"AH - VEE - HAH - TOV"...
What in the World is That?????
Well, it is NOT of the world; Rather, It is Heavenly!!!
I am Not a Scholar in Hebrew; but by GOD'S Grace HE has saved me through faith in JESUS, filled me with HIS HOLY SPIRIT, And HE CONTINUES to teach me beautiful, powerful, inspiring Truth in HIS WORD!!! Through HIS WORD HE also brings to me Strength, Peace, and Wisdom.
And, HE has Promised to Continue to teach me and transform me: "...being confident of this very thing - that HE WHO has begun a Good Work in you will complete it until the Day of JESUS CHRIST." (Philippians 1:6).
OK, back to "AH = VEE - HAH -TOHV". My wife (Mary) and I have learned a PRAYER/PRAISE that we recite together each morning, The original is in the Hebrew language --- but we have learned to say it Phonetically ("by the sound")...
You sound it Out Loud:
"AH-VEE-HAH-TOHV" = YOU are my GOOD FATHER!!! "AH -VEE -HAH-YAH KARR" = YOU are my DEAR FATHER!!! "MAHK-MAH-DEE" = YOU are my BELOVED"!!! "MAHK-MAHD-NAHF-SHEE" = YOU are the Delight of my Soul!! "MEE-SOHS-CHA-YAY" = YOU are the JOY of my heart!!! "KAH-VASH-TAH-ET-LAH-BEE = YOU conquered my Heart!!! "KEE-TOH-VEEM-DOH-DEE-CHA-MEE-YAH-EEM" = YOUR LOVE is INFINITELY Superior to Everything, Everywhere, FOREVER!!!
***Do not be concerned about the difficulty of pronouncing these correctly --- What matters most to HOLY GOD OUR FATHER is the ATTITUDE of our HEART!!!**
By experience Mary and I now Know that making these declarations each morning --- we start our day agreeing with WHO GOD IS, and who we are IN HIM!!!!! At various times through the day we each repeat these declarations---it keeps our hearts centered on HIM!!!
"Forever, O LORD, YOUR WORD is settled in Heaven. YOUR FAITHFULNESS endures to all generations." (Psalms 119:89-90).
(From Study notes): "This text asserts the all-encompassing, absolutely authoritative WORD of GOD as unchangingly secured in heaven, noting... (A) The timelessness of GOD'S rule by HIS WORD. Though times and seasons change, though social customs, human opinions, and philosophical viewpoints vary, they have NO effect on the constancy or authority of GOD'S WORD."
(B) "Whatever our past rebellion, upon accepting JESUS as our SAVIOR and LORD, a practical reinstatement of GOD'S WORD as the governing principle for all of our life is to take place. JESUS declares this in John 8:47---...that we are no longer dominated by the world's spirit of error."
"GOD'S WORD goes ...it shall not return to HIM empty. But it shall accomplish what HE pleases, and it shall prosper in the thing for which HE sent it," (Isaiah 55:11).
"GOD is faithful to His Word and to His righteous character, for HE cannot deny HIMSELF." (2 Timothy 2:13).
"The LORD is our strength and our song." (Psalm 118:14).
JESUS is the "...WORD of GOD" (Revelation 19:13).
"JESUS CHRIST is the SAME yesterday, today, and Forever." (Hebrews 13:8).
HE is "...our Hope." (Timothy 1:1).
