THE WORD FOR THIS WEEK IS: “Yahweh”. The thought for this week is: God’s name is Yahweh. The many names of God that we find in the Bible are actually descriptive titles. The name he has revealed to his people is Yahweh or as in many bible versions, Jehovah. He is the “I AM”, which is what Yahweh means in Hebrew. Yahweh…
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THE WORD FOR THIS WEEK IS: “Most High”. The thought for this week is: God Most High is our shield. Have you ever known someone who left the church because they just did not feel like they got anything out of it, got bored and just haven’t been back? Maybe that someone is or was in-fact you. It is difficult for even…
The word for this week is: “Supreme”. The thought for this week is: God is one Supreme being. Have you ever considered why it is that you believe in the existence of God? And, how do you respond to others who deny or doubt that God exists? Is there anything we can do to develop or even invite a more engaging response? Let’s…
The Word for the week is: “Holy” The Thought for the week is: God is Perfect in Holiness Isaiah received his call to be a prophet of God in the sixth chapter of the book of Isaiah. Isaiah described how he saw the Lord in the temple high and lifted up. Above him were six-winged seraphim calling to one another: “Holy, Holy,…
The Word for this week is: Forgive The Thought for this week is: God forgives Unfortunately, sinning is a universal experience of mankind. (Eccl. 7:20; Rom. 3:23.) Fortunately though, we serve a God who willingly extends His grace to all and forgives. When God presented His qualities to Moses in Exodus chapter 34, verse 6, He tells us that He is…
The Word for this week is: Truth The Thought for this week is: God is truth. God presented Himself to Moses (Exod. 34: 6) not only as one who tells the truth, but also to be Truth Himself. In a day when many believe that truth is relative and no one has the authority to tell others what is true, God proclaims…
The Word for the week is: Lovingkindness The Thought for the week is: God’s abundant lovingkindness endures forever. God used a hyphenated word to describe His fourth quality to Moses: abundant-lovingkindness. (Ex. 34: 6.) The Hebrew word “chesed” is one of the most used words in the Old Testament to describe God’s character. The best text for understanding the significance of this…
February 12-18, 2017 The Word for this week is: Long-Suffering The Thought for this week is: God is long-suffering God uses two Hebrew words to convey His third quality to Moses: “slow” and “anger”. (Ex. 34: 6.) This quality of God indicates that while God is completely holy in his nature and abhors sin, He is also slow to exercise His anger…
February 5-11, 2017 The Word for this week is: Gracious The Thought for this week is: God is gracious In Exodus chapter 34, God revealed to Moses His second quality: “graciousness.” (vs. 6.) God in the Old Testament showed His gracious spirit numerous time to the children of Israel. God delivered them from Egyptian slavery, opened the waters of the Red Sea,…
January 29-February 4, 2017 The Word for this week is: Merciful The Thought for this week is: God is merciful. When God describes His attributes to Moses, the first quality He mentions about Himself is that He is “merciful”. (Exodus 34: 6.) The Hebrew root word translated mercy means “womb”. This word depicts the compassion a mother has for the child she…
January 22-28, 2017 The Word for this week is: “Bless”. The thought for this week is: God has the amazing quality to bless. In the first chapter of Genesis the term “blessed” is used twice. In verse 22, God blessed the fish and the birds so they could reproduce after their kind. Then in verse 28, God blessed man and woman and…
January 15-21, 2017 The Word for this week: “Speaks” The Thought for this week: God speaks powerfully to us today. The first verse of Genesis revealed two qualities of God: God is eternal and God has tremendous power to create. The third verse of Genesis chapter one reveals another quality of God: God speaks. “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and…