The Names of God

Part 9: Jehovah Shammah

December 17, 2023

(Ezekiel 48:35 NIV) …and the name of the city from that day shall be, [Jehovah Shammah] ‘The LORD is there.’

(Ezekiel 10:18 NLT) Then the glory of the Lord moved out from the entrance of the Temple and hovered above the cherubim.

You’re seeking .

(Ezekiel 14:6 NIV) Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turnfrom your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!

You’re in the .

The Battle of Ai (Joshua 7)

Don’t get ahead of God.

(Habakkuk 2:3 NLT) This vision is for a future time…If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.

Lot in Sodom & Gomorrah (Genesis 19)

Looks may be deceiving.

You’re in .

(Judges 16:20 NLT) Then she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.

There are great words, but no .

(1 Corinthians 2:3-5 NIV) I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

There is thorough explanation, without .

(John 9:17,25 NIV) Finally they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him?” He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

There is the practice of faith, without the presence of God.

(Exodus 33:15,17 NIV) Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here…Now show me your glory.”

(Matthew 13:14-15 NIV) In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.”

(Hosea 10:12 NIV) Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.

1. : Wanting God’s .

(Matthew 5:6 NIV) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

2. : Wanting God’s .

(Luke 22:42 NIV) …Yet not my will, but yours be done.

3. : Wanting God’s .

(Psalm 51:10-13 NIV) Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.