“Hello My Name is…Yahweh”
March 16, 2014
Stetson Memorial United
Methodist Church
Sermon Series on “The
Names of God”
Sermon 9 of series-
“The Sacred Names of God:
Yahweh/Yahweh Yireh”
Psalm 121 Names of God
Bible
Let us pray…
Loving, gracious, God of Lent…we
thank you for this day that we have come into Your house to worship You in
Spirit and in Truth. You have invited us here through the blood of Your So,
Lord Jesus Christ by the work that You did on Calvary’s Cross. Help us to
settle our minds and hearts as we hear the word you have for us this day. Thank
you for loving us and providing a way through the desert of chaos this world
has to offer. Speak Lord; we are sojourners who need to drink from Your living
waters. Amen
We, as humanity, work so
hard every day to provide the things we need. We work at jobs that we like…and
sometimes don’t like…to be able to provide for our families. Society would have
us believe that if we are not able to provide the things that “it” thinks we
should have we are a failure. But it can be hard sometimes because we live in a
fallen world that believes that the more possessions you have the more you are
able to provide for our families. If you
are not a “go getter”, willing to do anything to get what “you want”, you are
weak and deserve to be on the “lower rung of society…” Oh how wrong society is.
We can provide for some things but the most important provisions we are given
in life don’t come of this world.
We are continuing on our
journey of learning the Sacred Names of God and praying in that same name. We
have prayed to the one true God…our Elohim…we have talked about and prayed to
El Elyon who is the Most High God…we have come to realize that our God is the
everlasting, eternal God…our El Olam. Last week we even realized that our God
is also our Redeemer…He is Go’el.
How fitting that during
Lent we talked about a Redeemer. We are in that season of the church where we
journey to the cross where we are redeemed and made righteous not by our own
means but by what God did to and for us on that cross long ago. We have prayed
the name of Adonay…our Lord. In the name Adonay we are reminded that we serve a
Lord who loves us with a passion…one who loves us without end. But today we are
praying in one of my favorite names for God…we are praying to Yahweh. Now this name also means Lord but…but…this
name is the name of the Lord that reminds us of His providence for us.
You see Yahweh is a
special name for God. As the sacred, personal name of Israel’s God, it was
eventually spoken aloud only by priests worshiping in the Jerusalem temple.
After the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70, the name was not pronounced.
Adonay was substituted for Yahweh whenever it appeared in the biblical text.
Because of this, the correct pronunciation of this name was eventually lost.
English editions of the Bible usually translate Adonay as “Lord” and Yahweh as
“LORD.” You see…Yahweh is the name that is most closely linked to God’s
redeeming acts in the history of his chosen people. We know God because of what
he has done.
Yahweh is not a God who is
remote or aloof but One who is always near, intervening in history on behalf of
his people. The knowledge of God’s proper name implies a covenant relationship.
(Have there been times in your life when you have seen this name of God at
work? Have you ever seen this attribute of God shown in the lives of others? We
can see throughout history where God has not been distant and has rolled up His
sleeves and gotten into the mix of the chaos of the world to show His loving
power…the chaos of our own lives and changed it into something of beauty.) The
name Yahweh evokes images of God’s saving power in the lives of his people.
I am reminded of Moses and
the Israelites. They were in need of someone to provide a way for them to be
set free from the tyranny that they lived in. They had been enslaved by the
Egyptians and had no way out. But God provided for them in a mighty way. They
were lead by the “strong arm of Yahweh into a place of freedom. (To the
Egyptians the name Yahweh would have been a terror— a name to forget because it
conjured plagues, darkness, defeat, and death. But to Moses and the Israelites
Yahweh would forever mean deliverance, freedom, promise, and power. God’s
people could not invoke his name without remembering what it was like to walk
through the parted waters of the Red Sea, to gather manna in the wilderness, to
receive the commandments on Sinai. How many times do we feel like the children
of Israel when we see no way out but…but…Yahweh provides a way through the
desert of our souls…? Yahweh —Israel’s faithful, wonder-working God, the One
who out of pity and love reached into human history to untie the bonds of an
enslaved people— that was the name by which this God wanted to be forever
known…and still does the same today…)
We, as Christians, can
believe and remember the stories of old We can remember how Yahweh has stepped
into our lives and provided a way. We can picture has stepped into our lives
and provided a way. We can picture Yahweh as this:
Forgiving • Healing • Redeeming
• Compassionate • Delighting to bless you • Working on behalf of the oppressed
• Slow to anger • Gracious • Loving .
Yes…Yahweh is an awesome
name for our God that brings visions of deliverance. As we think of God in that
way be begin to see and believe Yahweh Yireh… the Lord provides.
When you pray to Yahweh
Yireh, you are praying to the God who sees the situation beforehand and is able
to provide for your needs. Let’s think about Abraham for a moment.
(Tell the story of Abram
from his call to sacrificing Isaac…
Left family, God gave him
Isaac at an old age, asked for Abram to sacrifice His son, provided a
sacrifice.)
Like Abraham…Yahweh Yireh
still provides. We may be tested like Abraham at times but as we trust in God’s
providence He will show His compassion and providence. You and I can’t imagine
the providence He has in store for us if we just believe. When we put something
on the altar, sacrificing it to him, we acknowledge two things: that He is God,
and that we are not God. This is the worship we need to offer, the worship that
will allow us to experience his provision for our lives.
(Tell of the providence of
God through Jesus)
Are you feeling that you
are in need of some type of provision in your life? Are you feeling that you
are in need of some type of provision from Yahweh? Is there something that you
need and just can’t put your finger on it? Maybe…just maybe…if we put our lives
on the altar we will see the providence of the Lord. Perhaps if we set aside
our fear of the unknown…the fear of tomorrow, it will give room for Yahweh
Yireh in our lives. Perhaps maybe, if we as Christians set aside our fear of
----- we will once again see the glory of God in the chaos that surrounds us…
Maybe…just maybe…
Let us pray…(pray to
Yahweh Yireh)
March
17, 2014
Second Sunday in Lent
Sermon 10 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Psalm
121
John
3:1-17 (not read)
“Praying the Names of God: A Daily
Guide”
By, Ann Spangler
Names of God and Definitions from Sermon
today:
-
Yahweh/Yahweh Yireh (ya-WEH yir-EH)à The Lord will supply
Worship
Songs
-
What
A Mighty God We Serve
-
The
Happy Song
-
Ain’t
Jesus Good
-
Blessed
Be the Lord God Almighty
Opening
Prayer
Prayer of
Thanksgiving by Brent Cullen
Prayers
of the People by Ray Foss
Communion
-
Joy of My Desire
-
You Are My Hiding Place
Closing
Song
-
The Mighty One of Israel
children’s
sermon by Kelly Curtis
-
Mark 1:12-13 – story about Lent and waiting
and sermon “Hello My Name
is . . . Yahweh”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March 16, 2014
&
Sermon 9 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Job
19:25-27 New International Version (NIV)
Romans
5:12-19 New International Version (NIV)
Isaiah
49:7
Leviticus
25:48-49
Numbers
35:9-30
Jeremiah
50:33-34
Mark
10:54
“Praying the Names of God: A Daily
Guide”
By, Ann Spangler
Names of God and Definitions from Sermon
today:
-
Go’el (go’EL)à Redeemer
Worship
Songs
Opening
Prayer
Prayer of
Thanksgiving
Communion
Closing
Song
-
Give Me Oil for My Lamp
(with
nod to John Wesley’s quote,
“I
set myself on fire and they come to watch me burn”)
children’s
sermon
-
Why are You Sad?
and sermon “Our Redeemer
Lives”
(in the bulletin as “Hello My Name
is …Go’el”)
by
Raymond A. Foss
filling
in for Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March 9, 2014
&
Sermon 8 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Psalm
46
“Praying the Names of God: A Daily
Guide”
By, Ann Spangler
Names of God and Definitions from Sermon
today:
-
El Olam (EL o-LAM)à Everlasting/Eternal God
and sermon “Hello My Name
El Olam”
(in the bulletin as “Hello My Name
is …El Olam”)
by
Ellen Alward Dickinson
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March 2, 2014
&
Sermon 7 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Daniel 4:19, 24-35 (The Names of God
Bible)
1 Kings 19 (The Names of God Bible)
Psalm 91:1-2 (NIV)
[Genesis 14:18-23- originally planned to
be used]
“Praying the Names of God: A Daily
Guide”
By, Ann Spangler
Names of God and Definitions from Sermon
today:
-
El Elyon (EL el-YOHN)à God Most High
Worship
Songs (Praise Hymn):
-
Crown Him With Many Crowns
-
To God Be the Glory
-
Standing on the Promises
-
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
-
Holy, Holy, Holy
-
The Old Rugged Cross
-
I Need Thee Every Hour
-
Rock of Ages
Offering
-
Be Thou My Vision
Prayer of
Thanksgiving
children’s
sermon, “God Rocks!”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
The
Lord’s Table
-
Agnus Dei
Closing
Songs
-
How Great Thou Art
and sermon ““Hello My Name
El Elyon”
(in the bulletin as “Hello My Name
is …El Elyon”)
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
February 23, 2014
&
Sermon 6 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Names
of God and Definitions from Sermon today:
-
Ishà Bridegroom
Hosea
2:16, 19-20
Revelations
19:6-9
(All Scripture is from The Names of God Bible)
Worship
Songs:
-
Bless His Holy Name
children’s
sermon, Scouting Sunday,
by
Jean Howes
-
God’s promise
and sermon “Hello My Name
Is… Ish/ Bridegroom”
(in the bulletin as “Hello My Name
is …Ish”)
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
February 9, 2014
&
Sermon 5 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Names
of God and Definitions from Sermon today:
-
Adonay
(Adonai)à Lord
Daniel
9:9-16
Daniel
9:17-19
Daniel
9:9-19
(All Scripture is from The Names of God Bible)
Worship
Songs:
-
Dancing Heart
-
Let Everything That Has Breath
-
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
-
Amazing Grace
Offering
-
Light The Fire Again
Prayer of
Thanksgiving
Communion /
The Lord’s Table
-
With All My Hearts
-
10,000 Reasons
children’s
sermon
-
a servant is someone who serves the Lord,
using all of their talents to bring His kingdom
on earth,
serving our Master in everything they say and do.
by
Pastor Ruth
and sermon “Hello My Name Adonay”
(in the bulletin as “Hello My Name
is …Adonay”)
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
February 2, 2014
&
Sermon 4 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Names
of God and Definitions from Sermon today:
-
El
Chayà Living God
Joshua
3:7-13
2
Kings 19:14-16
Jeremiah
10:3-5
2
Corinthians 6:15-16
(All
Scripture is from The Names of God Bible)
Worship
Songs:
-
Soon
and Very Soon (King)
-
Praise
to the Lord, the Almighty (Lord, King)
-
Spirit
of the Living God (Living God)
Prayer
of Thanksgiving
children’s
sermon
“We
have a living and breathing God who is always there for us.
He
answers us when we call. Our God is not dead…He surely alive…“
by
Pastor Ruth
and sermon “Hello My Name is …El Chay”
(in the bulletin as “Hello My Name
is …El Chay / Living God”)
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 26, 2014
&
Sermon 3 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Names
of God and Definitions from Sermon today:
-
El
à God
-
Elohimà God
-
EloahàGod
Genesis
1:2-2:3
Deuteronomy
28:2-6
(All
Scripture is from The Names of God Bible)
Offering
– “I Will Bless the Lord”
Prayer
of Thanksgiving
children’s
sermon
-
“and God Created. . . “
by
Pastor Ruth
Closing
Song – “Friend of God”
and sermon “Hello My Name is …El, Elohim, and Eloah”
(in the bulletin as “Hello My Name Is. . .
God“)
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 19, 2014
&
Baptism
of the Lord Sunday
(and
a time to celebrate and remember our own baptism)
Sermon 2 of “What’s In A Name…”
Sermon Series on “The Sacred
Names of God”
Names
of God and Definitions from Sermon today:
-
Yeshua
--> Jesus
-
Mashiach --> Christ,
Messiah
Matthew
1:18-21
Psalm
2
Mark
1:14-20
Matthew
3:13-17
(All Scripture is from The Names of God Bible)
Reception
of new members
Offering
– “The New 23rd”
Prayer
of Thanksgiving
children’s
sermon
-
There is only One who can save us, Jesus, the one Savior
Closing
Song – “The River Is Here”
and sermon “Hello My Name is …Yeshua/Mashiach”
(in the bulletin as “Hello
My Name Is. . . Jesus, Christ, Messiah“)
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 12, 2014
&
Epiphany Sunday
Epiphany of the Lord Sunday
Sermon Series on “The Names of God”
Sermon 1 of “What’s In A Name…”
Names
of God and Definitions from Sermon today:
-
Ha-Shem ->
the Name
-
Ehyeh -> I Am
Exodus 3:13-14
Leviticus 24:10-16
(All Scripture is from The Names of God Bible)
offering
– worship your holy name
Prayer
of Thanksgiving
children’s
sermon
-
different names, different meaning – one person
-
many names for God, all one God
communion
–
-
“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”
-
“Lord, You Are More Precious Than Silver”
and sermon “Our Many Faceted God”
(saved as “Hello My Name
Is. . . “)
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 5, 2014
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