THE
ANCIENT HEBREWS UNDERSTOOD THE POWER THAT WAS CONTAINED IN THE SPOKEN WORD, AND
THUS DELIBERATELY USED SPEECH AS A MEANS TO MANIFEST THE THINGS NEEDED IN THEIR
LIVES.
BECAUSE THEY ALSO KNEW THAT GOD IS THE SOURCE FROM WHENCE COMETH ALL THINGS,
THEY WOULD SPEAK THE SACRED NAME OF JEHOVAH COMBINED WITH THE NEEDED
ITEM. THUS, IF ONE NEEDED MORE ABUNDANCE, THE AFFIRMATION WOULD BE:
"JEHOVAH JIREH," MEANING, "THE LORD PROVIDES." IF ONE
WANTED PEACE OF MIND AND SERENITY, THE AFFIRMATION WOULD BE, "JEHOVAH
SHALOM."
THERE ARE SEVEN SACRED NAMES OF GOD THAT WERE USED IN THIS MANNER. THEY
ARE LISTED
BELOW:
SEVEN SACRED NAMES OF GOD
JEHOVAH SHALOM - THE LORD IS OUR PEACE
JEHOVAH ROHI - THE LORD IS OUR SHEPHERD
JEHOVAH SHAMMAH - THE LORD IS PRESENT
JEHOVAH JIREH - THE LORD WHO PROVIDES
JEHOVAH RAPHI - THE LORD WHO HEALS
JEHOVAH NISSI - THE LORD OUR BANNER
JEHOVAH TSID KENU - THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS