The Covenant Names of God: “Jehovah-Nissi” (4/6/25)

The Covenant Names of God
“Jehovah-Nissi”
4/6/25
Pastor Mark England

Psalm 23:5 (NKJV) You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies…

Jehovah-Nissi
You are my of .

This means you are by Him, and your is found in Him.

Exodus 17:10-15 (CSB) ¹⁰ Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹ While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed. ¹² When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down. ¹³ So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword. ¹⁴ The Lord then said to Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua: I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven.” ¹⁵ And Moses built an altar and named it, “The Lord Is My Banner.”

The Elements of Spiritual Warfare
Moses did things while battling the Amalekites…
He , he , and he .

That sounds like the .

1. lifts my hands toward heaven.
2. The is the Rock on which I stand.
3. Believers in my and keep me steady.

Church isn’t something we .
Church is .

God is fighting your battles even when you can’t the .

Daniel 10:12-13 (CSB) “Don’t be afraid, Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.¹³ But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days…

There are real always at war against God’s kingdom and . This type of warfare is not physically visible because it exists in the realm.

Ephesians 6:10-13 (CSB) Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens. ¹³ For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.

is a judicial matter in the courtroom of heaven.

Job 1:6-8 (CSB) One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. ⁷ The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” “From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.” ⁸ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job?

The devil has been kicked out of heaven, but he to God’s courtroom… because that’s where he you.

The devil doesn’t go to God’s courtroom because he has Kingdom . He goes because he needs Kingdom .

The devil cannot say your without permission.

Are you a to an enemy that no one can see but you?

1 Peter 5:8-11 (CSB) Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

Have you been in a place of so long, it has become to you?

⁹ Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world. ¹⁰ The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while. ¹¹ To him be dominion forever. Amen.

Have you been defeated so long that you have forgotten that God’s Name is “!”

Romans 8:31 (CSB) What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Romans 8:35-37 (CSB) Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. ³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Why are we more than conquerors?
Because, The Lord is our Banner and He is the One under whom we . He is our .