worship focus yahweh
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Pronounced: YAH-way
God’s personal name given to Moses.
Also called the tetragrammaton ("four letters").
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Occurs about 6,800 times.
Translated “LORD” in English versions of the Bible, because it became common practice for Jews to say “Lord” (Adonai) instead of saying the name YHWH.
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Using the vowels of Adonai (Lord) and the consonants of YHVH (God), a 16th-century German translator incorrectly translated YHVH as YaHoVah, resulting in the name Jehovah.
Yahweh is the more accepted spelling for God’s name.
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God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
—Exodus 3:14
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“I AM”
The One Who Is
The Self-Existent One
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God never changes.
His promises never fail.
When we are faithless, He is faithful.
We need to obey Him.
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Pronounced: Yah Shorter form of Yahweh. It is often used when combined with other names or phrases: Hallelujah means “Praise Yah (the Lord).” Elijah means “God is Yah (the Lord).” Joshua means “Yah (the Lord) is
my salvation.”
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The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
— Exodus 15:2
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
— Psalm 46:1