I was around Dr. Perkins for most of the weekend of his visit, and I heard him say more than once that we needed to meet "El Shaddai"..the God who is bigger than our problems.
I looked up El Shaddai because I had really only heard this term for God in an old Amy Grant song.
El Shaddai:
The All-Sufficient One. The Almighty God.
The Hebrew word "dai" means sheds forth, pours out and suggests provision, sustenance, blessing.
The Hebrew word "shad" means breast and suggests one who nourishes, supplies, satisfies.
The Hebrew root word "shadad" means to overpower or to destroy and suggests absolute power.
According to one definition that I read, "While Elohim is the God who creates, in the name "Shaddai", God reveals Himself as the God who compels nature to do what is contrary to itself. He is able to triumph over every obstacle and all opposition; He is able to subdue all things to Himself."
Come now, El Shaddai.
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