Genesis 16:8 Kjv

By Elizabeth Prata I was reading Genesis 16 & 21, Hagar. I love the Hagar scenes. I admit that the Woman at the well and the Hagar scenes are dear to me and I love those passages. I am amazed w……

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She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me [El Roi],” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” (Genesis 16:13 NIV) One day I was sitting on the patio with a friend, Beth, and her step-father, Sam. We were waiting for the grill to heat up before placing steaks on to cook. Read more……

(today’s post is not a devotion but an article adapted from a talk I gave at a women’s retreat) She’d been mistreated by her mistress. She’d not wanted to do what was asked of her, which was to cohabitate with her master. But as an Egyptian servant in a foreign land, she had no rights, no choice in the matter. Then, to add insult to injury, she was banished by that same mistress and forced to wander in the wilderness, alone and defenseless. And she was pregnant, no less. To say she felt scared,…

We may be familiar with many of thenames of God. We know him asElohim,Abba,Jehovah Jireh, andYahweh. Most likely others, as well, but what about El Roi? It’s most likely not a name you’ve heard in aworship songor sermon. In fact, it is mentioned only one time in the Bible. The most vulnerable, invisible moments in …