Dancing in the Rain

Shekinah glory – invisible glory of God is made visible and becomes permanent!

Shekinah Glory = is a visible manifestation of God on earth, whose presence is portrayed through a natural occurrence. 

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God spoke to Moses out of the pillar of cloud in Exodus 33, assuring him that His Presence would be with the Israelites (v. 9). Verse 11 says God spoke to Moses “face to face” out of the cloud, but when Moses asked to see God’s glory, God told Him, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live” (v. 20).

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The visible manifestation of God’s presence was seen not only by the Israelites but also by the Egyptians:

Exodus 14:24-25

²⁴ Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians. ²⁵ And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the 

Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

Just the presence of God’s Shekinah glory was enough to convince His enemies that He was not someone to be resisted.

 

Jehovah Jireh - My Provider!

Genesis 22: 10  - 12 ... 

¹⁰ And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice. ¹¹ At that moment the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”

“Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”

¹² “Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”

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God wants to know whether we take Him seriously… (truly fear God)!

Everyone of us have Isaac in our life… The things that we will never let go off…   God will test our love for him, by calling out our Isaac.

He wants to know whether we are committed to Him only in the church setting or when no one is looking.

Now, I know – you fear me…

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Genesis 22:14 says,
"Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provide”)."

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Jehovah – Rapha: The God who Heals!!

Exodus 5:25

He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”

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In another incident...  Matthew 8: 1 - 4 says... 

• A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." Jesusreached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. ... Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal"
  
  
• Jesus could have said, “Go and Be healed”…
  
  
• But instead, he put His hands and touched him… in those days, leprosy was considered deadly disease… and so no one came near them.

Jesus was healing him emotionally first, and then the physical healing.   I think that’s the pattern.

“Jesus stated, 'I am willing, be healed! ' This statement emphatically declares that healing is the will of God, Jehovah-Rapha is His name.

Do you see "Me" - Really?

This message - about one of the important characteristics of the Lord - The God, who sees... amazing!

When Hagar had run away to a desert place far from those she felt hurt and betrayed by, we see God surround her in so much grace and care.

He didn’t leave her alone in her troubles. Nor will He leave us to fend for ourselves through difficult times.

“She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the One who sees me." Genesis 16:13

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El Roi means “The God Who Sees” – I love the kindness and care that this name holds as it points to God’s character.

• He is one who chases after us, who follows us with goodness.
• He is the one who sees us when we feel lonely, all on our own, or when we just need the reminder that God is close.

God reminding us - we are somebody…

• Couple of weeks ago – we saw how Giddeon’s tribe was the least and that Giddeon was the last one in his family – but still he was visible to God.
• David was the last son, but the prophet waited for him to come home.
• Daniel was a slave picked up from Israel, but God saw him and made him in important position in Babylon.
• Joseph was thrown in a pit, sold as a slave, but because God saw him, he was lifted to a place of honor in Egypt.
• The list goes on and on...

The name El Roi says to us that God is watching over all, that He sees the affairs of people, and knows when we feel lost and unloved.

 

Abba Father - Source, Sustain, Defend...

Until Jesus came… there were many ideas about God was in the minds of the people – but Jesus set the refence/standard… for Who God is…

Jesus and his disciples read Hebrew in the synagogue, but in everyday speech and preaching used a closely related language, Aramaic.

• In Biblical Hebrew´ab means "father." But in Aramaic ´abbā´ is a word derived from baby-language.
• As the Rabbis said, a small child "learns to say ´abbā´(daddy) and ´immā´ (mummy)."

El Shaddai - He is Almighty, All Sufficient, All Powerful God!

God always makes a covenant… when God introduced himself to Abram as El Shaddai… he wants to enter into a relationship with you and I want to bless you.

• Not only I want to meet all of your needs… but exceedingly above than what you think or ask.
• Only when we empty ourselves, He can fill Himself.
• When things get tight… instead of trusting God… we go after get the 2^nd mortgage… when we stop striving and trying  - that’s when you will see me as El-Shaddai.   I am all-sufficient, Almighty, Nurturing, Always Blessing God.

#ADONAI - Lord and The Master, The Owner!

The name Adonai (Adonay) is found over four hundred times in the scriptures; 

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In Exodus, Chap. 4... 

¹⁰ Then Moses said to the Lord (YaHWEH) , “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” 

¹¹ But the Lord said to him, “Who has made the human mouth? Or who makes anyone unable to speak or deaf, or able to see or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

¹² Now then go, and I Myself will be with your mouth, and instruct you in what you are to say.”

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May the Good Lord Bless you, as you give the Master, the rightful place.

 

#ADONAI - Lord and The Master, The Owner!

The name Adonai (Adonay) is found over four hundred times in the scriptures; 

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In Exodus, Chap. 4... 

¹⁰ Then Moses said to the Lord (YaHWEH) , “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” 

¹¹ But the Lord said to him, “Who has made the human mouth? Or who makes anyone unable to speak or deaf, or able to see or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

¹² Now then go, and I Myself will be with your mouth, and instruct you in what you are to say.”

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May the Good Lord Bless you, as you give the Master, the rightful place.

 

#ADONAI - Lord and The Master, The Owner!

The name Adonai (Adonay) is found over four hundred times in the scriptures; 

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In Exodus, Chap. 4... 

¹⁰ Then Moses said to the Lord (YaHWEH) , “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” 

¹¹ But the Lord said to him, “Who has made the human mouth? Or who makes anyone unable to speak or deaf, or able to see or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

¹² Now then go, and I Myself will be with your mouth, and instruct you in what you are to say.”

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May the Good Lord Bless you, as you give the Master, the rightful place.

 

How does this mountain move?

#1:  “Have faith in God.”

• It is not having faith in faith… it is not having faith in yourself… it not having faith in people around you – You are doing it under His Authority. “Have Faith in God.”
• Have faith in God’s character.

#2:  Where does the mountain moving gets the fuel from?

• We haven’t built the infrastructure – but we want God to react, and if He doesn’t react, then we show attitude.
• Prayer and Fasting – does nothing but establish a relationship with God!
• Praying - Not when we have a problem, but we need to make this as a life-style.

#3:  Do you have an undone business with someone?

• God will never say anything Random… He is the God of the mountain… and He knows what it takes to move the mountain.
  
  
• Anything against anyone – so that your father in heaven forgive you…