We pray that each of you are doing well. You are in our prayers often. May our God Bless and Keep you this week.
My sermon this coming Sunday is on encouragement. While I was reading, the following got my attention:
God Knows Your Name
by Michael Youssef, Ph.D.
Have you ever wanted to change your name or wondered who you would be without a name?
Names are important. It is by our name that other people identify us and that we identify ourselves. In biblical times, parents gave their children names with descriptive meanings such as strong, trustworthy, and leader, in hopes they would embody these traits when they grew up.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 states, “A good name is better than fine perfume.”
The words we use to describe other people can either hurt or encourage them. There was a teacher who asked her students to tell what they wanted to do when they grew up.For the most part the students gave the usual responses—doctor, lawyer, policeman, nurse, pilot, and firefighter.
Then the teacher asked Billy. He said, “I want to be possible.”
“Possible?” she asked.
“Yes,” he replied, “because my mom tells me all the time that I’m impossible. So I want to grow up to be possible.”
As believers, we are adopted into the kingdom of God. We are given a new identity, a new name, and a life filled with possibility. We are called the children of God. No matter what our past is and regardless of our mistakes, the Lord knows our name and desires our worship and praise.
Hebrews 3:13 (ASV) 13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:
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Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
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