3 results for month: 07/2015
I AM: Sovereign
“I am the LORD, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
I equip you, though you do not know me,
that people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the LORD, and there is no other.
I form light and create darkness,
I make well-being and create calamity,
I am the LORD, who does all these things.”
-Isaiah 45:5-7
God is Sovereign
Sovereign is one of those words that we “know” but don’t always fully understand. When we use it to describe or define God, we may initially think we understand it, but the more we try to work out all of its implications, the more difficult it ...
I AM: Holy
“Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy…”
-Revelation 15:4
When we say that God is holy we are referring to His inexhaustible greatness and His unblemished character. God cannot be charged with wrong, because He cannot be wrong. His very nature does not allow it. He is completely set apart from His creation. There is no one and nothing like Him.
“To whom then will you compare Me,
that I should be like him? says the Holy One.”
-Isaiah 40:25
As we study the character of God we cannot fail to let His holiness fully capture our hearts.
Too often we surround ourselves ...
I AM: Yahweh (And a giveaway)
I AM: Yahweh
Dear one, I do not know what road your heart has taken through this journey of loss. Perhaps, you feel as though you are drowning in bitterness and anger, or maybe you have shut yourself off to the world because feeling nothing seems better than feeling the weight of this heart-breaking sorrow. Maybe you find that you have been isolating yourself, because you are tired of the reminders of new life all around you when you had to say goodbye to your own precious little one. Maybe it seems like no one understands the pain you’ve been through so you wear a mask like everything is fine, when inside you feel like you are ...
