effect on a Divine scale. A single act of obedience sets off a chain reaction of supernatural interventions in multiple areas of our lives.
Proximity to God is what calls who he is into our moment.
Call on the name of the lord = worship