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Hello, My Name Is
Contributed by Paul Basehore on Jan 11, 2015 (message contributor)
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1. Jehovah - I Am
Contributed on Jan 11, 2015
Yes, God has names. Specific, beautiful, matchless names. We start the series with the name He uses to introduce Himself -- "I AM".
The Names of God: Jehovah, the “I AM” I have many names. The name I was born with is Paul Michael Basehore Junior. As a child I was called “PJ”, for “Paul Junior”. In high school, my physics teacher called me “Basehore, Long Island”. In ...read more
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2. Jehovah Jireh - God Our Provider
Contributed on Jan 16, 2015
Jehovah Jireh, or "God Our Provider, " is one of the more well known names of God. But what does He provide? Why? How can we be sure He will provide for us?
One day a man walked out of his house on his way to work and saw that it had started to rain. He didn’t think much of it at the time, but began to worry when he saw that it was still raining cats and dogs later that same night. He lived near a river, so he started to fear a possible flood. ...read more
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3. Jehovah Rophe - God Our Healer
Contributed on Jan 21, 2015
God can heal and restore anything -- from a heavily irradiated forest to the bitterness in your own heart.
Jehovah Rophe - God Our Healer On Saturday, April 26, 1986, an experiment was under way in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine. This experiment was designed to test how the local nuclear power plant would react following a complete loss of main electrical power. The power plant had 4 nuclear reactors, ...read more
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4. Jehovah Nissi - God Our Banner
Contributed on Jan 29, 2015
God is our Banner, and He will grant us victory!
Jehovah Nissi - God Our Banner When our soldiers go to war nowadays, we have a lot of technology to help us. Every soldier knows where he is thanks to GPS. He can speak with his fellow soldiers instantaneously via radio. He can single-handedly attack and destroy entire buildings with explosives ...read more
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5. Jehovah M'kaddesh, God Who Sanctifies
Contributed on Feb 5, 2015
God demands holiness, but He understands that we cannot be holy on our own. He promised us (and He always fulfills His promises!) that He is Jehovah M’Kaddesh, God who Sanctifies. Only through God can we be sanctified.
Since we were all small children, we were taught that things fall. I drop a pen, it falls to the ground. In fact, everything in this world, at some point, falls down, right? In Tucurui, Brazil though, sometimes things fall up. I’m serious! Lumberjacks in the area cut trees, but don’t ...read more
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6. Jehovah Shalom - God Is Peace
Contributed on Feb 12, 2015
Fear is a self-preservation instinct -- it's designed to protect us from something that may cause us real or imagined harm. But Jesus says in Matthew not to fear death, but to fear God. What's the difference?
Jehovah Shalom - God of Peace Fear is a constant in our world. It’s so immersed in our culture that sometimes it’s actually considered a psychiatric issue, complete with fancy descriptive terms! I thought it may be interesting to read some of these to you tonight. Some seem normal, ...read more
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7. Jehovah Shammah, God Is There
Contributed on Feb 17, 2015
The names of God: God always exists, He will provide, He is our healer, and our banner, he will sanctify us and He is our peace. But how do we know? I mean, the Bible says all of these things (and more!), but how can we really know?
Jehovah Shammah: God is There For the past six weeks we’ve learned about the names of God. God always exists, He will provide, He is our healer, and our banner, he will sanctify us and He is our peace. But how do we know? I mean, the Bible says all of these things (and more!), but how can ...read more