SWC DEVOTION
The Names of God
A devotion drawn from Sunday's sermon ·
5th July 2026
Sermon by Pastor Ari Talja · Guest Speaker from Finland
Seguku Worship Centre Yesu Akwagala
NAMES COVERED IN
THIS DEVOTION
1. Yahweh
— I Am Who I Am
2. Yahweh Jireh
— The Lord Will Provide
3. Yahweh Rapha
— The Lord Who Heals
4. Yahweh Shalom
— The Lord Is Peace
5. Yahweh Tsidkenu
— The Lord Our Righteousness
6. Yahweh Nissi
— The Lord Is My Banner
SLIDE 1 OF 6
Yahweh
I AM WHO I AM
"God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM.' Say this to the people of
Israel: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
Exodus 3:14 (ESV)
When Moses asked
God for His name, expecting a title — a history, a credential — God answered
with a verb. Not *was*. Not *will be*. I AM.
God has no past
that has expired and no future He is waiting on. He lives in constant present
tense. That means every promise He has ever made is not archived history — it
is present reality. He is not the God who provided for Abraham two
thousand years ago. He is the Provider. Now. Today. For you.
Whatever you walked
in with this morning — a diagnosis, a disappointment, a debt, a door that won't
open — you are standing before the God who exists in your exact moment. He is
not delayed. He is not absent. He is I AM, and He is here.
SLIDE 2 OF 6
Yahweh Jireh
THE LORD WILL
PROVIDE
"So Abraham called that place, 'The Lord will provide.' And to
this day it is said, 'On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.'"
Genesis 22:14 (ESV)
Abraham climbed the
mountain with his most precious thing — the very promise of God made flesh —
and the instruction was to let it go. What kind of faith is that? It is the
faith that has understood something: whatever God asks you to release, He
will replace with something only He can give.
The ram in the
thicket was not coincidence. It was a covenant. God was not watching to see if
Abraham would suffer — He was watching to see if Abraham trusted Him enough to
obey before the provision was visible.
That is the test
Yahweh Jireh keeps asking. Will you give before you see? Will you sow
before the harvest is guaranteed? The ram is already in the thicket. The
mountain has a name. Call it what God called it: The Lord Will Provide.
SLIDE 3 OF 6
Yahweh Rapha
THE LORD WHO HEALS
"If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your
God... I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for
I am the Lord, your healer."
Exodus 15:26 (ESV)
Millions of people.
Forty years in a desert. No pharmacy, no hospital, no clinic. And the record
stands: not one of His people lacked healing when they walked in
obedience to His voice.
This is not a
metaphor. This is a covenant name — and God has bound Himself to it. He cannot
lie. He cannot change. Yahweh Rapha is not who He used to be in the Old
Testament. It is who He is, right now, on this day.
If sickness has
attached itself to your body, call it by its proper name: temporary. If a
report has frightened you, answer it with a name that is older than any
diagnosis: Yahweh Rapha. The Healer is in the house. He has not retired.
Receive your healing.
SLIDE 4 OF 6
Yahweh Shalom
THE LORD IS PEACE
"Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, 'The
Lord Is Peace.' To this day it still stands at Ophrah."
Judges 6:24 (ESV)
Gideon was the
least of his family, his family was the weakest of the tribe, and the whole
nation was under the boot of the Midianites. He was hiding. Threshing wheat in
a winepress so the enemy would not see him. And that is exactly where God
showed up.
God did not find
Gideon on a platform. He found him in a pit. And the first thing He said was
not a command. It was a declaration: "Peace be to you. Do not fear. You
shall not die."
God does not demand
your composure before He speaks to you. He speaks peace *first*, and then gives
the assignment. Whatever chaos surrounds your life today, Yahweh Shalom is
making the same declaration over you: Peace. Do not fear. He has made
peace with you through the blood of Jesus Christ, and that peace cannot be
revoked.
SLIDE 5 OF 6
Yahweh Tsidkenu
THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS
"This is the name by which he will be called: 'The Lord is our
righteousness.'"
Jeremiah 23:6 (ESV)
The enemy's most
consistent attack is not against your health or your finances. It is against
your identity. He whispers: *You are not good enough. You failed again.
You don't deserve to stand before God.* And he is technically correct — on your
own merit, you cannot.
But that is
precisely why this name exists. Yahweh Tsidkenu. The Lord is your
righteousness. Not a righteousness you earned, achieved, or maintained. A
righteousness that was nailed to a cross at Calvary and declared finished
before you drew your next breath.
When Jesus said
*"It is finished"* — it was not a sigh of defeat. It was a legal
declaration. The full requirement of God's righteousness was met, completely,
in the body of His Son. You did not add to it. You cannot add to it. You can
only receive it. Next time the enemy reminds you of your past, remind him
of your name: I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
SLIDE 6 OF 6
Yahweh Nissi
THE LORD IS MY
BANNER
"Moses built an altar and called it, 'The Lord Is My Banner,'
saying, 'A hand upon the throne of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek
from generation to generation.'"
Exodus 17:15–16 (ESV)
A banner in ancient
warfare was not decoration. It was a rallying point — the flag soldiers ran
toward when the battle was confused, when the smoke was thick, when they could
not see the enemy or their own lines. The banner meant: this is where your
commander stands. Come here.
When Moses raised
his hands toward God, Israel won. When his hands dropped from exhaustion, they
lost ground. So Aaron and Hur held his hands up. The battle was decided not
by the sword but by the posture of the priest.
Whatever you are
fighting today — financial, relational, spiritual — the outcome is not
determined by your own strength. It is determined by whether you keep your face
turned toward Yahweh Nissi. He is the banner. He has already gone before
you. The enemy is smaller than He appears. Come under the flag.
Which name do you need
today?
✦ Yahweh — I Am
Who I Am
✦ Yahweh Jireh — The
Lord Will Provide
✦ Yahweh Rapha — The
Lord Who Heals
✦ Yahweh Shalom — The
Lord Is Peace
✦ Yahweh Tsidkenu — The
Lord Our Righteousness
✦ Yahweh Nissi — The
Lord Is My Banner
"Today is the 5th of July in Uganda, 2026. God is the same. He
has never changed. He wants to reveal Himself to you."
— Sermon, 1st Sunday Service · Seguku
Worship Centre · 5 July 2026
He is still I AM.
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