Pastor Stephanie
Olam means eternal or everlasting.
H5769
Original: עלם עולם
Transliteration: ‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm
Phonetic: o-lawm'
long duration, antiquity, futurity,
FOR EVER, ALWAYS
CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE, PERPETUAL
EVERLASTING, INDEFINITE or UNENDING FUTURE, ETERNITY
GENESIS 21:33 NKJV
Then Abraham PLANTED a TAMARISK TREE in Beersheba,
H5193 PLANT
Original: נטע
Transliteration: nâṭa‛
Phonetic: naw-tah'
to PLANT, FASTEN, FIX, ESTABLISH
and THERE CALLED on the NAME of the LORD, the EVERLASTING GOD.
The largest, Tamarix aphylla, is an EVERGREEN tree that can grow to 18 m (59 ft) tall. They usually grow on saline soils, tolerating up to 15,000 ppm soluble salt, and can also tolerate alkaline conditions.
Abraham MADE a COVENANT when he PLANTED the tamarisk tree.
The covenant was about his obedience to God.
The tamarisk tree was a symbol of that covenant.
It showed Abraham’s obedience to God and his commitment to the covenant.
The tamarisk tree was also a symbol of HOPE.
It was a sign of God’s blessing on his descendants.
It was also a symbol of Abraham’s FAITH in GOD.
This act showed his dedication to God and his willingness to obey His commands.
BLESSING for FUTURE GENERATIONS.
The tamarisk is a slow-growing tree.
Tamarisk trees can live to over 100 years.
So, the fact that Abraham planted it is symbolic not only as a covenant or treaty but as hope and expectation, knowing that this would benefit FUTURE GENERATIONS.
This act of obedience was not only a physical act but also a spiritual act.
Abraham was PLANTING the SEEDS of BLESSINGS that his DESCENDANTS would REAP for generations to come.
He PLANTED it, knowing that he may not see the tree mature into full stature, but FUTURE GENERATIONS will as per the promise God gave him.
(Genesis 12:1-3 & Genesis 17)
GOD is a COVENANT-KEEPING God.
DEUTERONOMY 7:9 NKJV
“Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the FAITHFUL God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
Abraham waited for his promise for 25 years and he did not waver.
God is faithful to His covenant.
Abraham sees time as God.
ROMANS 4:20-22 NKJV
He DID NOT WAVER at the PROMISE of GOD through UNBELIEF, but was strengthened in FAITH, giving glory to God, and being FULLY CONVINCED that WHAT HE had PROMISED HE was also ABLE to PERFORM. And THEREFORE “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
What we do today can bless someone in the future.
JAMES (JACOB) 1:6-8 TPT
Just make sure you ask empowered by CONFIDENT FAITH without doubting that you will receive. For the ambivalent person BELIEVES one minute and DOUBTS the next.
Being UNDECIDED makes you become like the rough seas driven and tossed by the wind. You’re up one minute and tossed down the next.
Thoughts are where you make decision.
When we make a decision, don't be double minded.
When you are HALF-HEARTED and WAVERING it leaves you UNSTABLE.
Can you really expect to receive anything from the Lord when you’re in that condition?
Migraine is caused by too many thoughts; too much thinking.
God gave us a clear mine and clear heart to listen to Him.
Our ears are meant to hear God talking.
2 CORINTHIANS 1:20 NKJV
For ALL the promises of God in Him are YES, and IN HIM AMEN, to the glory of God through us.
Jesus never changed. God never changed.
LUKE 21:33 AMPC
The sky and the earth (the universe, the world) will pass away, but MY WORDS will not pass away.
God's Word will never pass away.
Everlasting, Eternal God loves each of us and has a plan for our lives.
Sometimes in the midst of our problems we can lose sight of who God is to us.
God's ETERNAL PURPOSE for our lives is that WE
- LIVE in HIS PRESENCE,
- BEAR the FRUIT of HIS SPIRIT and
- BE a LIGHT in this dark world to those that do not yet know Him.
What is attractive to another man or women is their sense of confidence and security.
Confidence and security in Christ will not pass away.
God confidence will bring us a self-confidence that is pure.
Get rid of self-confidence.
We can overcome if we know how to eat and live in His Word
Our confidence is in Christ who will never fail us.
H3336 MIND
Original: יצר
Transliteration: YÊTSER
Phonetic: yay'-tser
form, framing, framework
man (as formed from the dust)
PURPOSE, IMAGINATION, device (intellectual framework)
From H3335; a FORM; CONCEPTION (that is, PURPOSE):- frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.
ISAIAH 26:4 AMPC
So TRUST in the LORD
(COMMIT YOURSELF TO Him,
LEAN ON Him,
HOPE CONFIDENTLY IN Him) FOREVER;
for the LORD GOD is an EVERLASTING Rock [the Rock of Ages].
JEHOVAH EL OLAM
Our LORD God is "ETERNAL," "EVERLASTING," "FOREVER," "LASTING," "EVER," or "ANCIENT”.
It refers to the FULLNESS of the experience of TIME or SPACE.
The name El Olam (El o-HAM) meaning "ETERNAL GOD" or "EVERLASTING GOD,"
is applied to:
1. GOD and His LAWS
2.PROMISES
3.COVENANT and
4.KINGDOM
ANYTHING on this EARTH will EXPIRE.
HEBREWS 9:27 CEB
People are destined to die once and then face judgment.
2 CORINTHIANS 4:18 CEB
The things that can be seen don’t last, but the things that CAN’T BE SEEN are ETERNAL.
We don’t FOCUS on the things that can be seen but on the things that CAN’T BE SEEN.
ECCLESIASTES 3:11 AMP
He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time.
He has also PLANTED ETERNITY [a sense of divine purpose] in the human HEART [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.
God put eternity in their hearts.
Only doing His will will give us the fullest satisfaction in life.
So as sons and daughters of JEHOVAH EL OLAM, the EVERLASTING GOD, We have CONFIDENCE IN HIM FOR TODAY and FOREVER and SOW for FUTURE GENERATIONS.
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