June 9 Devotion - Our journey of faith with Jesus

 

Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

قَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ:

«مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى الْمِحْرَاثِ وَيَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ، يَصْلُحُ لِمَلَكُوتِ اللهِ».

 فَاذْهَبُوا إِذَنْ، وَتَلْمِذُوا جَمِيعَ الأُمَمِ، وَعَمِّدُوهُمْ بِاسْمِ الآبِ وَالاِبْنِ وَالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ

 

Luke 9:62, Matthew 28:19

When we start our journey of faith by accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we must never look back. When we are fully committed to Christ, we will be committed to His mission. Jesus was committed to the Father and to The Father’s mission, even to the point of death on The Cross for the remission of our sins. Jesus gave us all a common mission to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Within that common mission God has a special personal mission for each one of us based on the talents and gifts He has given each of us, and our personal mission should be aligned with His common mission for us.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love for me and Your abundant blessings. Lord, I praise You for Your work in my life. Jesus, I know that You are committed to me Lord, and I know that You have a purpose and a wonderful plan in store for me. Lord, teach me to always seek Your wisdom, guidance, and support. Help me to stay obedient and committed to You and Your calling for my life. Give me wisdom and insight into my personal mission that You have chosen for me, and the strength to bring it to fruition. Father God , I pray to You in the name of Your precious Son, my Redeemer, Lord , and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Jesus be the glory, the power, the dominion, the majesty, and the blessings forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

June 7 Devotion - God will repay us

 

I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—

واعوض لكم عن السنين التي اكلها الجراد

 

Joel 2:25

 

We may have had some or a lot of disappointments in our lives; but instead of dwelling on the past and living in defeat, let us choose to focus on His promises because God wants to restore everything that's broken in our lives. He wants to restore our joy, our peace, our health, and our finances. But here's the key: we have to be renewed by the changing of our minds and to have a vision of having received God’s blessings.

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

بل تغيّروا عن شكلكم بتجديد اذهانكم لتختبروا ما هي ارادة الله الصالحة المرضية الكاملة.

Romans 12:1-2

Today, let us choose to focus on the future and release past hurts. We need to proclaim that we are children of a loving God, a God of restoration.

                                                                                                                                               

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for choosing to restore my life. Thank You for the promises and truth of Your Word that set me free. Lord, I choose to focus on Your promises, and I am convinced that You have already begun to repay me for the years that the locusts have eaten. Lord, please grant me out of the riches of Your glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through Your Spirit in my inner self, indwelling my innermost being and personality so that I can renew my mind today and stand strong and move forward on the path You have designed for me. Father God, I love You, praise You, bless You, lift You up on high, and glorify Your Holy Name. In the name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, I pray. To Jesus be the majesty, the glory, the power, and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

June 5 Devotion - Why should we love God? - Part 2

 

In part 1 of this series of devotions we covered the first two reasons for loving God.

Reasons to love God:

1.  

We love Him because He first loved us.

نحن نحبه لانه هو احبنا اولا.

I John 4.19

 

2.  

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

لانه هكذا احب الله العالم حتى بذل ابنه الوحيد لكي لا يهلك كل من يؤمن به بل تكون له الحياة الابدية.

John 3:16

 

3. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

فَالإِلَهُ الأَبَدِيُّ هُوَ مَلْجَأُكُمْ، وَتَحْتَكُمْ تَنْبَسِطُ الأَذْرُعُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ،

Deuteronomy 33:27 ﺍﻟﺘﺜﻨﻴﺔ

 

Our God is eternal. He is our house in which we are safe and feel relaxed. In Him our soul reposes. He lifts us up from underneath by His everlasting arms which represent the almighty power of God. We trust in Him. In His hands we feel protected and comforted even when we are in the midst of our greatest distresses.  

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings. O’ my eternal and almighty God, in You my soul reposes. I put my total trust in You. Protect me and comfort me forever in any situation especially during my greatest distresses. Lord, thank You for loving me; and for loving me first, and with a deep, everlasting, and inseparable love. Lord, I want to love You back with an intense love. Lord if there is anything in my life that is keeping me from loving You the way You want me to love You and to be totally committed to You Lord, then please reveal it to me and erase it from my life. Father, please pour Your love into my heart through Your Holy Spirit.  Father, I rejoice in Your grace and faithfulness. I praise You, glorify You, and lift You up on high. Father God, I pray to You in the name of Your precious Son my Redeemer, Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Jesus be the glory, the power, the dominion, the majesty, and the blessings forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

June 2 Devotion - Why should we love God? - Part 1

 

God’s love for the followers of Christ is an inseparable love (1 John 3:1, Romans 8:37-39). We know that Jesus told us that we should love God.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

وتحب الرب الهك من كل قلبك ومن كل نفسك ومن كل فكرك ومن كل قدرتك هذه هي الوصية الاولى

Mark 12:30

 

I believe that when God gives us a commandment, it is not a matter of control; every commandment is for our own good. Jesus gave us a commandment to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. So why should we love God? Maybe this is a useless question for some, but a central question for others.

I believe we should always do what Jesus tells us to without questioning. I find however that if I seek in the scriptures the reasons Jesus commanded us to love God, I will find the answers. After all Jesus did say seek and you shall find. A good reason to love God is:

 

We love Him because He first loved us.

نحن نحبه لانه هو احبنا اولا.

I John 4.19

How much did He love us? He loved us so much, that He sent His Son to save us by dying in our place and give us everlasting life through our belief in Jesus as our Saviour and by making Him Lord of our lives.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

لانه هكذا احب الله العالم حتى بذل ابنه الوحيد لكي لا يهلك كل من يؤمن به بل تكون له الحياة الابدية.

John 3:16

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for loving me; and for loving me first. Lord, I want to love You back with an intense love. Lord if there is anything in my life that is keeping me from loving You the way You want me to love You and to be totally committed to You Lord, then please reveal it, and please give me the strength to let go of it. Lord, I want my heart to be fervent toward You and my thoughts to be totally aligned with Your will for me. Father, please pour Your love into my heart through The Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name I pray. To Jesus be the glory, and the power and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

June 1 Devotion - In The Son, not under the Sun

 

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed, all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.

ثم التفت انا الى كل اعمالي التي عملتها يداي والى التعب الذي تعبته في عمله فاذا الكل باطل وقبض الريح ولا منفعة تحت الشمس

. Ecclesiastes 2:11

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

قال له يسوع

 انا هو الطريق والحق والحياة .ليس احد يأتي الى الآب الا بي .

John 14:6

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, please give me wisdom to learn from King Solomon who ‘became great and excelled more than all who were before him’ yet found everything under the sun to be ‘vanity and grasping for the wind’. Change my focus O’Lord from earthly glory to spiritual glory IN Your Son Jesus. I come to You Father in the name of Your Son Jesus acknowledging, declaring, and confessing that Jesus is The way, The truth, and The life and that no one can come to You Father except through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour. Strengthen me Jesus and teach me to be content under all circumstances as You taught the Apostle Paul and to be able to face any situation with the belief that ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me’. Thank You Father God for Your abundant blessings and Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love for me. In the Holy Name of Jesus ,I pray. To Jesus be the glory and the power and the dominion before all time, now, and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

May 31 Devotion - Strong Weak People

 

Peter said to Him, Lord, why cannot I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.

³⁸ Jesus answered, Will you [really] lay down your life for Me? I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me [completely disown Me] three times.

 

فَعَادَ بُطْرُسُ يَسْأَلُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، لِمَاذَا لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَتْبَعَكَ الآنَ؟ إِنِّي أَبْذِلُ حَيَاتِي عِوَضاً عَنْكَ!» 38 أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أَتَبْذِلُ حَيَاتَكَ عِوَضاً عَنِّي؟ الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا يَصِيحُ الدِّيكُ حَتَّى تَكُونَ قَدْ أَنْكَرْتَنِي ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

John 13:37-38

 

Do not let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me.

 «لا تَضْطَرِبْ قُلُوبُكُمْ. أَنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ، فَآمِنُوا بِي أَيْضاً.

John 14: 1

 

All the disciples must have been troubled about Jesus' predictions of betrayal, denial, and departure. After all, if Peter's commitment was shaky, then every disciple should be aware of his own weaknesses.

In the Greek, the pronoun your is plural; therefore, Jesus was speaking to Peter and to all the other disciples.

Jesus did not want His followers to imitate Peter's impulsive self-confidence. Potential weaknesses and possible failures trouble us. So we don't like to think about them. Peter denied his own frailty and claimed more faith than he had.

Jesus' solution for troubled hearts requires us to trust in him. Trust does not mean pretending we are strong; it means recognizing our weakness and need for God's help. If we believe for a moment that we can follow Jesus in our own strength, we will fail as miserably as Peter.

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, I admit my weakness and my need for the help of The Holy Spirit to comfort me strengthen me and give me wise counsel. Thank You Father that You have provided for my weakness by sending the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), The Holy Spirit, in Jesus’ name [in Jesus’ place, to represent Him and act on His behalf], to teach me to trust in You and in Jesus and replace my troubled heart with Your peace. Thank You for Your abundant blessings and for the riches of Your grace. Father God, I pray to You in the name of Your precious Son; my Redeemer and Saviour; the Lord of my life, Jesus Christ. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion before all time and now and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

May 25 Devotion - Never Give Up

 

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. But as for you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

 فَلاَ نَفْشَلْ فِي عَمَلِ الْخَيْرِ لأَنَّنَا سَنَحْصُدُ فِي وَقْتِهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لاَ نَكِلُّ. فَتَقَوَّوْا أَنْتُمْ، وَلاَ تَخُرْ عَزِيمَتُكُمْ لأَنَّ لِعَمَلِكُمْ ثَوَاباً

Galatians 6:9, 2 Chronicles 15:7

 

We all have God-given dreams and desires. Sometimes it seems to take longer to accomplish our goals than we originally thought, or things do not work out at all.

It's easy to lose enthusiasm and end up just settling where we are. But God doesn't want us to settle, He wants to take us higher. But many times, we miss out on God's best simply because we give up too soon. Sometimes we do not realize how close we are to victory.

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your deep and everlasting love for me, Your abundant blessings, and for the riches of Your grace upon my life. God, help me not to give up just because things seem hard. Help me to stay on course in faith; and see my situation turn around. God, I know You are on my side, and You will help fulfil every desire You have placed on my heart. Help me Lord to continue doing good, and never give up trusting You in all faith that I will reap the harvest You have chosen for me, in Your timing. Help me Lord to always say, feel and be trustful in that “I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 I pray in Jesus' name, to Jesus be the power, the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

May 22 Devotion - Talking with God

 

Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You.”

احمدوا الرب ادعوا باسمه. عرفوا بين الامم باعماله. قُلْتُ لِلرَّبِّ: «أَنْتَ سَيِّدِي. خَيْرِي لاَ شَيْءَ غَيْرُكَ».

 Psalm 105:1, Psalm 16:2

When we set our hearts toward the Lord, our faith is strengthened, and we develop the habit of talking to Him throughout the day.

 

 God’s word is telling us:  Call upon His name. God loves to hear His name on our lips, and He promises to respond to the prayer that follows. Unfortunately, we try to resolve problems on our own or discuss them with friends and/or relatives instead of immediately turning to God. Imagine calling a believer and instead of offering you empathy, sympathy, and support, he/she says, “I appreciate you calling me, and would love to help you, however, have you talked first to God about it? Have you prayed?”

 ^“When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

 أَمَّا أَنْتَ، فَعِنْدَمَا تُصَلِّي، فَادْخُلْ غُرْفَتَكَ، وَأَغْلِقِ الْبَابَ عَلَيْكَ، وَصَلِّ إِلَى أَبِيكَ الَّذِي فِي الْخَفَاءِ. وَأَبُوكَ الَّذِي يَرَى فِي الْخَفَاءِ، هُوَ يُكَافِئُكَ.

 Mathew 6: 6

At all times and especially as soon as we encounter any kind of problem/challenge let us immediately turn to God and request: Abba Father, guide me in my feelings, thoughts, actions, and words.

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, teach me to always seek Your wisdom, guidance, and support. Help me to always first ask The Holy Spirit who dwells in me to take over. O my soul, say to the Lord, “You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You.” Father, create opportunities for me to make Your deeds and blessings known among people. Thank You Father God for Your unfailing, inseparable, deep and everlasting love for me, Your abundant blessings in my life, and for the riches of Your grace upon my life. Father God, I praise You, revere You, worship You, I stand in awe of You, and glorify Your Holy Name. I proclaim to the world that Jesus is my Lord and Saviour. In the name of Jesus, I pray to You Father. To Jesus be the praise, the power, the authority, the glory, the majesty, and the dominion since the beginning of time, now, and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

May 17 Devotion - The inseparable love of God

 

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

انظروا اية محبة اعطانا الآب حتى ندعى اولاد الله.من اجل هذا لا يعرفنا العالم لانه لا يعرفه. ولكننا في هذه جميعها يعظم انتصارنا بالذي احبنا   38 فاني متيقن انه لا موت ولا حياة ولا ملائكة ولا رؤساء ولا قوات ولا امور حاضرة ولا مستقبلة39 ولا علو ولا عمق ولا خليقة اخرى تقدر ان تفصلنا عن محبة الله التي في المسيح يسوع ربنا

1 John 3:1, Romans 8:37-39

Sometimes many believers cannot feel God’s love especially those whose dominant love language is haptic communication (sense of touch) see “The 5 love languages” by Gary Chapman. There are times when I did not feel God’s love. No matter what we feel or what happens, God does exist, and He deeply loves us. No matter how difficult the circumstances and tribulations we face, no matter what happens, we can never be separated from God's love.

God hasn't forgotten you. And even though it might not feel like it, He is still in control, holding you in the palm of His hand

Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will take hold of me.

حَتَّى هُناكَ، أجِدُ أنَّ يَدَكَ تُمسِكُنِي وَتَقُودُنِي.

Psalm 139:10

God has a plan for you. So, even in the middle of all your heartbreak, tell God, "I'm going to hold on and wait for you to show me with Your love, no matter what happens."

We need to be able to say what David said in Psalm 27:14,

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."

انْتَظِرِ الرَّبَّ. تَقَوَّ وَلْيَتَشَجَّعْ قَلْبُكَ. وَانْتَظِرِ الرَّبَّ دَائِماً.

If we do that, we will come out of all the pain and be much stronger. Let us repeat what Job said right after he voiced his doubts:

"But [God] knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold"

وَلَكِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّذِي أَسْلُكُهُ، وَإِذَا امْتَحَنَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ

Job 23:10

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank you for Your abundant blessings. God, what a wonderful act of grace; that through accepting the atoning death of Jesus Christ in my place and accepting Jesus as Lord over my life; I am now a child of God. Thank You God that absolutely nothing can separate me from Your love and salvation, which is in Christ Jesus my Lord. Abba Father, thank You for Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love for me. For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me. Psalm 86:13 Thank You God, that in all tribulations I am more than a conqueror through Him who loved me. Even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will take hold of me. Father, I rejoice in Your grace and faithfulness. I praise You, glorify You, and lift You up on high. Father God, I pray to You in the name of Your precious Son, my Redeemer, Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, the power, the dominion, the majesty, and the blessings before all time and now and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him

Wagdi Henein

May 11 Devotion - What Does God Really Want?

 

God our Savior, wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

اللهِ مُخَلِّصِنَا،

4 فَهُوَ يُرِيدُ لِجَمِيعِ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَخْلُصُوا، وَيُقْبِلُوا إِلَى مَعْرِفَةِ الْحَقِّ بِالتَّمَامِ:

5 فَإِنَّ اللهَ وَاحِدٌ، وَالْوَسِيطُ بَيْنَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ وَاحِدٌ، وَهُوَ الإِنْسَانُ الْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ،

6 الَّذِي بَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ فِدْيَةً عِوَضاً عَنِ الْجَمِيعِ. هَذِهِ شَهَادَةٌ تُؤَدَّى فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا الْخَاصَّةِ،

1 Timothy 2: 3-6

God wants everyone to be ‘saved’. It is His desire. That is why He came down in the form of a man Jesus Christ to save us.

He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness].

فَإِنَّ الَّذِي لَمْ يَعْرِفْ خَطِيئَةً، جَعَلَهُ اللهُ خَطِيئَةً لأَجْلِنَا، لِنَصِيرَ نَحْنُ بِرَّ اللهِ فِيهِ.

2 Corinthians 5:21

So how do we become saved?

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

أَنَّكَ إِنِ اعْتَرَفْتَ بِفَمِكَ بِيَسُوعَ رَبّاً، وَآمَنْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ أَقَامَهُ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ، نِلْتَ الْخَلاصَ.

 10 فَإِنَّ الإِيمَانَ فِي القَلْبِ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْبِرِّ، وَالاعْتِرَافَ بِالْفَمِ يُؤَيِّدُ الْخَلاَصَ،

 

Romans 10:9-10

 

 

It is God’s desire that You and I be saved and everyone else to be saved. You and I have a role to help everyone be saved by telling them about the good news of the Gospel. Jesus asked us to spread the word and let people know about salvation through Jesus Christ. Two of the very important truths and messages that Jesus told us are:

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me

قالَ يَسُوعُ: 

:أنا هُوَ الطَّرِيِقُ وَالحَقُّ وَالحَياةُ. لا أحَدَ يَأْتِي إلَى الآبِ إلّا بِي.

 

John14:6

 

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you

        فَاذهَبُوا، وَتَلمِذُوا جَمِيعَ أُمَمِ الأرْضِ، وَعَمِّدوهُمْ بِاسْمِ الآبِ وَالابْنِ وَالرُّوحِ القُدُسِ، 20 وَعَلِّمُوهُمْ أنْ يُطِيعُوا كُلَّ ما أوصَيتُكُمْ بِهِ.

 

Matthew 28:19-20

 

So my friend we have a responsibility toward ourselves to make sure we are saved, and we have a responsibility toward others to help them know the truth and The Way to salvation: Jesus Christ. Whether they accept and when or whether they do not accept that is the role of The Holy Spirit.

We all need to do what God desires, it is not just up to Priests, Pastors or Missionaries only, it is up to each and every Christian. Have you talked about Jesus to any nonbeliever, do you talk about Jesus when you are in the company of other Christians? It is the ‘Great Commission’ that Jesus gave us. The simplest thing you can do is forward these devotions or other devotions to someone, pray for them, share the devotions on your Facebook page, forward these emails. The alternatives in this high-tech age are immense. Let’s act on God’s desire as He wants all people to be saved, let’s communicate in the method you feel most at ease with. Direct, phone, tablet, or computer.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love for me. Lord, I pray that out of Your glorious riches You strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being, so that I do Your will, share Your Gospel, and help others to be saved. Lord, please sink this message deep into my heart and help me achieve Your desire. Father God, I pray to You in the name of Your precious Son my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever and ever, Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

May 1 Devotion - Knowing God through His Names - Part 5 - Jehovah Nissi

 

Jehovah Nissi: “The Lord is my Banner.” Stresses that God is our rallying point and our means of victory; the one who fights for His people. This name commemorates the Israelites desert victory over the Amalekites.

And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi: The-Lord-Is-My-Banner

وَشَيَّدَ مُوسَى مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ دَعَاهُ «يَهْوَهْ نِسِّي» وَمَعْنَاهُ: الرَّبُّ رَايَتِي أَوْ عَلَمِي

 Exodus 17:15

 

Nothing that Moses or the Israelites did in the physical realm brought about victory. God’s presence and power took them into the battle and assured victory.

What battles are you fighting today? Consider the following bizarre question: Is the battle that you are in now, is it a battle that the Lord has chosen for you? Scripture is very clear that the Lord, in fact, chooses certain battles for us to fight. Does He lead the way as Jehovah Nissi in your current battles? We all need to let Him be our banner in all our battles and challenges.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, Adonai, thank You for being my rallying point and my means of victory. Jehovah Nissi, I thank you that You are my banner. Forgive me God that I sometimes choose not to walk under Your banner, and I put my faith in myself or other people or things instead of You. Forgive me that I put my desires above Yours. Please forgive me and help me to be under Your banner that no matter what difficulties I do face, I relinquish my control and say, LORD, this is Your situation, it’s Your battle, it’s Your victory. Help me God to trust You, obey You, and allow You to work out Your purpose in my life. Thank You Father God for Your inseparable, unfailing, deep, and everlasting love for me and Your abundant blessings in my life. I pray in the holy name of Jesus, my Lord and Saviour. To Jesus be the glory, the power, the dominion, the majesty, and the blessings before all time, now, and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein