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Friday September 5, 2008

Category: Praying the Names of Jesus

Friday: Promises Associated with His Name

Welcome back to "Praying the Names of Jesus." If you missed the explanation for the name of
Jesus we're studying this week, click here or scroll down to Monday's entry.

I was forty-six when I adopted my first child - not as old as the biblical Sarah but a far sight older than Mary, the teenage mother of Jesus. But no matter how old you are or how long you've waited, a child can be one of life's greatest blessings, opening you again to wonder, renewing your amazement at God's good plan for the future.

Little wonder that a child was God's first promise to the world. After Adam and Eve sinned, as they were being forced from their garden paradise, God made the greatest of all his promises, assuring them that Eve's offspring would one day crush the serpent whose temptation had pushed them out of Eden and into so much misery. No wonder Mary has sometimes been called the new Eve, her obedience a striking reversal of Eve's disobedience. And as for the Christ child - he has always been identified as the fulfillment of God's promise to crush Satan, our worst enemy, and lead us back to paradise.

So the Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,

"Cursed are you above all the livestock
and all the wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel."(Genesis 3:14-15)

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)

--Ann Spangler

Adapted from "Praying the Names of Jesus" by Ann Spangler, with permission. Each day for five weeks, learn to better understand the nature and character of Jesus through his many names. Did you miss any entries? Stay subscribed to this feed and you'll receive the entries you missed once the feed restarts.

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It is so beautiful to know that God does not leave His people at the feet of the enemy. His plan of redemption is plainly spelled out in this passage.

Posted by: Happy1 | January 4, 2008 6:52 PM

No matter what the enemy may do to destroy God's plans God always has a greater plan to undo his work.

Posted by: kimba10 | February 9, 2008 7:50 PM

God's plans are always greater than the enemy.

Posted by: kimba10 | February 9, 2008 7:51 PM

Luke 15:4/2nd Peter3:9/ Is.43:25,26

Posted by: URK(S.B.) | June 29, 2008 2:13 PM

(Jesus the Christ.)

Master teacher,master carpenter and reported to be the son of God.

Not recorded to have ever written anything with no one on earth having any idea as to what he may have looked like.

(JESUS THE CHRIST.)

Man,Myth or legend???

Posted by: undefined | August 2, 2008 9:09 AM

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