God's Name
God's Name
When we understand God's name
we begin to see the depths
of who He is,
our relationship begins to blossom.
our prayer life becomes enriched
and we understand more of
His provision for us.
Adoni
El
El Shaddai
El Simchah Giyl
Elohim
Jehovah
Jehovah Jireh
Jehovah Rapha
Jehovah Nissi
Jehovah Mekaddish
Jehovah Shalom
Jehovah Tsidkenu
Jehovah Shammah
Jehovah Rohi
Adoni
Its when we seek
obedience and service
we begin to understand
who is the master of our lives.
a revelation unfolds
of our relationship
which God sustains towards us,
and in time what
He expects of us.
He is our Sovereign Lord.
Many times Jesus
was called
'Adoni'.
Its an important
name to confess with
our mouths in our
prayer and praise time.
As we walk deeper
we begin to see
He is the rewarder
and wants to give us gifts.
these are all based
on what we need
as His servant to
equip us for our mission.
By confessing
'Adoni',
we are proclaiming
that we are His
Inheritance, His possession.
אָדוֹן
Adoni
El
When we declare
'El'
we are declaring His
very foundation strength.
Mighty, Strong, Almighty,
Victorious, Omnipotent,
Pre-Eminent,
Supreme Commander and Cheif
of everything.
El Shaddai
This name when spoken
declares All bountiful,
All suffiency
The Blessing One.
He is filling and making
everything right,
fruitful, everything is possible.
we see this in the way
God judges and purges
when He speaks.
Abram received
a revelation of
'El Shaddai'
and his very personallity
was changed.
To this effect God
changes his name
to Abraham
when He had spoken to him
and told him,
'I AM
'El Shaddai''
Almighty God.
Genesis 17:1,2
When Abram was
ninety-nine years old,
the Lord appeared to Abram
and said to him,
“I am Almighty God;
walk before Me and be blameless.
And I will make My covenant
between Me and you,
and will multiply
you exceedingly.”
El Simchah Giyl
My Exceeding Joy
Both simchah and giyl
are word for gladness, mirth,
pleasure, and great joy!
This name is like calling God
your ecstatic joy.
This joy stands outside
of all circumstances.
Earthly pleasures have an end
and all other happiness
can fall in trials.
The joy we can have
(because He lives inside of us)
goes beyond circumstance.
Even amidst the trials
we can have an
inexpressible joy
manifesting from His presence!
Nehemiah 8:10
“Do not be grieved,
for the joy of the LORD
is your strength.”
Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.
שִׂמְחָה
El Simchah Giyl
El Rachum
Compassionate
Compassionate (merciful)
This name expresses how much
God acts as our Father.
He is rich in compassion and mercy
He does not want to see
His children fall.
We can know that our prayers,
and our tears,
will never be wasted.
The God of compassion
hears them and is merciful
so we may not be distressed.
Let us, in turn,
have ears to hear
and eyes to see
the world in compassion
the way our Father does.
Deuteronomy 4:31
(for the Lord your God
is a merciful God),
He will not forsake you
nor destroy you,
nor forget the covenant
of your fathers
which He swore to them.
רַחוּם
El Rachum
El Qanna
Jealous God
Our God is a jealous God,
desiring our praise
to be for Him alone.
El Qanna is about
the marriage relationship
between Yahweh and us.
His jealousy is not
out of selfishness,
but a passionate love saying,
“never will I leave you,
never will I forsake you”.
It is because of His
burning love for us
that His jealousy is so great.
This is our El Qanna:
Deuteronomy 4:24
“For the Lord your God
is a consuming fire,
a jealous God.”
Give Him your whole heart today,
and all of the glory!
Amen.
קַנָּא
El Qanna
Adoni
El
El Shaddai
El Simchah Giyl
Elohim
Jehovah
Jehovah Jireh
Jehovah Rapha
Jehovah Nissi
Jehovah Mekaddish
Jehovah Shalom
Jehovah Tsidkenu
Jehovah Shammah
Jehovah Rohi
Adoni
Its when we seek
obedience and service
we begin to understand
who is the master of our lives.
a revelation unfolds
of our relationship
which God sustains towards us,
and in time what
He expects of us.
He is our Sovereign Lord.
Many times Jesus
was called
'Adoni'.
Its an important
name to confess with
our mouths in our
prayer and praise time.
As we walk deeper
we begin to see
He is the rewarder
and wants to give us gifts.
these are all based
on what we need
as His servant to
equip us for our mission.
By confessing
'Adoni',
we are proclaiming
that we are His
Inheritance, His possession.
אָדוֹן
Adoni
El
When we declare
'El'
we are declaring His
very foundation strength.
Mighty, Strong, Almighty,
Victorious, Omnipotent,
Pre-Eminent,
Supreme Commander and Cheif
of everything.
El Shaddai
This name when spoken
declares All bountiful,
All suffiency
The Blessing One.
He is filling and making
everything right,
fruitful, everything is possible.
we see this in the way
God judges and purges
when He speaks.
Abram received
a revelation of
'El Shaddai'
and his very personallity
was changed.
To this effect God
changes his name
to Abraham
when He had spoken to him
and told him,
'I AM
'El Shaddai''
Almighty God.
Genesis 17:1,2
When Abram was
ninety-nine years old,
the Lord appeared to Abram
and said to him,
“I am Almighty God;
walk before Me and be blameless.
And I will make My covenant
between Me and you,
and will multiply
you exceedingly.”
El Simchah Giyl
My Exceeding Joy
Both simchah and giyl
are word for gladness, mirth,
pleasure, and great joy!
This name is like calling God
your ecstatic joy.
This joy stands outside
of all circumstances.
Earthly pleasures have an end
and all other happiness
can fall in trials.
The joy we can have
(because He lives inside of us)
goes beyond circumstance.
Even amidst the trials
we can have an
inexpressible joy
manifesting from His presence!
Nehemiah 8:10
“Do not be grieved,
for the joy of the LORD
is your strength.”
Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.
שִׂמְחָה
El Simchah Giyl
El Rachum
Compassionate
Compassionate (merciful)
This name expresses how much
God acts as our Father.
He is rich in compassion and mercy
He does not want to see
His children fall.
We can know that our prayers,
and our tears,
will never be wasted.
The God of compassion
hears them and is merciful
so we may not be distressed.
Let us, in turn,
have ears to hear
and eyes to see
the world in compassion
the way our Father does.
Deuteronomy 4:31
(for the Lord your God
is a merciful God),
He will not forsake you
nor destroy you,
nor forget the covenant
of your fathers
which He swore to them.
רַחוּם
El Rachum
El Qanna
Jealous God
Our God is a jealous God,
desiring our praise
to be for Him alone.
El Qanna is about
the marriage relationship
between Yahweh and us.
His jealousy is not
out of selfishness,
but a passionate love saying,
“never will I leave you,
never will I forsake you”.
It is because of His
burning love for us
that His jealousy is so great.
This is our El Qanna:
Deuteronomy 4:24
“For the Lord your God
is a consuming fire,
a jealous God.”
Give Him your whole heart today,
and all of the glory!
Amen.
קַנָּא
El Qanna
Elohim
Sovereign of all
Creator as Triune God
Preserver of all His creation.
creative governing supreme power.
Everything that was
ever made by Him,
He assumes a great love for.
To invoke the very
resurrection power
that raised Christ
from the grave
in His Glory.
When we declare
'Elohim'
we are declaring
we no longer live
but Christ lives in us,
resurrected powerfully in us
so much so that
when this world looks
at us they see Christ
because of what
Elohim
has done in us.
Jehovah
In Hebrew the word
'Havah' means
to be or being.
Absolutely self existant
Eternal and
permanently unchangable.
God of Revelation.
One of the most used names
in The Word of God
YHWH
יְהֹוָה
YEHOVAH
Jehovah Jireh
His provision shall be seen
a knowing that provision is provided
He will certainly provide
for that need which
has been forseen beforehand.
The great provision
for our redemption
in the sacrifice
of his only Son
Jesus
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said,
“My son, God will provide
for Himself the lamb
for a burnt offering.”
So the two of them
went together.
Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called
the name of the place,
The-Lord-Will-Provide;
as it is said to this day,
“In the Mount of the Lord
it shall be provided.”
רָאָה
Jehovah Jireh
Jehovah Rapha
רָפָה
He Heals
talks of restoration
to heal or cure
To break the yoke
spiritually and physically
Jesus did this
when took our sins
in his own body
on the tree.
The tree of God's provision
healing mans need
He heals both the soul
and the body
of all disease
There a four conditions
for healing.
1.Diligently hear God's voice
acknowledge Him as God;
live free from idolatry.
2.Live righteous lives in His sight.
3.Give ear to His commandments
not just the ten, but all of them.
4.Keep all His statutes
regulations for life.
Exodus 15:26
“If you diligently heed
the voice of the Lord your God
and do what is right
in His sight,
give ear to His commandments
and keep all His statutes,
I will put none of the diseases
on you which
I have brought on the Egyptians.
For I am the Lord
who heals you.”
רָפָה
Jehovah Rapha
Jehovah Nissi
My banner
a sign of deliverence
salvation
to raise a standard
victory in our spiritual battle.
to rally behind God
in truimph
revelation of a miracle.
The very cause
God's battle
The upraise hands of Moses
in the midst of Battle
victory over
The powers of evil.
God's banner over us
Love.
Isaiah explains in his
forteenth prophecy
in more detail
as he prophecies Jesus
"The cut-off stump
of Jesse will sprout,
and a fruitful Branch
will grow from his roots:
the Spirit of Yahweh
will rest upon him,
the Spirit of
Extraordinary Wisdom,
the Spirit of
Perfect Understanding
the Spirit of
Wise Strategy,
the Spirit of
Mighty Power,
the Spirit of
Revelation,
and the Spirit of
the Fear of Yahweh.
He will find his delight
in living by
the Spirit of
the Fear of the Lord.
He will neither judge
by appearances
nor make his decisions
based on rumors.
With righteousness
he will uphold justice for the poor
and defend the lowly of the earth.
His words will be like
a scepter of power
that conquers the world,
and with his breath he will
slay the lawless one.
Righteousness will be
his warrior’s sash
and faithfulness his belt."
Jesus is our
banner of redemption,
our banner of warfare.
2 Corinthian 2:14
Now thanks be to God
who always leads us
in triumph in Christ,
and through us diffuses
the fragrance of His knowledge
in every place.
Exodus 17:14,15
Then the Lord said to Moses,
“Write this for a memorial
in the book and recount
it in the hearing of Joshua,
that I will utterly blot out
the remembrance of Amalek
from under heaven.”
And Moses built an altar
and called its name,
The-Lord-Is-My-Banner;
נִסִּי יְהוָֹה
Jehovah Nissi
Jehovah Mekaddish
The one who sacrifices
talks of being set apart for God
to santify oneself and be hallow
to dedicate and consecrate
and be holy.
To look purely at
our Lords life.
Jesus was from
begining to end
set apart by
the power of the Holy Spirit
He is totally Holy
The Lamb of God
without spot
without sin
the perfect sactifice
to redeem us.
He became our high priest.
Luke 1:35
And the angel answered
and said to her,
“The Holy Spirit
will come upon you,
and the power of the Highest
will overshadow you;
therefore, also,
that Holy One who is to be born
will be called the Son of God.
For God made
the only one who did not know sin
to become sin for us,
so that we who
did not know righteousness
might become
the righteousness of God
through our union with him.
He understands humanity,
for as a Man,
our magnificent King-Priest
was tempted in every way
just as we are,
and conquered sin.
So now we come freely
and boldly to where
love is enthroned,
to receive mercy’s kiss
and discover the grace
we urgently need
to strengthen us
in our time of weakness.
Hebrew 4:15,16
For we do not have a High Priest
who cannot sympathize
with our weaknesses,
but was in all points
tempted as we are,
yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly
to the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy
and find grace
to help in time of need.
Ephesians 1:4-7
just as He chose us
in Him before
the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy
and without blame
before Him in love,
having predestined us
to adoption as sons
by Jesus Christ to Himself,
according to the
good pleasure of His will,
to the praise of
the glory of His grace,
by which He made us
accepted in the Beloved.
In Him we have redemption
through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins,
according to
the riches of His grace
As God's pre destined
Sons and daughters
we must be holy in practice
as well as seperate in
our position spiritually.
God has done this already for us,
but we need to walk in it
as our inheritance.
Feast on all the treasures
of the heavenly realm
and fill our thoughts
with heavenly realities,
and not with the distractions
of the natural realm.
Our crucifixion with Christ
has severed the tie to this life,
and now our true life
is hidden away
in God in Christ.
Colossians 3:1
If then you were raised with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ is,
sitting at the right hand of God.
Leviticus 20:8
And you shall keep My statutes,
and perform them:
I am the Lord who
sanctifies you.
קָדַשׁ
Jehovah Mekaddish
Jehovah Shalom
Our Peace
It is God's desire
to be at peace with us.
all through the old
we see peace sacrifices
of blood to bring
right fellowship
between God and man.
Wholeness, Welfare.
Harmony of relationship
with God.
A feeling of peace
when something is completed.
a giving of satisfaction.
Jesus is our
Prince of Peace.
He made peace for us
through His blood sacrifice.
Peace come through
trust and obedience
Our peace is forfilled
when we show
our ability to
keep trusting Him
and our ability to
accept the santification
Colossians 1:20,21
and by Him
to reconcile all things to Himself,
by Him,
whether things on earth
or things in heaven,
having made peace
through the blood of
His cross.
And you,
who once were alienated
and enemies in your mind
by wicked works,
yet now He has reconciled
Let our hearts be always guided
by the peace
of the Anointed One,
who called us to peace
as part of His one body.
And always be thankful.
Phillipians 4:9
The things which you learned
and received and heard
and saw in me,
these do,
and the God of peace
will be with you.
Phillipians 4:7
and the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts
and minds through
Christ Jesus.
Judges 6:22-24
Now Gideon perceived that
He was the Angel of the Lord.
So Gideon said, “Alas,
O Lord God!
For I have seen
the Angel of the Lord
face to face.”
Then the Lord said to him,
“Peace be with you;
do not fear, you shall not die.”
So Gideon built an altar
there to the Lord,
and called it
The-Lord-Is-Peace.
שָׁלוֹם יְהוָֹה
Jehovah Shalom
Jehovah Tsidkenu
Our Righteousness
Making of things right
giving justice
to acquit or
declare innocent.
right standing with God.
we are to walk
on the path
of righteousness.
to put our trust in the Lord,
acts of faith.
In Yahweh,
all of Israel’s offspring
will triumph and shine!
Jesus is that righteousness
a free gift by faith
in God's grace.
A revelation for us
showing our
acceptance before God
redeemed in the blood of the Lamb
dressed in a mantle of white
the righteousness of Jesus.
Jeremiah 23:5,6
“Behold, the days are coming,”
says the Lord,
“That I will raise to
David a Branch
of righteousness;
A King shall reign and prosper,
And execute judgment
and righteousness in the earth.
In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel will dwell safely;
Now this is His name
by which He will be called:
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
צֶדֶק
Jehovah Tsidkenu
Jehovah Shammah
The Lord is present
The Lord is there
God dwells among us
He manifest with us.
Our final glory and rest
are His promise and pledge
for completness.
Our final role
is to Glorify God
and enjoy everything
He gives us eternally.
our relationship
in it fullness, complete.
A holy people with
a Holy God
will walk with you into
whatever tomorrow holds
because of
His great love for you.
THE LORD IS THERE!
Our God is already
in our tomorrow.
He already knows
what
our future looks like
and He has complete control over it.
Jeremiah 29:10
For I know the thoughts
that I think toward you,
says the Lord, thoughts of peace
and not of evil,
to give you a future
and a hope.
THE LORD IS THERE!
we cannot be in the future now,
but He can.
We cannot control the future
events of our lives,
but He can.
Jehovah-Shammah
will walk with us
into whatever tomorrow
holds because
of His great love for us.
God is there
in our tomorrow
He simply desires
that we trust His heart
Ezekiel 48:34
Jeremiah 29:10
For I know the thoughts
that I think toward you,
says the Lord, thoughts of peace
and not of evil,
to give you a future
and a hope.
THE LORD IS THERE!
we cannot be in the future now,
but He can.
We cannot control the future
events of our lives,
but He can.
Jehovah-Shammah
will walk with us
into whatever tomorrow
holds because
of His great love for us.
God is there
in our tomorrow
He simply desires
that we trust His heart
Ezekiel 48:34
All the way around
shall be eighteen thousand cubits;
and the name of the city
from that day shall be:
THE LORD IS THERE.”
שָׁם
Jehovah Shammah
Jehovah Rohi
Our Shepherd
Our leader and protector.
Friend, companion
provider who instructs us,
directs and guides us.
a one on one relationship.
we are His and
His inheritance.
God chose his beloved one,
David.
He promoted him
from caring for sheep
and made him his
prophetic servant.
Psalm 78:70
He also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds.
This shows us that God
as a shepherd
knows us each by name
as a shepherd would
when he calls.
The sheep know His voice
because they spend
all there time with Him.
He protects them
when the enemy
trys to get in.
They are sensative
to His movements
Because they know and trust Him
for all there needs
as we need to do.
Our best friend
We follow in the shadow
of our Loving Fathers care.
His watchfull protection
over us.
He is our strong defence.
Jesus is our good shepherd
who gently leads us.
He is the Greast shepherd
because he became
the lamb of God.
2 Samual 7:8
Now therefore,
thus shall you say
to My servant David,
“Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘I took you from the sheepfold,
from following the sheep,
to be ruler
over My people,
over Israel.
Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
רָעָה
Jehovah Rohi
Yahweh Tsuri
(Zsu-REE)
The Lord is My Rock.
God is described as our Rock
throughout the books of
the prophets and Psalms.
Beloved, our God is
immovable, unbreakable,
a safe place for retreat,
and a fortress in battle!
He is our
true source of strength,
our firm foundation,
our support, and our defense.
Cling to Him
amidst all circumstances!
Isaiah 26:4
“Trust in the Lord forever,
for in God the Lord,
we have an everlasting Rock.”
צוּר
Yahweh Tsuri
Yahweh Sabaoth
The Lord of Hosts
“The Lord of Armies”.
It captivates His sovereignty
over all spiritual and physical armies.
His is the Lord of Hosts
and gives charge
to the multitude of heavenly beings
to face the advisories.
The King of the universe
is fighting on our behalf
the victory is already ours.
Psalm 46:10-11
“‘Cease striving
and know that I am God;
I will be exalted
among the nations,
I will be exalted
in the earth.’
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob
is our stronghold.”
צָבָא
Yahweh Sabaoth
Abba
Abba has come to be
a term of endearment of
the word Father such as Daddy,
Papa, or Dear Father.
It is a more intimate
expression of the word!
Romans 8:15
“We have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father”
To call God “Father”
is to acknowledge that
we have been born
into the family of God,
that we are joint heirs with Christ,
and that we are going to be
with Him forever.
Let us not forget
He is still the sovereign
and Holy Lord
and the significance of
the word “Father”
is one of a reverent
and respectful address of God,
our Father.
Isaiah 64:8
“But now, O Lord, You are our Father,
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are
the work of Your hand.”
אָבא
Abba Father
EL ELYON
The Most High God.
This name emphasizes
God’s strength,
sovereignty, and supremacy
Melchizedek said to Abram,
Genesis 14:20
“blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered
your enemies into your hand!”
we shoould understand
that the Lord is
Extremely Exalted.
Psalm 57:2
“I cry out to
the Most High Elohim,
To El
who is perfecting
all matters for me”
עֶליוֹן
EL ELYON
Home
shall be eighteen thousand cubits;
and the name of the city
from that day shall be:
THE LORD IS THERE.”
שָׁם
Jehovah Shammah
Jehovah Rohi
Our Shepherd
Our leader and protector.
Friend, companion
provider who instructs us,
directs and guides us.
a one on one relationship.
we are His and
His inheritance.
God chose his beloved one,
David.
He promoted him
from caring for sheep
and made him his
prophetic servant.
Psalm 78:70
He also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds.
This shows us that God
as a shepherd
knows us each by name
as a shepherd would
when he calls.
The sheep know His voice
because they spend
all there time with Him.
He protects them
when the enemy
trys to get in.
They are sensative
to His movements
Because they know and trust Him
for all there needs
as we need to do.
Our best friend
We follow in the shadow
of our Loving Fathers care.
His watchfull protection
over us.
He is our strong defence.
Jesus is our good shepherd
who gently leads us.
He is the Greast shepherd
because he became
the lamb of God.
2 Samual 7:8
Now therefore,
thus shall you say
to My servant David,
“Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘I took you from the sheepfold,
from following the sheep,
to be ruler
over My people,
over Israel.
Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
רָעָה
Jehovah Rohi
Yahweh Tsuri
(Zsu-REE)
The Lord is My Rock.
God is described as our Rock
throughout the books of
the prophets and Psalms.
Beloved, our God is
immovable, unbreakable,
a safe place for retreat,
and a fortress in battle!
He is our
true source of strength,
our firm foundation,
our support, and our defense.
Cling to Him
amidst all circumstances!
Isaiah 26:4
“Trust in the Lord forever,
for in God the Lord,
we have an everlasting Rock.”
צוּר
Yahweh Tsuri
Yahweh Sabaoth
The Lord of Hosts
“The Lord of Armies”.
It captivates His sovereignty
over all spiritual and physical armies.
His is the Lord of Hosts
and gives charge
to the multitude of heavenly beings
to face the advisories.
The King of the universe
is fighting on our behalf
the victory is already ours.
Psalm 46:10-11
“‘Cease striving
and know that I am God;
I will be exalted
among the nations,
I will be exalted
in the earth.’
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob
is our stronghold.”
צָבָא
Yahweh Sabaoth
Abba
Abba has come to be
a term of endearment of
the word Father such as Daddy,
Papa, or Dear Father.
It is a more intimate
expression of the word!
Romans 8:15
“We have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father”
To call God “Father”
is to acknowledge that
we have been born
into the family of God,
that we are joint heirs with Christ,
and that we are going to be
with Him forever.
Let us not forget
He is still the sovereign
and Holy Lord
and the significance of
the word “Father”
is one of a reverent
and respectful address of God,
our Father.
Isaiah 64:8
“But now, O Lord, You are our Father,
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are
the work of Your hand.”
אָבא
Abba Father
EL ELYON
The Most High God.
This name emphasizes
God’s strength,
sovereignty, and supremacy
Melchizedek said to Abram,
Genesis 14:20
“blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered
your enemies into your hand!”
we shoould understand
that the Lord is
Extremely Exalted.
Psalm 57:2
“I cry out to
the Most High Elohim,
To El
who is perfecting
all matters for me”
עֶליוֹן
EL ELYON
