HE WAS MY FATHER FIRST!
THE NAMES OF GOD!
Jennifer Lynn Joy © 2011
Genesis 1:27, “God created man in HIS own image, in the image of God HE created him; male and female HE created them.”
God created us.
Deuteronomy 7:13, “HE will love you and bless you and multiply you; HE will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which HE swore to your forefathers to give you.”
God blesses us and the fruit of our womb.
Psalm 22:10, “Upon you I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.”
God was our God before we were born.
Psalm 139:13, “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.”
God designed us.
Scripture clearly indicates that God was our Father first.
Each of us has an earthly family into which we were born. Some are single births, others are twins or triplets. We are born either female or male. Some of us were raised in Christian faith households while others were raised in religious or non-religious atmospheres. Some of us were given all the privileges of education and wealth, while others wondered what it would be like to have food, clothing and shelter. Some of us have adopted siblings and step-siblings, some of us are only children. Some of us were loved unconditionally by our parents, yet statistics report that most of us were abused either emotionally, mentally, physically, sexually or spiritually. The truth is that all parents have the humanity factor, the inborn ability to make a mistake. The Creator, The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY designed the family structure to be male and female with offspring. As many people as there are on the earth, which is about 7.5 billion, there are family structures and dynamics.
The only consistent fact is that GOD was our Father first.
Most of us do not base our identity on that information. Instead, our identity is based on what our parents did or did not do, what our spouses say or do not say, what our siblings do or do not think, what our friends believe or do not believe…when our identity is founded in the truth that GOD was our FATHER first…every other relationship in our life will transformed because as our identity is based in who HE is and then we will be free to become who HE created us to be. We will not seek to please our parents, siblings, friends, and/ or co-workers first. Our Heavenly Father will be our single role model. It will benefit our whole life for God to be our single source, our moral model, our true ideal, our only hero, our mentor, our teacher, our spiritual leader, our intellectual pursuit, our covering, our protection and our parent.
As we daily invite the Holy Spirit to transform our lives, we let go of our need to control. We choose to trust God with the outcome of our lives. As we purpose to love the LORD GOD with all of our strength, we find loving others to be easier. As we submit our will to ABBA ADONAI, we watch our issues with authority figures diminish. As we purpose to serve Yeshua, we find joy in serving others. Once our spirit is aligned rightly with the Spirit of God, our behaviors begin to exemplify the eternal fruit of the Spirit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Gal. 5:22-23).
Among the benefits of having our identity in knowing Creator GOD as our parent are:
- Balance in our relationships (the absence of co-dependency, idolization, domination)
- Healthy relationships (the absence of emotional, spiritual, mental, physical and sexual abuse)
- Internal joy and external peace (the absence of conflict, anxiety, negative stress, disease)
- Confidence in who we are as a child of God (the absence of guilt, shame, condemnation, fear, rejection)
- Positioned to serve in the Body of Christ (harmony and unity among brothers and sisters in the LORD)
The next portion of the message will be an interactive responsive reading. I will read the character or attribute of God and then your response will be: “HE was my Father first!”
My prayer is that when this is completed, we will have a strength and confidence that we have never before experienced and that we will never forget the dynamic, life-changing LOVE of our first FATHER!
THE NAMES OF GOD – HE WAS MY FATHER FIRST
1. ADONAI (Ps. 83:18; Isa. 6:8-11; Josh. 5:14; Mal. 1:6)
“HE was my Father first!”
2. ALMIGHTY (Gen. 17:1; Ps. 91:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
3. AMEN (Rev. 3:14)
“HE was my Father first!”
4. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS (Dan.7:9)
“HE was my Father first!”
5. THE BREAD OF LIFE (John 6:48)
“HE was my Father first!”
6. CAPSTONE (Ps. 118:22-23)
“HE was my Father first!”
7. COUNSELOR (Is. 9:6)
“HE was my Father first!”
8. CREATOR (Is. 40:28)
“HE was my Father first!”
9. DIVINE SALVATION (Gen. 2:4)
“HE was my Father first!”
10. ETERNAL GOD OF REFUGE (Deut. 33:27)
“HE was my Father first!”
11. ETERNAL KING, TRUE GOD, LIVING ONE (Jer. 10:10)
“HE was my Father first!”
12. EVERLASTING FATHER (Is. 9:6; John 4:24, 15:6)
“HE was my Father first!
13. EVERLASTING GOD (Gen. 21:33; Isa. 40:28-31)
“HE was my Father first!”
14. FATHER, ROCK OF MY SAVIOR (Ps. 89:26)
“HE was my Father first!”
15. FATHER OF THE HEAVENLY LIGHTS (Jas. 1:17)
“HE was my Father first!”
16. GOD OF ALL COMFORT (2 Cor. 1:3)
“HE was my Father first!”
17. GOD OF ALL GRACE (1 Pet. 5:10)
“HE was my Father first!”
18. GOD OF ALL HUMANKIND (Jer. 32:27)
“HE was my Father first!"
19. GOD OF HOSTS (Ps. 80:7)
“HE was my Father first!”
20. GOD OF ISRAEL (Ps. 15:31)
“HE was my Father first!”
21. GOD OF JACOB (Ps. 15:21)
“HE was my Father first!”
22. GOD OF LOVE AND PEACE (2 Cor. 13:11)
“HE was my Father first!”
23. GOD OF MY PRAISE (Ps. 109:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
24. GOD OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS (Ps. 4:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
25. GOD OF MY FATHER (Gen. 31:5)
“HE was my Father first!”
26. GOD OF PEACE (Rom. 16:20)
“HE was my Father first!”
27. GOD MOST HIGH (Gen. 14:17-23; Ps. 57:2; Isa. 14:13,14)
“HE was my Father first!”
28. GOD THE LORD, THE STRENGTH OF MY SALVATION (Ps. 140:7)
“HE was my Father first!”
29. GOD WHO FORGIVES (Ps. 99:8)
“HE was my Father first!”
30. GOD WHO SAVES ME (Ps. 51:14)
“HE was my Father first!”
31. GUIDE OF MY YOUTH (Jer. 3:4)
“HE was my Father first!”
32. HOLY (Isa. 57:15)
“HE was my Father first!”
33. HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL (Isa. 43:3)
“HE was my Father first!”
34. HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, GOD OF ALL THE EARTH (Is. 54:5)
“HE was my Father first!”
35. HOPE OF ISRAEL (Jer. 17:13)
“HE was my Father first!”
36. HORN OF SALVATION (Ps. 18:2)
“HE was my Father first!”
37. I AM WHO I AM (Exod. 3:14)
“HE was my Father first!”
38. IMMANUEL (Isa. 7:14)
“HE was my Father first!”
39. JACOB’S KING (Isa. 41:21)
“HE was my Father first!”
40. JEALOUS GOD (Exod. 34:14)
“HE was my Father first!”
41. GOD IS A JUDGE (Ps. 56:6)
“HE was my Father first!”
42. KING (Ps. 10:16)
“HE was my Father first!”
43. KING ETERNAL (1 Tim. 1:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
44. KING OF GLORY (Ps. 24:7-8)
“HE was my Father first!”
45. KING OF KINGS (Rev. 19:16)
“HE was my Father first!”
46. KING OF THE NATIONS (Jer. 10:7)
“HE was my Father first!”
47. LIGHT OF ISRAEL (Isa. 10:17)
“HE was my Father first!”
48. LIGHT OF THE WORLD (John 8:12)
“HE was my Father first!”
49. LIVING GOD (Ps. 84:2)
“HE was my Father first!”
50. LORD (Exod. 6:3)
“HE was my Father first!”
51. LORD GOD OF GODS (Josh. 22:22)
“HE was my Father first!”
52. LORD MY GOD (Zech. 14:5)
“HE was my Father first!”
53. LORD, THE GOD HEAVEN (Gen. 24:7)
“HE was my Father first!”
54. LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL (Josh. 24:2)
“HE was my Father first!”
55. LORD, GOD OF OUR FATHERS (Ezra 7:27)
“HE was my Father first!”
56. LORD GOD OF RECOMPENSE (Jer. 51:56)
“HE was my Father first!”
57. LORD WHO SANCTIFIES YOU (Exod. 31:13)
“HE was my Father first!”
58. LORD OF LORDS (Rev. 19:16)
“HE was my Father first!”
59. LORD OUR GOD (Ps. 99:5)
“HE was my Father first!”
60. LORD OUR MAKER (Ps. 95:6)
“HE was my Father first!”
61. LORD YOUR GOD (Exod. 20:2)
“HE was my Father first!”
62. MAJESTIC (Ps. 8:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
63. MAKER OF ALL THINGS (Jer. 10:16)
“HE was my Father first!”
64. MASTER (Acts 4:24)
“HE was my Father first!”
65. MIGHTY GOD (Isa. 9:6)
“HE was my Father first!”
66. MOST HIGH (Ps. 9:1-2)
“HE was my Father first!”
67. MY BELOVED (Isa. 5:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
68. MY GOD OF MERCY (Ps. 59:10)
“HE was my Father first!”
69. OUR DWELLING PLACE (Ps. 90:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
70. PLANT OF RENOWN, RIGHTEOUS ROOT (Ezek. 34:29)
“HE was my Father first!”
71. PRINCE OF PEACE (Isa. 9:6)
“HE was my Father first!”
72. REDEEMER (Ps. 19:14)
“HE was my Father first!”
73. ROCK OF ISRAEL (Gen. 49:24)
“HE was my Father first!”
74. SAVIOR (Isa. 43:3)
“HE was my Father first!”
75. SHEPHERD (Ps. 23:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
76. SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL (Ps. 80:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
77. SON OF DAVID (Matt. 9:27)
“HE was my Father first!”
78. SPIRIT OF GOD (Job 33:4)
“HE was my Father first!”
79. STRONG FORTRESS (Ps. 31:2)
“HE was my Father first!”
80. STRONG TOWER (Prov. 18:10)
“HE was my Father first!”
81. SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (Mal. 4:2)
“HE was my Father first!”
82. THE LORD OF POWER AND LIGHT, STRONG ONE (Gen. 1:3; Ps. 19:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
83. THE LORD IS ONE (Zech 14:9)
“HE was my Father first!”
84. THE LORD IS MY BANNER (Exod. 17:15)
“HE was my Father first!”
85. THE LORD OF HOSTS (1 Sam. 1:3; Isa. 6:1-3)
“HE was my Father first!”
86. THE LORD IS MY PEACE (Judg. 6:24)
“HE was my Father first!”
87. THE LORD IS THERE, PRESENT (Ezek. 48:35)
“HE was my Father first!”
88. THE LORD MY SHEPHERD (Ps. 23:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
89. THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jer. 23:6)
“HE was my Father first!”
90. THE LORD WILL PROVIDE (Gen. 22:8,13,14)
“HE was my Father first!”
91. THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU (Exod. 15:26)
“HE was my Father first!”
92. THE LORD MY ROCK (Ps. 144:1)
“HE was my Father first!”
93. THE ONLY WISE GOD (1 Tim. 1:17)
“HE was my Father first!”
94. TRUE GOD (Jer. 10:10)
“HE was my Father first!”
95. UPRIGHT ONE (Isa. 26:7)
“HE was my Father first!”
96. WONDERFUL (Isa. 9:6)
“HE was my Father first!”
97. WORD OF GOD (Rev. 19:13)
“HE was my Father first!”
98. YAH (Ps. 68:4)
“HE was my Father first!”
99. YOU ARE THE GOD WHO SEES ME (Gen. 16:13)
“HE was my Father first!”
100. YOUR NAME (Ps. 66:4)
“HE was my Father first!”
Our identity, character, moral values, strength, choices, confidence and self-esteem are based in our relationship with God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God is not only my Father, HE is our Father. Jesus Christ is not only my brother, HE is our brother. We are brothers and sisters in God’s family. We are HIS joy, delight, purpose, plan and pleasure.
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PS. Perspective: The reader may notice throughout the teaching notes the pronoun “He” used in reference to the Creator, the LORD God Almighty. The “He” is not in reference to a belief about God being a specific gender; rather the author believes God created gender. God is not female or male yet the Creator of both. In Protestant Christianity, one does not presume the use of the male pronoun “He” confirms a belief about gender. However, we do acknowledge that while Jesus Christ was on earth, he was of male gender as is historically recorded. We are in complete agreement with the perspective to fully see Christ Jesus, there is “neither male nor female” is to become aware that it is our humanity, not our gender that really matters before God (Gal. 3:28).
The acronym HE is symbolic of “Holy Eternal,” the acronym HIS is symbolic of “Holy Immanuel Savior,” and the acronym HIM is symbolic of “Holy Infinite Majesty.” The purpose is to provide a message within a message, an overt intentional act to honor ADONAI! The root languages of Hebrew and Greek are interchanged as they relate to the name of Jesus Christ (historical Greek heritage) and Yeshua (Jewish heritage).
