Pastor Danae's Thoughts

Jehovah Rophe means God who Heals. Sometimes we associate healing with the physical, and it is true God is a God of healing that heals our physical body. I can testify of several miraculous healings that the Lord has done in my life, as well as those I've seen God divinely heal their bodies, but Jehovah Rophe can heal more than just the physical. He is also the Healer of or emotional and our spiritual.
Look as David cries out unto the Lord:

Psalm 6:1-3
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

In this passage we see that David is sick, he is sick physically, emotionally, and spiritually. There are people today in the same position, sick, and in need of God our HEALER!

If you are sick emotionally, call on Jehovah Rophe,
the Bible says "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."
Don't go to the psychologist, go to The HEALER!

If you are spiritually sick, call on Jehovah Rophe,
it's not the sinners who are sick, it's the 'saints'. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, approximately 16 million believers walk out of the Christian church each year and most do not return. It is time to go to The HEALER!

If you are physically sick, call on Jehovah Rophe,
just like the impotent man at the pool, who had been lying there 38 years, there comes a point when enough is enough. Call on The HEALER!

When God sends His Word to heal you, nothing can stop it!
I believe in God The HEALER!

Let us look at the word "ADVOCATE". An ADVOCATE is a person who pleads for or in behalf of another, an intercessor.

Jesus says in John 14:16 (Amplified) -
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever

Part of being an ADVOCATE is counseling, and I do not know that much about the judicial system. So I did some research. And we have a privilege here in America called "The Right to Counsel" which allows for a defendant to be assisted by counsel (i.e. lawyers), and if he cannot afford his own lawyer, requiring that the government should appoint one for him, or pay his legal expenses.

Now, you may be wondering what that has to do with anything Godly, but actually it has alot to do with it. God gave us a "Right to Counsel". He knew we could not afford it, and he knew we would need it. So he made a way, that when Jesus left this earth we would still have an ADVOCATE, a Counselor, a Helper, an Advicers.

Be on guard, cause we have an adversary, the Devil, who is walking around trying to destroy us. It is important that we are constantly listening to the Holy Ghost, our ADVOCATE, to be aware of the tricks that are trying to bring destruction in our life. Seek, his guidance, his councel, his advice! He is our Intercessor, and He is fighting for us!

A Singer - Sings
A Preacher - Preaches
A Teacher - Teaches
A Driver - Drives
A Builder - Builds
A Writter - Writes
Seems simple enough right!?! It is, and the best part is The Savior - Saves!
If you look it up in the dicitionary - it tells you the difference between a savior and Savior. That capital letter means something! It means "a title of God" "who saves, rescues, or delivers"
We need to realize who we are - we are sinners and we are in need of THE SAVIOR!

Jesus was born the Savior. We read in Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. He didn't become it, He already was it!

Jesus lived as the Savior. So many passages in the Bible, I could write forever, but I love the story of the woman at the well (John 4). Jesus explains to her that He is the Savior and he has come for everyone. No matter their background, the color of their skin, their age, He's the SAVIOUR for all!

Jesus died as the Savior. He has been beaten, mocked, made fun of, he has a crown of thornes in his head, he has been stripped of everything, he is bleeding, hanging on a cross, and yet we read in Luke 23 that he tells the sinner hanging on a cross beside Him, "Today you will be with me in paradise". In his final moments, He saves!

And I am so glad the story doesn't end there . . .
Jesus rose as Savior. In Luke 24 it tells how the women were coming to the tomb with the spices for his burial place, but when they got there the angel tells them HE HAS RISEN!!! The SAVIOR is ALIVE! The grave couldn't hold Him. Satan didn't win. He holds the keys of death, hell, and the grave! My SAVIOR Lives!

And yes, it gets even better . . .
Jesus is coming again as the Savior. Get your life in order because He is coming for those who are ready. Recognize you need a SAVIOR!

Jude 1:24-25 NLT
Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.
All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.

I have started a series titled "God with Us". God has soooo many different names, that there is no way I could cover them all. You know I realize I have alot of names, to my nieces and nephews, I am Auntie Nae Nae, my brother-in-law on occasion still calls me Little Nae Nae, I used to be called Baby Nae, some kids used to tease me and call me ShanayNay, those at the church call me Pastor Danae, my mother when I was in big trouble called me Danae Louise Beal!, as a teenager they used to call me DUH - nae, when I got married Anthony called me the Wifey, when I worked for the school district I was Mrs. Daria, it is funny how all those names describe me to different people. God has sooooo many names, and He is all of them, all the time, to ALL people, that is Incredible! Over the next couple weeks, I will try to discuss a couple, starting with the beginning, God the CREATOR!
At the very beginning of the Bible - the first verse it says "In the beginning God created". God Created!!!! It is mind-boggling to think that God just spoke and life as we know it existed. He said a word and the sun came into orbit, he just said a word, and the fish knew to swim, and the birds knew to fly! He spoke and turned Chaos into Cosmos. The same creative power of God wants to work today in all of out lives! Why did God create? Because He was the CREATOR! and if we believe God's word, we should know God doesn't change, if he was the CREATOR He IS the CREATOR! He wants to create something wonderful out of the chaos in your life. If you love God, surrender to Him and let Him create, let Him mold you and make you, let Him rid you of the chaos, let Him bring structure and order!
Give Him your ashes, and let Him create beauty
Give Him your tears, and let Him create joy
Give Him your spirit of heaviness, and let Him create a garment of praise
Give Him your all, and let Him create what He wants, because you will NEVER know what you can become, what you can accomplish, or what you can achieve, until you put yourself in the hands of GOD - your CREATOR!

We were created to make God's Praise Glorious!!! And I don't know about anyone else, but for me, I don't want any rocks crying out in my place. Here is a simple scripture you probaly have read several times:

I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. Psalm 34:1-3

In this passage of scripture it tells us to

1. BLESS the Lord at all times
So we are suppose to bless, extol Him as holy, all the time. On the good days, on the bad days, in the valley, on the mountain, when everyone is for us, or everyone has turned against us . . .BLESS THE LORD!

2. His PRAISE shall sontinually be in my mouth
This means from the time we wake up, til we lay our head to rest, we are to PRAISE the Lord. PRAISE is an act of worship, expressing admiration by song. Even if you are like me and your voice is kinda . . . how should I put it . . ."BAD", God still wants to hear it, and between here and Heaven it changes sounds :)

3. MAGNIFY the Lord with me
This is my favorite part, MAGNIFY, to increase the 'apparent' size of. When you have a magnify glass, it doesn't actual change the size of the object, but it changes the way you see it - you see it bigger, you see it's details, it becomes your focal point. Same goes for MAGNIFYING God, we don't change who God is - He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we change the way we look at Him. He begins to look bigger, and everything else in life becomes smaller, because He becomes our focal point, and we begin to notice the intricate details (we often over looked) of who God really is!

4. My soul shall make her BOAST in the Lord
When you BOAST, you are speaking with expressive pride about that person or thing. It is time we begin to BOAST about the good things that God has done. When it comes to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, there is alot to be spoken and it should always be done in expressive pride, because I am proud of what the Lord has done in me, for me, and through me!

5. Let us EXALT His name together
The word Exalt means to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, to elevate. When we EXALT God we are not changing his rank in who He is, we are changing our placement in our life. When we EXALT God we put Him at His rightful place in our life. He should be EXALTED above anything and everything in your life, because there is nothing that compares to him.

Let's take this verse, and let's truly live the way God designed us to live. Let us BLESS – PRAISE – MAGNIFY – BOAST – EXALT the Lord together!