What’s in God's Name?
Psalm 9:10 (ESV)
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Exodus 3:14 (ESV)
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
1. Protection
Proverbs 18:10 (NIV)
The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
2. Provision
Psalm 20:7 (NIV)
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Exodus 33:19 (NIV)
And the Lord said, I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence.
3. Power
Luke 10:17 (NIV)
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
Philippians 2:9–10 (NIV)
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth
4. Answered Prayer
John 14:12-13 (NIV)
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
