Today, we begin a new teaching on the names of God, and I have entitled this series “Hallowed Be Your Name.” Why this title? It’s because evidently “hallowing” His name is extremely important when it comes to how we approach God.
You see, this phrase obviously comes from the Lord’s prayer, which would be better called “The Model Prayer.” The reason I like this other title better is because this is not the prayer the Lord prayed. Rather, it was Jesus teaching His disciples how to pray. In other words, it was a prayer of protocol – that is, an outline of how we approach God and what We petition Him for. That is not our lesson in this series, but the fact that the Lord began this protocol of prayer with “Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name …” is our point … So what Jesus was teaching in Matthew 6:9 is that when it comes to prayer, we are to begin by “hallowing” God’s “name.” Now the word “hallowed” comes from the Greek word hagaidzo and means “to set apart, dedicate, consecrate, or to make holy.” So, what does it mean to “set apart, consecrate, and make holy” His name? It means that we are, in our hearts, making a distinction between His name and other names. It means that we are magnifying His name and glorifying it the way we ought to. This is important because the tendency is to not do this. Yes, the tendency of our hearts & flesh is to not see His name in a special, holy, and consecrated way, to just normalize it. But the truth is, God’s name is indeed holy and worthy of being hallowed. And when we do this, we will see Him in an honorable way, which positions us to approach God in the appropriate way. So what does it mean to make holy or set apart His name? Well, the key to answering this question is to, first of all, find out what the “name” of someone describes … WHAT’S IN A NAME? The “name” of a person describes all that that person is: It describes their character and their nature. It describes their authority and their power. It also describes their reputation and what they are known for. So, when we “hallow” God’s name what we are doing is we are setting apart in our hearts all that He has a reputation for being and doing. And when we do this, those characteristics begin to become magnified in our own eyes because we are intentionally focusing on who He is. But do you know what most people do when they approach Father God in prayer? They hallow their own name. No, they don’t do this intentionally, rather, many Christians enter into their prayer times saying things like— “Oh God, I know I have not talked to you all day or that I missed it in this area and in that area and that I am an unworthy little worm, but…” This is praying in our own name, which is the wrong way to enter into God’s presence! Instead of us approaching Him talking about all that we are, why not approach Him declaring all that He is!?! You see, we need to enter into God’s presence through “hallowing His name”, not “hallowing our name.” And we do this through giving Him thanks, praise, and worship! Yes, even if we feel like we are “good for nothing” then we should praise Him that He loves us despite our inadequacies. The bottom line is we need to stop magnifying our weaknesses and start magnifying His goodness! That is why Psalm 100:4 tells us to enter into His gates with thanksgiving because we magnify Him with thanksgiving (Psalm 69:30). And the result of us magnifying Him is our faith will soar! So what I see as an important part of prayer is approaching God by setting apart and consecrating His name – that is, praying His names, declaring who He has revealed Himself as and magnifying His names. So when I refer to God’s names, I am not simply referring to the names He was given, but to His person, character, nature, and reputation that His names describe. You see, names are not just words. In our modern-day American culture, names don’t have a lot of meaning. We name our kids things that we like the sound of or for other superficial reasons, but in Bible times, names had meaning. Children were named what their father saw in them, even prophesying their future by what they would be called. Well, the names of God do something similar: They reveal to us who God is, not just what He is called. Therefore, in order to truly know God, we must understand what He called Himself. For example, most people know God just by that term, God. Therefore, they know Him as this sovereign creator, who is out of reach and beyond knowing. And sad to say, the majority of protestant churches think the same. They too call Him “God” and see Him as this unapproachable & unknowable being – this great puppeteer in the sky, if you would, who does whatever He wants to do, allows whatever He wants to allow, and sovereignly dictates everything that happens here on the earth because of some hidden purpose that He has. Unfortunately, that is how most of the Body of Christ sees Him, but the truth is God is not like most have pegged Him to be. He has given us His Word, which clearly reveals to us who He is and what He will do. And one of the ways God has chosen to reveal His true nature to us is through the various names He gave Himself throughout the Bible. So what we are going to do through this series is learn who our God is. We are going to come to learn His true nature through His names and thereby come to know Him better. THE FRUIT OF KNOWING GOD Now why is it so important to know Him better and to approach Him this way? Daniel 11:32 says, “… the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits.” So this is one of the promises of knowing God – that the people who come to truly know Him will be “strong” and they will do great “exploits.” But along these lines, guess what the promise then is of those who don’t know their God? They will be “weak” and “be exploited.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be a weak Christian who is constantly being exploited by the devil. I want to be a strong believer who is doing great exploits in His name. Well, how is this going to happen? By coming to know God. And how can we come to know God this way? Well, one way is to learn who He is by studying His names and coming to understand His character through these ways that He has revealed Himself to us. So if you want to remain a weak Christian and continue to have the devil exploiting you, then you should probably stay home on Sundays for next couple of months – because your weak, powerless, abused, cheated, and mistreated life is in serious danger of turning around. Amen? ELOHIM So let’s begin studying the names of God by first looking at the first name He is given in the Scriptures. In fact, this is generally the first way that anybody comes to know Him. Elohim is a Hebrew word that denotes “God.” It is one of the most common names for God in the Old Testament, starting in the very first verse of the Bible: “In the beginning (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). In fact, the name Elohim occurs over 2,500 times in the Old Testament. The basic meaning behind the name Elohim is one of strength or power. Elohim is the infinite, all-powerful, sovereign God and He is the creator, sustainer, ruler, and supreme judge of the world. Now sometimes the word Elohim is shortened to El and used as part of a longer name. El Shaddai, for example, means “God Almighty” (Genesis 49:24); El Elyon means “God Most High” (Deuteronomy 26:19); and El Roi means “God Who Sees” (Genesis 16:13). Personal names of people can include the name of God: Daniel (“El Is My Judge”), Nathanael (“Gift of El”), Samuel (“Heard by El”), and Elijah (“El Is Yahweh”) are examples. Place names, too, can contain the shortened form of Elohim: Bethel (“House of El”), Jezreel (“El Will Sow”), and, of course, Israel (“Prince of El”) are examples. So my point is that God’s plural name of Elohim is oftentimes shortened to El to name people or places and to further describe things that God is and that God does. Interestingly, the word Elohim is grammatically plural rather than singular. The singular form of Elohim is likely Eloah. So what does this mean – that God is not a singular entity? No, the Bible makes it clear that God is One (See Deuteronomy 6:4). So there is not a bunch of God’s floating around out there like Greek mythology believed. I believe that the reason Elohim is plural is because God is a Trinity. In other words, He is a three-part being made up of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and so with Elohim not being just a singular being, we can see all three members of the Triune Godhead. This is why, when the idea is presented about creating man in His own image and after His own likeness, Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness …” (See Genesis 1:26). Notice the three (interesting that’s the number there, huh?) references to God being plural. So it’s for this reason that I believe (along with many others) that Elohim is plural because God is plural – possessing a triune nature of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It’s important to understand that Elohim is used in other ways in the Old Testament besides referring to the One True & Living God … In some contexts, elohim refers to human rulers or judges (See Psalm 82:1&6)—the idea is that such people are to act as God’s representatives on earth, exercising authority wisely and ensuring justice. The warning of Psalm 82 is that the human elohim must answer to the Supreme Elohim one day. Elsewhere, elohim is used to refer to false gods: For example, Deuteronomy 4:28 says, “And there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.” In this verse, the Hebrew word for “gods” is elohim – and this doesn’t mean that these idols really are gods to be compared to Elohim, but rather that these gods are perceived as ruling, sovereign, powerful beings. So sometimes when Elohim is used in the Old Testament, it is referring to something other than the One we know and recognize as being the GOD that we know and worship as our infinite, all-powerful, sovereign God who is the Creator, Sustainer, Ruler, and Supreme Judge over His creation. Now aren’t some of these descriptions of Elohim the way that most people describe God? Yes, we see Him as all-powerful. In other words, He can do anything, and all things are possible to Him. And yes, we also see Him as the Creator of all things like He was in Genesis, being responsible for the creation of all things seen, including us. We also see Him as that supreme judge as well – as the One who rules over all and will be the judge that we must all give an account to in the end. Yes, we see God as that sovereign, top of the food chain, all-powerful, all-knowing God who rules over all. This is the basic way that God is viewed, not only by unbelievers out there, but sadly, it’s the only way a lot of churched people see Him as well. For example, when Jesus cried out from the cross, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” (Mark 15:33), He addressed the Father with a form of Elohim, Eloi. Mark translates Jesus’ statement for us: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Now I understanding that Jesus knew His Father and knew exactly what He was saying here, but I think this reveals to us a lot of what only knowing Him as Elohim will do to us – When I see Him as “My God, my God” I see myself as forsaken, with Him being up there and me being down here. Church, we need to come to the place of seeing our God as more than just the sovereign, all-powerful, ruler and judge of the whole earth. Why? Because He is much more personal than that. He is not as mysterious as religion has made Him out to be. No, we are not forsaken. We are not distant from Him. Elohim has come to tabernacle with us. And now, He takes up residence inside of us where we can sup with Him. Amen! But the fact is, most don’t see “God” this way. They see Him as that distant Being who rules over this earth with an iron fist ready to judge His creation. You see, the Scriptures teach us that even the ungodly “know” God to a certain degree. And in my opinion, this is how they know Him – as GOD. Let’s look at some verses that teach us about this inward intuition of God … Romans 1:18 says, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,” What this verse “reveals” to us is that those who are living ungodly and unrighteous lives in their unbelief already have God’s wrath revealed to them. As we will see in the next verse, they already have it in them. Therefore, they are already wearing that condemnation and guilt upon their souls. So they already know. How many of you have ever noticed that there is just an intuition in the ungodly that God is against sin? They didn’t even have to go to church to learn that! They already have God’s wrath revealed to them. Therefore, preaching sin and judgment is not as effective as preaching the love and goodness of God. Why? It is because they already know they are doing wrong. What they don’t know, however, is that God is not angry with them and has made available His very own righteousness to be received by faith. Saints, it is the goodness, love and righteousness of God that leads people to repentance (see Romans 2:4) because it is the good news for salvation. Amen! Now it might seem like they don’t know it, but as we see next, what they are doing is they are “suppressing the truth.” The word “suppress” means to “hold down.” This is literally what is happening in the hearts of all those who practice unrighteousness… They are “holding down” the truth- meaning, they are keeping the truth of God from coming up in their hearts and minds! Now an unbeliever will certainly deny that they are doing this, but God’s Word is true, nonetheless. No, every person on the planet knows there is a God and those who choose not to embrace the knowledge of Him are simply “holding down the truth.” Now it does need to be understood that they don’t necessarily know that they are holding down the truth, but in their unrighteousness, they are keeping the truth from penetrating their conscience. Even we do this from time to time… When God is trying to tell us something is wrong, sometimes we don’t want to hear that because we want that thing so much. We will even play dumb and pretend that we are not hearing God, in an attempt to avoid having to recognize that the thing that our flesh desires is not for us. We’ve all done this. This is suppressing the truth in unrighteousness. Then notice Romans 1:19 … It says, “because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.” Here, Paul goes on to further explain the truth he just laid out in verse 18 – that people already have a revelation of God’s wrath and are simply holding down the truth of His reality and existence in their hearts. Notice the phrase “what may be known of God is manifest in them” … In other words, the knowledge of God—His existence and ability—is already “evident” in them. Yes, they already know of God. Now they don’t “know God” (yet), but every person does have a general knowledge of Him on the inside of them. This is that pure conscience that we are all born with. Some just become more seared as we progress through life. Why? “for God has shown it to them” … The word “shown” here is the same Greek word that was used to describe Jesus’ “appearing” when He returns again (see Colossians 3:4). So it describes having something appear or made visible to the naked eye. Now this obviously does not mean that God has revealed Himself or His Son to every person in a supernatural way, but he goes on to describe in the next verse how God has shown Himself to them … Verse 20 goes on to say, “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.” You see, this is how God has revealed Himself to the world – through His creation! So what Paul is teaching us in this verse is that all of God’s creation clearly shows mankind the invisible attributes of God. In other words, although we cannot physically see God’s attributes, He has shown them to us through nature. Yes, the working order and beauty of God’s creation can help one to understand His very attributes. I cannot tell you how many people I hear say how much closer they feel to God when they are in places like the woods, the mountains, or the beach. It is funny, but I never hear people say that they feel closer to God in the big city. Why? It is because the city is full of man’s creation; nature is full of God’s creation. Here we see that nature revealing more of God to us is Scriptural. It is not that God is more present in nature, but that our knowledge of Him is more present in these places. And the awareness of God is what produces more of an awareness of His presence. Glory to God! Another good example is how so many Christians visit Israel and come back saying, “Oh, you can just sense God’s presence there!” Well, it is not that God’s presence is any more manifested in Israel than He is with us here today. It is simply there that people’s awareness of God is heightened mainly due to the fact that they are seeing with their physical eyes where the stories of the Bible transpired. That creates more of a sensitivity to His presence - through our perspective and thoughts. Have you ever wondered how in church meetings some people can just be overwhelmed by God’s presence and others are oblivious to it? Well again, this awareness of His presence is tied to how we think. Now granted there are other times that God’s presence is so manifested that almost everyone becomes aware of Him, but as a general rule, our “feeling God” is tied to our setting our mind upon Him. And by saying, “even His eternal power and Godhead,” Paul is saying that it is not just a general understanding of His attributes, but creation reveals to us even His eternal power and Godhead. In other words, the specifics of God’s person are even revealed in creation. For example, tradition tells us how Saint Patrick used this very principle to preach the Trinity to the people of Ireland. He would teach that God is three in one through the three-leaf clover. So, yes, creation around us reveals everything from God’s eternal power to His Godhead. If we will just look around us and above us, we will see all of God’s glorious and eternal attributes revealed through His creation—for even the heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork (Psalm 19:1). Then notice how Paul goes on to say that they are “without excuse” … Wow! This squelches the idea that some people have that the groups of people around the world who have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ will have an excuse in the Day of Judgment. No, saints, in that Day, no one will have an excuse based on this Scripture! But someone will say, “But they never heard the truth! How could they be found guilty?” Well, as we will see in verses 21-25, what happens is that mankind has this tendency to form their own gods even when they have this general knowledge of God. In other words, even though they had the knowledge of God’s existence, they chose not to seek for a deeper knowledge of Him and glorify Him as the One True and Living God. Let me give you a real-life example of what these people should have done … Here's a cool story along these lines: There was this woman who was attending a Bible College and, while seeking the Lord as to His plan for her, He gave her a name, a name of a place that she was unaware of. Well, as she did some research, she found out that this place was a remote island where no one had been before. Therefore, she concluded that the Lord was sending her there. So as her plane arrived on this island, she was met by a local tribe and their chief greeted her. He began praising God that his prayer was heard! You see, this tribe was praying to an unknown God to tell them His name. In other words, they knew that there had to be a god through that inward intuition these verses speak of, therefore, they just humbly prayed to the God they didn’t know yet and asked Him to reveal himself to them. So God got hold of this woman and sent her across the world to preach “Jesus” to them! Glory to God! But most people have not been this wise throughout history. The majority of people have made up their own gods like the children of Israel did in the wilderness when they created a golden calf as an image to worship. This is the epitome of pride and foolishness. For example, verse 23 goes on to say “… and (they) changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.” What were they doing here? They were bringing God down to their level – meaning, they made Him to be like His creation by erecting idols of men, birds, animals, etc. And did you know that this is exactly what mankind tends to do with the Creator, Elohim? No, it’s not always something as extreme as making a graven image, but we do tend to carve out and sculpt God’s image in our hearts & understanding – that is, we like to “imagine” God is like His imperfect, flawed creation, doing things like we do them. For example, a lot of people think God is like their parents were – harsh, hard and condemning. Yes, their graven image of God is Him being just as hard to please as their father was. Their “imagined image” of Elohim is Him being just as judgmental as their mom was. That, my friends, is a variation of setting up a graven image, which is strictly forbidden. The truth is, Elohim is awesome! Yes, Elohim is good & gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy! He’s so much more loving than your parents were, and He is certainly not deserving of being brought down to the level of how His creation conducts themselves. In fact, the Lord spoke to our church the following statement a couple of years ago – “You will get the fruit of the god you believe in and serve.” You see this in other nations around the world: the ones that practice paganism and idolatry are considered some of the most cursed and impoverished nations. In fact, one that actually takes those pagan practices to a whole other level - the nation of Haiti - is one of the most poverty-stricken countries. Why? Because you get the fruit of the god you believe in and serve – and serving the devil in overt ways, will always yield curses. You see this in Egypt when God was delivering His people, there are those who tell us that all of those plagues that came upon them represented the various gods that they worshipped in Egypt. So, it was like God was saying, “You like all those gods, huh? Well, here they are then!” and He shoved them down their throats. Well, it works this way with even a Christians view of God: if we believe that God is a harsh, judgmental God who sends plagues to teach us something etc. then guess what? Those groups experience more of those things! Saints, we need to be careful how we view God and what our belief systems are—because if we want to experience more grace, love and blessings, we need to see God as being the One who desires to give us those things. Amen? HOW TO REALLY KNOW GOD So how does one go from simply knowing God in this general, base understanding as “Elohim” to knowing Him in this personal & intimate way? I’m glad you asked … Notice what Paul says next in Romans 1:21 – “because although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” So by using the word “because” at the beginning of this verse, we have the reason why the world rejects the One True and Living God. In other words, this verse is about to show us the reasons why most people never move past knowing God as “Elohim” – general, intuitive knowledge of Him – and come to know Him as a good, gracious, & personal God. You see, when Paul began by saying, “although they knew God”, the Greek word for “knew” (Greek ginosko) literally describes a broad, general knowledge. So this is, first of all, a reference to that initial, intuitive knowledge of God that every person on the planet possesses. So this can be the way we always “knew” God, but there is a deeper understanding of Him which causes one to draw near to Him, follow Him, and serve Him that we all need. So how do you get to know Him better? Well, notice what he says these that knew God failed to do …
The word “glorify” here means to “give praise, to honor or to magnify.” So for the believer, this describes one’s failure to praise, honor and magnify Him through the fruit of our lips and also through the perspective of our hearts. So what does this have to do with seeing God fully & accurately? Well, it shows us how we can know Him more – by praising, honoring, and magnifying who He is. In other words, the first way to grow in our knowledge of Him is to glorify Him. So what does this look like? It means to intentionally praise & glorify the way He describes Himself throughout His Word. So for example, if I am the one who only sees God as an “Elohim” and has a harder time seeing Him as a Healer, a Provider, and a loving & faithful God, then I need to deliberately “glorify” Him in the way I need to see Him. So if that’s as a Healer, then I take verses that describe His nature as Healer and praise Him for being this way. Now this might seem unnatural at first because, after all, we might not see Him this way yet. But that’s how we get to that place of seeing Him this way – by glorifying Him that way by faith. Amen?
Thanksgiving is the key to multiplicity. Do you remember the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 in John chapter 6? Well, in verse 11 it says that Jesus took the loaves and when He had given thanks, He then distributed them to His disciples. Now most people never make the connection here, but what was the key to this miracle? Well, if you move on into the chapter, you will find a verse that tells you the answer. Verse 23 says that there were people who were searching for Jesus, and they came near to the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks. Now tell me: why would John have worded it as “they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks”, unless the Lord’s giving of thanks was not the significant part to the miracle that happened afterwards? You see, thankfulness for all that God has done for you is the key to receiving more grace. And this certainly applies to this subject of knowing God better. For if we want our knowledge of Him to multiply, then we must be thankful for all that we do know about Him. Now you might be thinking – “I don’t know that much about Him, Pastor!” So you’re telling me that you haven’t ever seen any of God’s goodness in your life, that you’ve never experienced any of His grace, that He’s never healed you of anything, etc.? I’m sure we’ve all tasted and seen certain elements of God’s true nature. So then the key to seeing that awareness multiplied is to thank God for who He is and what He’s done in our lives.
Now by using the word “but” here we see the result or by-product of not glorifying God and being thankful … A void of praise and thanksgiving in our heart and mind will produce a void in our heart and mind. The word “futile” here literally describes being vain, empty and useless. So evidently the Lord looks at the mind that is not filled with praise, worship and thanksgiving as an empty and useless mind. And what else could there be of more importance to fill our minds with? Amen? The word “thoughts” comes from the Greek word dialogismos and describes more of the inward reasoning and opinions of man. So literally what it is that becomes empty, vain, and futile within people when they fail to glorify and thank God is their ability to reason and make sound decisions regarding things. So, for lack of better words, one can become stupid and lose any good judgment they might have had by not allowing God’s thoughts to flow through their mind. So what does this have to do with knowing God’s true nature? Well, some of the greatest misconceptions about God’s nature come directly by these “reasonings & opinions” of man. In other words, these futile arguments over doctrine and theology are some of the most notorious for perverting our view of God. Yes, some of the world’s most intelligent people lack common sense the most. Their ability to reason and portray sound judgment is impeded. Of course, this is a generality, but those who choose to reject the knowledge of God and embrace only the knowledge of this world, have their senses impaired. This is what it means to become “futile in our thoughts.” So can this happen to a believer too? Absolutely! By not letting God-thoughts dominate our thinking, we too can become void of wisdom and prudence and make some pretty dumb decisions. This is why the Scriptures constantly exhort you and I to meditate on His Word day and night and to esteem His Word even more than our necessary food (Job 23:12). By doing so, the entrance of His Words brings light and understanding to the simple (Psalm 119:130) (the simple would be those who are futile in their thoughts). But the lack of the entrance of His Words brings darkness and a lack of understanding to the simple. So the key here is letting God’s Word form our theology. In other words, letting the truth of the Scriptures determine how we see God, not religion or our traditions. And we do all of this by studying the Scriptures. By not letting our own understanding or logic determine how we view God, but rather letting His Word determine any and all beliefs. We see this in the last phrase of verse 21…
So those who have their better judgment impaired have what is called a foolish heart. You know, the Bible says that it is the fool who has said in his heart that there is no god (Psalm 14:1). Only a fool would say that! When you look around you and see the beauty and glory of man, nature, etc., only a fool would say that all of this “just happened.” No, the evidence of God is all around us. But, again, when one fails to glorify Him as God and be thankful to Him for even their next breath, they have become, by reason of choice, a fool. The phrase “were darkened” shows us that when one willfully rejects the knowledge of God and decides not to glorify and show gratitude towards Him, their hearts will be filled with more darkness. In other words, their ability to see the light is impaired. They are lost, groping around trying to find peace, purpose etc., and will find none - because they are filled with darkness, and oh, how great is that darkness!?! As it is with just about everything, it all comes down to the heart. Yes, what we allow our heart to be filled with and sensitive to is vital. So as it pertains to knowing God’s true nature and person, we need a wise heart that is receptive & embracing of these things. You see, if my heart is closed off to say God’s grace and just how good He is, then I will certainly live in the darkness of those truths. Yes, if my heart is only open to that harsh & judgmental side of God, then I am cutting myself off from receiving light on these other things. On the flipside, if my heart is only embracive of the loving nature of God, I could also be in the dark of, say, the fear of God – that is, that reverential, respectful side of the Lord. So the key is possessing a heart that is open and teachable and not allowing it to be hardened to the truths God might desire to show us. Let’s not live in the dark, saints! Let’s take the knowledge of God that we have to the next level! We do this by magnifying God in our heart, mind and mouth! As we live a life of praise, worship and thanksgiving, we are giving God the glory due His name, and the benefits of this are boundless! Amen! We will keep ourselves from empty and useless thinking, and stay sharp and “on it” mentally. The devil will have a hard time making our mind his workshop! Why? Because it is not idle! No, our minds will be all about our Father’s business and filled with purpose and praise! And the end result will be us having a heart that is not darkened or hardened. No, our heart will be soft, sensitive and pliable in the hands of our Maker! Our heart will be full of light, and we will understand the reverential fear of God! No more stumbling. No more falling. No more “I don’t know God!” No, you will certainly “know” Him and your awareness of Him will be heightened. Don’t forget: The acknowledgement of God produces more of an awareness of God. Amen!
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