Thanks Be To God - - For His Mercies

 

Lamentations 3:22

It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.

Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 2617

Mercies: kindness, lovingkindness, pity, compassion

From the Hebrew word 'checed' (pronounced kheh'-sed). 

Though the word 'checed' is used over 200 times in the Old Testament, not all of these refer to the goodness of God extended to all people everywhere. It just depends on context where it is used. 

Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 1656

Mercy: covenant-loyalty, covenant-love; pity, compassion

From the Greek word 'éleos' (pronounced el'-eh-os). Used 27 times in the New Testament.

Psalm 78:38

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

Psalm 103:10

He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.

Nehemiah 9:31

Nevertheless for Thy great mercies' sake Thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for Thou art a gracious and merciful God.

THE LORD'S MERCIES:

New Every Morning

Lamentations 3:23

They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Never Fail

Psalm 100:5

For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

Extends To All Generations 

Luke 1:50

His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

Lead To Eternal Life

Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Cause Us To Be Born Again 

1 Peter 1:3-5

3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the One according to His great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out from the dead,

4. and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

5. who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Dear God,

Thank You for extending Your tender mercies to us. We are forever grateful for Your lovingkindness which You have shown us through the death and resurrection of Your Son Jesus Christ. 

We praise You and adore You for who You are: a loving, generous God whose love draws us from the pits of death into His warm embrace. 

Be our God forever and ever. 

In Jesus' Precious Name, I pray,

Amen.

The Lord Is -- October

 

YHVH CHELEQ

(pronounced yeh-ho-vaw' khay-lek)

THE LORD MY PORTION

Lamentations 3:24

"The LORD is my Portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in Him."

Portion: profit, reward, chosen way of life

Psalm 16:5

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 119:57

The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

Joshua 24:15

"And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

Micah 4:5

Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the Name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

Romans 10:8-10

But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart." That is, the word of faith which we proclaim, that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

YHVH ELOHIM SHEMESH MAGEN

(pronounced yeh-ho-vaw' el-o-heem' sheh'-mesh maw-gane')

THE LORD GOD IS SUN AND SHIELD 

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a Sun and Shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

It's a personal thing. God came to Abram personally and told him that He was his Shield. Genesis 15:1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."

When we become God's people -- people of faith, who walk according to His Word -- He tells each one of us that He is our Sun and Shield. Therefore, THE LORD GOD IS MY SUN AND MY SHIELD. 

Psalm 34:9

Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 

YAH YHVH

(pronounced yaw yeh-ho-vaw oze zim-rawth')

THE LORD GOD IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SONG

Isaiah 12:2

"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my Strength and my Song, and He has become my salvation."

Exodus 15:2

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

Psalm 18:32-36

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear. He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places. He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me. You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

Psalm 118:14

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. 

Psalm 145:1

I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever. 

The LORD Is.....Month of August

 

ELYONE

MOST HIGH

Lamentations 3:38

Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

Job 2:10

"You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

The LORD GOD MOST HIGH Is Supreme. He is above all, over all and His throne is so far from us as to be beyond our sight. The LORD GOD MOST HIGH Is Omnipresent (everywhere at the same time), Omniscient (knows all, sees all) and Omnipotent (all powerful).

The Omnipresent God:

Psalm 139:7 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?

Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

The Omniscient God:

1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever.

Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

The Omnipotent God:

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

Psalm 93:2 Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.

JEHOVAH CHECED

The LORD Is My Steadfast Love

Psalm 144:2

He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

Steadfast Love: goodness of God, lovingkindness

Micah 7:18-19

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in Loving Devotion?

He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

This is my God. The God Who forgives sins and forgets sins. 

Isaiah 43:25

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Hebrews 8:12

For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.

The LORD Is My Steadfast Love.

 JEHOVAH GAAL

The LORD Redeemer

Isaiah 48:17

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go."

Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.

Psalm 73:2

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

ELOHIM MACHSEH OZE

God Is Our Refuge & Strength

Psalm 46:1

For the choirmaster. 

Of the sons of Korah. 

According to Alamoth. 

A song. 

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Deuteronomy 4:7

For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

Psalm 32:6

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

EL YAAQOB

THE GOD OF JACOB

Psalm 146:5-6

Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

Psalm 71:5

For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.