Day 20: Father

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  Name: FATHER

Prayer and Meditation:        

Psalm 68:1-10 (Complete Jewish Bible)

LET God arise!  LET His enemies be scattered; LET those who hate Him flee from His presence . . . LET the wicked perish in the presence of God. BUT LET THE RIGHTEOUS . . .  BE . . . IN GOD’S PRESENCE . . .

God, in His Holy dwelling, is a Father to orphans and defender of widows.  God gives homes to those who are alone and leads prisoners out into prosperity.

. . . God, You went out at the HEAD of Your people . . . You rained down showers in plenty , . . in Your goodness, God, You provided for the poor.

Psalm 68 gives a detailed, albeit cryptic, revelation of God’s ever-present love, provision, deliverance of His people, His children, His heirs.   It begins with an admonition: LET God arise!  (see Numbers 10:35-36)  We must LET God arise, lead, be the HEAD, our authority.  We must honor and obey Him as our Father, who loves us with His very life!  (LET us not forget that He died for us to receive His inheritance!)

The Psalm then instructs us HOW to LET God arise:  BE in His presence = always acknowledge His presence and trust that He is always present.  We must be attentive to recognize it – but even if we do not see, hear, feel, or understand, we can and must BE and LIVE with faith in our Omni-Present God.  The I AM that I Am is always God; who never slumbers or sleeps.  (Ps 121)  If we truly belong to Him, He is always present as our Heavenly Father:  The ONLY Father who never leaves us or forsakes us.  The ONLY Father who is perfect in His love, His wisdom, His provision, His protection, and His plans for us. 

Father is ALWAYS with us.  He began the work, He will finish the work, and He is ALWAYS WORKING (present tense) IN us, with us, for us and through us!  LET us obey His instructions, for HIS glory, the good of others in our lives and under our charge, and for our own good.

Consider this: if The WORD is alive, living (it is) and we are to obey/do/keep what it says (we are) then what it says always applies to us in the present moment!  Father is always loving us, always speaking to us in His Spirit and His WORD, and always doing HIS work to destroy the works of the enemy in and around us!

Prayer – Father, we thank you with all our hearts, souls, minds, and bodies for Your ever-present love, protection, and provision.  By Your grace, may we LET You do Your mighty works in us and through us, to destroy the works of the enemy!  LET Your Kingdom come and Your will be done, for Your Glory and Your Name’s sake!


JEHOVAH MAGEN - Shield

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Name: JEHOVAH MAGEN - Shield

Prayer and Meditation:

“Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.  For our heart is glad in Him, because we trust in His holy name.  Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.”  Psalm 33:20 to 22

Unlike battles and war today, a shield was a must-have in combat during the times the Psalms were composed. Armor had not yet been perfected. The shield would have been a necessity for survival. In the New Testament, Ephesians 6:16 states, “Above all, picking up the shield of faith with which will quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.” Not only does the shield represent protection from close combat, but can also buffer against items thrown and launched from a distance.

When we realize the Lord, through faith, is our shield, we take on our day-to-day without worry. We can our steps in faith - one foot in front of the other - knowing that the Lord will protect us from everything that is hurled our way. We may be engaged in battle, but that doesn’t mean we fight alone; we are protected by the Lord. Pray today that your eyes are opened to the height, width and grandeur of His shield.


Day 18: Abon Adonai - Ruler

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Name: ABON ADONAI - Ruler

Prayer and Meditation:

                “For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.” Psalm 47:7

In America, we don’t really have the concept of a “Ruler”. If we do, it more than likely has a negative connotation. God, however, rules all that is under Him, and He is a just God. He doesn’t ask us to worship idols or pray in specific buildings at a specific time to be close with Him. He only asks that everything we do is done with a whole heart unto Him.

Whether we’re riding in the car, helping the poor, serving at a food pantry, or worshiping on Sunday morning, let it be done in honor of Him. This is how we’re able to worship a King (Ruler) with understanding. As in the beginning of this Psalm, a triumphant voice comes from a place of victory. He is our victory.

Too many times we try to win our own battles instead of giving Him the battle. Or, we try to rule our own world instead of recognizing that He created the world that we’re trying to run. Today, let God be the ruler of your thoughts, your heart and your words.


Day 17: Covenant Maker/ Promise Keeper

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Name: Covenant Maker/Promise Keeper

  Prayer and Meditation:

“Oh, give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!  Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!  Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!  Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! … For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.”   Psalm 105:1 to 4 and 42.

A careful study of Scripture uncovers thousands of promises, covenants and prophecies. These heavenly treasures are our most precious earthly assets and it is a JOY to discover and pray these promises regularly.  When we intentionally investigate these promises, in both the context of the surrounding verses and the Bible in its entirety, God's love for us is revealed in radiant clarity, and the plans for His people are clearly demonstrated. 

Our LORD is not only the Covenant Maker he is also the Promise Keeper.  Psalm 105 ends with a tribute to the LORD’s faithfulness to remember his holy promise to Abraham.  Similarly, at the end of his life, Joshua in his final charge to the Israelites states: “…you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you.”  Joshua 23:14. In recognition and gratitude we have a responsibility to fully commit with humble hearts to serve the LORD.  See Joshua 24:14 and 15. 

God’s unfailing promises are given to bring us to prayer.  Our prayers ought to be fueled with His promises both in asking and receiving them.  The LORD promises to answer our godly prayers.

Lord, thank you for your steadfast love and faithfulness as both the Covenant Maker and Promise Keeper.  This day, we do choose to serve you with all our heart, delighting in who you are.  Thank you that we can rest with full assurance in all your promises as set out in Scripture … with all the breath with in us we praise and thank you for your promise of SALVATION … your greatest promise. 


Day 16: Savior

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Name: Savior

Prayer and Meditation:

“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.” Psalm 18:2

“Salvation,” in this reference is a derivative of the Hebrew word “Yasha,” which is “Savior.” The horn (also translated in Greek as strength, rays of light and the hill) of my salvation, are ways of describing the Savior. A “Savior” is someone who delivers, saves, liberates us and gives victory to us. He paid it all for us on the cross with His son Jesus, so that we (the unbeliever) could be saved and brought into victory.

Therefore, He is the rock, the fortress, the deliverer, and our strength in whom we put our trust in. There’s no metaphorical sense to what Jesus did on the cross for us; He just did it. The term “Savior” is mentioned two-hundred and five times alone in the Old Testament.

This morning seek the Lord out with a fresh sense of who He is. Maybe you haven’t really seen God as your “all in all.” The one who liberated out of darkness into light. Don’t be like the Israelites, on a journey that should have taken forty days turned into forty years; Let God do a quick work and allow Him to work in you and through you.


Day 15: El Elyown - Most High

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 Name: EL ELYOWN – MOST HIGH

 Prayer and Meditation:

“I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.” Psalm 7:17

The Psalm this meditation is taken from isn’t the typical “happy and feel good.” King David, the author, makes statements such as, “lest they tear me like a lion,” and “yes, let him trample my life to the earth.” However, we can appreciate the realism in his words; it shows us that David suffered and felt emotions just like any other person.

David wraps up these six paragraphs with, “I will praise the Lord…will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High!” In Hebrew, Most High is “Elyown.” At the time this was written, other gods and religions were being declared as “the” god. So, even though David felt like he was at one of his lowest moments, he was giving glory and honor to God, distinguishing that God is above all other gods.


Day 14: El Olam - Everlasting to Everlasting

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Name:     EL OLAM – Everlasting to Everlasting

Prayer and Meditation:

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”  Psalm 90:1 and 2

Heavenly Father, ever since thy covenant with Abraham you have been the resting-place and refuge for your people Israel.  Thy love and mercies have been extended out for thousands of generations.  Because of our new covenant of promises through Jesus Christ, with great adoration we bless and thank you Father for being our “place of defense”.  A shield of hope and a very present help in times of trouble which causes us to triumph over our enemies.  Before anything existed, God was, from eternity past to eternity future.  You will reign from everlasting to everlasting!  Amen.


Day 13: Jah

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Name:  JAH

Prayer and Meditation:

Jah is the abbreviated form of Jehovah and appears dozens of times in the Psalms and 24 times as part of “hallelujah”.  The Hallel Psalms, chapters 113 to 118, are considered prayers offered to the Lord as a form of praise and thanksgiving. Let us praise the LORD accordingly:

Praise the LORD!  Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!  Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore!  From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name the LORD is to be praised! The LORD is high above all nations and his glory above the heavens!  Who is like the LORD our God who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.  He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children.  Praise the LORD!  Psalm 113.


Day 12: Jehoval Go'el - Redeemer

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Name: JEHOVAH GO’EL - Redeemer

Prayer and Meditation:

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord my rock and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14

In the verses leading up to verse 14, David, with a repentant heart reflects on the law, the commandments and precepts. Humbly turning to the Lord for help David prays that his words and meditation of his heart will be acceptable before the Lord.

Psalm 19 ends with David addressing the Lord as both his Rock and his Redeemer. Redeemer, in the original Hebrew, “goel”, implies kinship and carries a duty to pay the price of the next of kin. When an inheritance is lost, for example, through poverty and the death of a family member the goel is responsible to pay the price to restore the heritage. In the event the payment fails, the goel will redeem through power. A third duty of the goel is to avenge the death of the decedent.

Through sin’s dominion we have lost hope and life. It is only through Christ’s death and resurrection that the price of our offense is paid. Goel our Kinsman and Redeemer has delivered us through His blood and by His power and has avenged our eternal death sentence.

Lord, Christ Jesus, my Rock and my Redeemer, I humbly come before you and acknowledge my weak and sinful nature. There is no good in me. I need your help. I need your forgiveness. I look to you to cleanse me and reform me to your image. It is only through your strength and taking on the role of Kinsman and Redeemer that the price for my life is paid. It is only through your shed blood on the cross that I have eternal life. Thank you for redeeming me – for your name’s sake.


Day 11: The Lord is There

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Name: JEHOVAH SHAMMAH-The Lord is There (The Lord’s Presence)

Prayer and Meditation:

Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?” Psalm 139:7

There are many times in the Christian life that seem stressful and overwhelming. We live in a broken, sinful world which works diligently to distract us and veer us from the course God has set for us. It is during these moments when the Father is waiting with open arms, hoping we will make the decision to put our lives on hold and enter that “secret place” to spend time with Him. This is where we find life - where we receive the answers our souls are desperately seeking.

24-hours, 7 day-a-week, we have access to this holy place with The Father. This access comes through the working power of the Holy Spirit which was freely given to us! While sometimes it seems impossible to connect with God, His presence never leaves us. It is through spending time with Abba (Father) that we grow deeper into relationship with Him and learn more about His heart. We should never feel timid or inadequate to enter the presence of God; it’s what He longs for! In the same way parents desire to spend time with and get to know their children as much as possible, God desires the same - even more so.

I plead with you to take time today to slow down and rest in the presence of almighty God. Whether it be in the grocery store, in the car, on your way to work, or alone in your bedroom, God the Father is longing for His children to spend time with Him. This daily contact with the Creator is what fuels the Christian life. He regenerates our souls and knows exactly what we need.


Day 10: Cornerstone

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               Name: Cornerstone

                Prayer and Meditation:

                The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. Psalm 118:22

It’s amazing how God will take what man deems as “unusable” and will build upon it to show His greatness. The cornerstone is the foundational stone from which all angles and measurements are based. It’s essential to the beginning and completion of a building. God depicts in this Psalm that He will be able to use any stone for His glory.

We all have rough edges before we come to Him, for which most people would write us off. However, God says that He will use us. The parallel here is Ephesians 2:20, where Paul writes, “And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone…” Though Christ is the ultimate “cornerstone,” we’re the next stones to be laid down. He is our Salvation - our foundation on which all is built.

Maybe you’ve felt a bit “on edge,” or have a “tumbling” feeling in your day to day; let today be the day that you realize He is and will forever be the cornerstone to your life. When you believe this, then verse twenty-four will resonate more than ever:

“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24


Day 9: JEHOVAH HOSEENU - Maker

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Name:  JEHOVAH HOSEENU - Maker

Prayer and Meditation:

“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!  For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.”  Psalm 95:6 and 7

The name Jehovah Hoseenu, the LORD our Maker, shows us another facet of our Lord.  As set out in yesterday’s Scripture reading, Elohim celebrates God as the all-powerful Creator, creating out of nothing.  As Jehovah Hoseenu, the Lord transforms His creation to His desire. He is the Master Potter and we are the clay.  Isaiah 64:8. As the potter His primary desire is to mold us into Christ’s image.  See II Corinthians 5:17 and Romans 8:29. 

Lord, you are the Master Potter, Jehovah Hoseenu, the LORD our Maker.  We are ready to be molded and shaped in a fashion to glorify you.  We were created for purpose – your purpose.  On bended knees we pray – conform us to the image of your Son, Christ Jesus.  In Jesus name.  Amen.


Day 8: Elohim - Creator

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Name: ELOHIM – Creator

Prayer and Meditation:

“Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness. Come into His presence with singing. Know that the LORD, he is God! It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name! For the LORD is good; His love endures forever; and His faithfulness to all generations.” Psalm 100.

Elohim is the infinite, omnipotent, omniscient Creator of the universe. Today let us embrace the example set out in Psalm 100 acknowledging His wondrous works with thanksgiving, worshiping the Creator the all powerful Master Designer with joy knowing he desires a personal relationship with each of us. Amen.


Day 7: JEHOVAH RAPHA - HEALER

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Name: JEHOVAH RAPHA - Healer

Prayer and Meditation:

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3

Many of us come to Christ during broken-hearted situation in our lives. Whether it was pain derived from a loved one, the loss of a good paying job, or a moment where life seems like it’s lost all color and food no longer has taste. There’s a gravitational yearning in our hearts that wants to be tended for and “healed” from all pain. We tend to associate “healer” with physician, therapist, doctor, mender, and curer; God, is all of these.

He doesn’t intend to just heal our emotional pain but also the spiritual. That God-given desire and longing to want to be with Him. Sometimes though, it’s through the initial phase of the emotional healing that allows our minds and heart to see who He really is, and at what capacity He truly wants to heal us.

Psalm 147 is great because it doesn’t just mention the healing aspect of God, but it’s brings you into the finish of marathon from the healing process; rejoice (i.e praise). God is never going to bring you into an incomplete phase of being healed; He will carry you from a point of pain into praise. That’s why He is the HEALER.


DAY 6 – REFUGE

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Name: REFUGE

Prayer and Meditation: Psalm 17:7b-8, Psalm 61:2b-4, Psalm 91:1-4, John 8:31b, 51

By Your mighty power You rescue those who seek refuge . . . Guard me . . . Hide me in the shadow of Your wings.” Psalm 17:7b-8

Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for You are my safe refuge . . . Let me live forever in Your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of Your wings!” Psalm 61:2b-4

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God and I trust Him. For He will rescue you . . . He will cover you with His feathers. He will shelter you with His wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.” Psalm 91:1-4

These scriptures tell us that we find rest in God as our Refuge,

  • when we “live in the shelter of the Most High

  • in the shadow of the Almighty

  • being covered “with His feathers

  • sheltered “under His wings

Various forms (nouns, verbs, etc.) of the original Hebrew words and their various (action, concrete, or abstract) root definitions unveil an abundance of meaning. The various Hebrew words referring to “wings” include:

  • The feathers of a bird (like a dove) who is strengthened by eating the grain/seed that supplies plenty of strength, particularly when weak, fatigued, weary, thirsty, about to faint (as Jesus is The Word, The Seed and Bread of Life)

  • Great strength, mighty power (as in Almighty, Most High, The Rock)

  • The “wings” of a garment; fringes, tassels on the prayer shawl, that represent God’s laws/teachings/Word.

  • A covering that

    • creates a shadow

    • hides, as a mother bird hides its young under her wings (for their protection, refuge)

Surely, delivering us from death can rightly be considered our ultimate and greatest Refuge found in our Savior, The Resurrected Christ/The Living Word. Consider His own words at the beginning and end of John 8:31b-51. Surely His Words are in agreement with, and fulfillment of, His teachings in the Psalms scriptures about The Lord being our Refuge:

You are truly my disciples IF you remain faithful to My teachings. . . I tell you the Truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die.” John 8:31b, 51

And so we pray:

Prayer – Holy Spirit, teach us to live in the shelter of The Most High, to dwell in the shadow of The Almighty, covered and sheltered under His wings. Help us to fully know, trust, obey Your Living Word/Jesus Christ; that we may love, serve, bless and please You – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – and give You all the glory, praise, honor and thanksgiving You deserve. Yes, Lord! Let it be so! Amen and Amen!


DAY 5: JEHOVAH-KEREN-YISH’I - Horn of my Salvation

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Name: JEHOVAH-KEREN-YISH’I - Horn of my Salvation

Prayer and Meditation:

“I love you. O LORD, my strength.  The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.  I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies…For I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.”  Psalm 18:1 to 3 and 49.

 

Here the Lord is both fighting the battle and defending.  He is David’s shield protecting him from his enemy and his powerful horn prepared to fight on his behalf.

 

Let us boldly step into this day with intention giving the LORD every facet of our lives including, but not limited to, our battles – our insurmountable challenges.  Step away and trust Him.  If the Lord is truly our Horn of Salvation He will protect and keep us safe.  Watch Him resolve the matter in a fashion that can only be describe as the miraculous.  All for His glory.

 

LORD you are worthy, worthy of all worship and praise.  We give you our lives, we give you this day, we give you this moment and lift your holy name as the Horn of our Salvation, our Shield and Stronghold. Thank you for delivering us and protecting us.  Work in our hearts to recognize your power and give you the glory.  In your name we pray.  Amen. 


DAY 4: JEHOVAH-SEL’I - Rock

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Name: JEHOVAH-SEL’I - Rock

Prayer and Meditation:

“Oh come, let us sing to the LORD, let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.”  Psalm 95:1.

We enter this psalm with an invitation to celebrate the LORD and His wondrous works with praise and thanksgiving.  The imagery of the rock is repeated throughout the psalms as a representation of the Lord’s power in saving and delivering His people.  He is the Rock of our salvation, the basis of our hope and confidence.  We can rest securely in His strength.

Let us rejoice in hope, being patient in tribulation, encouraging each other with our faith in You  the Rock of our Salvation.  Amen.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High, to declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.  For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy…to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock. There is no unrighteousness in him.  Psalm 92: 1 to 4 and 15.


DAY 3: JEHOVAH ROHI - Shepherd

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Name: JEHOVAH ROHI - Shepherd

Prayer and Meditation:

“The Lord is my Shepherd… for His name sake.”  Psalm 23:1a and 3b.

This compound title for the Lord, Jehovah Rohi, reveals His desire for a personal relationship with each of us.  As the shepherd cares, protects and provides for his flock he is mindful of the individual sheep and calls each one by name.  The sheep, in turn, follow the shepherd in obedience, trusting the shepherd to guard and guide them.  Here David uses the personal pronoun “my Shepherd” expressing his personal relationship with the Shepherd, his Lord and Savior.

David was prepared to compose Psalm 23 only after he had recorded Psalm 22 memorializing both the darkness and glory of the cross.  It is only through Christ’s suffering and our surrender that we can have a personal relationship with the Lord and like David say: “my Shepherd”.  See John 10:14.

The reason the good Shepherd provides, protects and restores is found at the end of verse 3: “for His name sake.”  Let us continue in earnest to know Him and study His divine titles honoring the good Shepherd and His desire to have a personal relationship with each of us.

LORD, my Lord, thank you for desiring a personal relationship with me and sending your perfect, sinless Son to pay the price to restore my soul.  It is only through His sacrifice that I can call you my Shepherd and rest in You.  Lord keep me on the narrow path, with my eyes on You my Shepherd, to live in such a way that exemplifies your love and sacrifice…all for your glory. Amen.


DAY 2: EL SHADDAI

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Name: El Shaddai.

Prayer and Meditation:

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of El Shaddai.” Psalm 91:1

El Shaddai, the almighty, all powerful, all sufficient LORD promises that when we dwell in Him we will abide in His shadow.  Dwelling in Him, then, is a condition precedent or required event to abiding in His shadow.  To be in Him requires the desire to have a constant, hour-by-hour relationship with the Lord, to live a life with intention in obedience to His commandments, trusting and dependent on Him.  In so doing, we can rest with abandon in the shadow of El Shaddai.

Holy Spirit awaken in me the desire to want more of Christ in my life and to depend completely in you.  Lord, I want my life to be an example of your power and sufficiency – resting in you – in the shadow of El Shaddai.  In your name and for your glory we pray.  Amen.  


DAY 1: LORD

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Name: LORD/Lord

Prayer and Meditation: 

LORD, our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth.”  Psalm 8:1 & 9

The first and last verses in Psalm 8 set the stage for our time of prayer and study of His names in the Psalms. “LORD, our Lord,” elicits humble pause, reverence, worship, and praise of our sovereign LORD.

Scripture consistently celebrates the majesty and grandeur of the LORD through His wondrous works and character. Similarly, the body of Psalm 8 acknowledges the splendor of the LORD’s handiwork through creation. It is the first and last verses, the bookends of this beautiful Psalm, that intentionally draw our hearts to the majesty and greatness of the LORD himself. 

As we begin this time of seeking the Lord, remember that He is your Lord and the ruler in your heart. If there are areas in your life where you reign, and you have not surrendered these to Jesus as Lord, then right now yield these to Him. Ask the LORD for these strongholds broken. Now, let the love and power of God invade your heart, and with great joy and freedom, let us join the psalmist in prayer and worship, saying, “LORD, our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth!”. 

In the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ we pray, Amen!