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Lord My Judge Judges 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. There is so much material to choose from for this compound name. A long and strong cord in the tapestry of the Bible is this recurring theme of judge and judgement. Genesis 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. 1 Samuel 24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. People of every rank, all throughout the Bible call for the Lord to decide their cause. We think we desire righteous judgement. We hunger for it. We cry f...

I cannot tell you how big a difference there is in my mood between lunchtime today and now (about 9 hours later). I feel so much better. I think that there were two key happenings. First my recognizing what was going on, in being depressed, was crucial and secondly I really believe that in sharing with you all, I'm confident that at least one or two prayers were said for me. I very much feel like a cloud has lifted off of me. . . I've been studying for the next compound name of Jehovah: Jehovah-Hashopet - Lord My Judge - Judges 11:27 (By the way, there was an error [actually a couple of errors so far] in the list of compound names that I sent out a month or six weeks ago. The verse for this name was listed as Judges 6:27 and the verse is actually Judges 11:27. There was another error also, but I forgot to say anything before now. I've just been correcting them as I go along. Shortly I’ll send out an updated/corrected list.) Anyway, I’m researching the word Hashopet and get...

Lord King Psalms 98 A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. (2) The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. (3) He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (4) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. (5) Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. (6) With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. (7) Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (8) Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together (9) Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. (KJV) A psalm. 1 Sing to the LORD ...

I was out on the chair swing tonight, next to the pond, with a couple of Bibles, a composition book and some verse references from the Strong's number for the next compound name of Jehovah. What a pleasant time on a warm summer evening in the golden hour of the day, as photographers call the light in the last couple of hours before sunset. The next name that I will do in the compound names is Jehovah-Go'el, the Lord My Redeemer. I really don't have a good feel for the Biblical usage of the word 'redeemer', so I was doing a study on that when I ran into a section in: Leviticus 27 (NIV): 22 " 'If a man dedicates to the LORD a field he has bought, which is not part of his family land, 23 the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man must pay its value on that day as something holy to the LORD. 24 In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom he bought it, the one whose land it was. 25 Every value is to be s...

I want God to use me more and more. I started thinking, is there anything that I can do make it more likely that He will use me in the future? What does He look for when He puts together His plan and chooses people to have roles in a work of His? Why did God choose Noah to build the ark? Did God ask a thousand other men before Noah said yes? I think that unlikely. I don't know for sure, but I think Noah must have had some expertise in wood working. It is surely within God's capacity to teach someone a brand new skill, but I think it more likely in this case anyway, that Noah was familiar with saws, and gouges, and drills and awls before God approached him. So maybe this is Axiom number 1: 1. Have a skill that God needs If you only have one skill, if the only thing you can do is to knit baby booties, then don't be surprised that God doesn't ask you to build an ark. If you have a dream of one day God using you to build an ark, go to the career center, go sign up f...

I hope all of you are enjoying this little study half as much as I am. I am learning so much from looking into these names of God. This week's name for me turned out to be especially instructive and interesting. I didn't want to get caught at the last minute like I did this last weekend, so I started reading and studying and meditating on the verse last night (Monday May 28th). I may be done maybe today or tomorrow. We will see. . . . Jehovah-rapha Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for am the LORD that healeth thee. (KJV) and He saith, `If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I l...

When I first started looking at this compound name, I thought that this one might be kind of straightforward and a little boring. The more I look at Jehovah-nissi (The Lord our banner) the more interesting it becomes. Here's the verse where this name is found: Exodus 17:8-16 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun...

Sanctification: the plan of God, the duty of man. . . Exodus 31:12-13 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, (13) Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. (KJV) 12 Then the LORD said to Moses, 13 "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy. (NIV) Of the names we've looked at so far, this is by far the most complex and maybe the most significant name. This is a name that God gave to Himself, first mentioned when Moses was on the mountain receiving the Law. When God sanctifies something, he separates it from all else like it and dedicates it to Himself: (Leviticus 20:26) And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye sh...

I tried to write this last night before I went to bed and it just didn't work. I said that I was going to do this series. I made a commitment. I knew that I would be busy this morning, so, as I said, I tried to write last night. I have to leave take a man to work release in Goshen by 6:30 a.m., then I have Mom's church service back in Goshen, at Greencroft, at 10 a.m., I have to get ready for the Sunday School department games at the picnic this afternoon and sometime I've got to pick my grandson Jakub up over in Osceola. I've got a pretty busy morning ahead, but the understanding and insight just were not there. I had read the verses, but again it just wasn't coming together, so I went to bed and read them again. Using the Amplified Bible, I read all about Abraham's life, meditating on it, anointing my hands, several times with a variety of my oils, praying, filling my lungs, immersing myself in the odors of the Bible. . .and finally just went to sleep. ...