NAMED
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE UPON HIS SHOULDERS. AND HIS NAME… WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE.
—ISAIAH 9:6
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR
1. BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH THE COUNSELOR.
(JESUS) TOLD HER, “GO, CALL YOUR HUSBAND AND COME BACK.” 17 “I HAVE NO HUSBAND,” SHE REPLIED.
—JOHN 4:16-17
CAST YOUR CARES ON THE LORD AND HE WILL SUSTAIN YOU; HE WILL NEVER LET THE RIGHTEOUS FALL.
—PSALMS 55:22
2. LISTEN TO THE COUNSELOR’S VOICE.
A VOICE CAME FROM THE CLOUD: “THIS IS MY SON, WHOM I LOVE. LISTEN TO HIM!”
—MARK 9:7
MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE; I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME.
—JOHN 10:27
3. DO WHAT THE COUNSELOR TELLS YOU TO DO.
“TEACHER,” HE DECLARED, “ALL THESE I HAVE KEPT SINCE I WAS A BOY.” JESUS LOOKED AT HIM AND LOVED HIM. GO SELL WHAT YOU HAVE AND GIVE TO THE POOR AND YOU WILL HAVE TREASURES IN HEAVEN… AND THIS MAN WAS SO SAD BECAUSE HE WAS WEALTHY….
—MARK 10:20-21
MIGHTY GOD
“AH, SOVEREIGN LORD, YOU HAVE MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH BY YOUR GREAT POWER AND OUTSTRETCHED ARM. NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR YOU”.
—JEREMIAH 32:17
1. JESUS’ POWER IS AT WORK IN YOU.
FOR GOD IS WORKING IN YOU, GIVING YOU THE DESIRE AND THE POWER TO DO WHAT PLEASES HIM.
—PHILIPPIANS 2:13
2. JESUS’ POWER IS AT WORK FOR YOU.
HE GIVES STRENGTH TO THE WEARY…. AND INCREASES THE POWER OF THE WEAK. EVEN YOUTHS GROW TIRED AND WEARY, YOUNG MEN STUMBLE AND FALL; BUT THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH. THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES, THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY THEY SHALL WALK AND NOT FAINT”
—ISAIAH 40:29-31
“MY GRACE IS ALL YOU NEED. MY POWER WORKS BEST IN WEAKNESS.” SO NOW I AM GLAD TO BOAST ABOUT MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST CAN WORK THROUGH ME. THAT’S WHY I TAKE PLEASURE IN MY WEAKNESSES AND IN THE INSULTS, HARDSHIPS, PERSECUTIONS, AND TROUBLES THAT I SUFFER FOR CHRIST. FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG.
—2 CORINTHIANS 12:9-10
3. JESUS’ POWER IS AT WORK THROUGH YOU.
BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES UPON YOU. AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES, TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT ME EVERYWHERE—IN JERUSALEM, THROUGHOUT JUDEA, IN SAMARIA, AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.”
—ACTS 1:8
EVERLASTING FATHER
1. OUR EVERLASTING FATHER IS COMPASSIONATE.
THE LORD IS COMPASSIONATE AND GRACIOUS, SLOW TO ANGER,
ABOUNDING IN LOVE.
—PSALM 103:8
COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO ARE WEARY AND BURDENED, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART, AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.
—MATTHEW 11:28-29
2. OUR EVERLASTING FATHER IS HOPE.
FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, DECLARES THE LORD, PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE.
—JEREMIAH 29:11
3. OUR EVERLASTING FATHER IS ALWAYS PRESENT.
NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU; NEVER WILL I FORSAKE YOU.
—HEBREWS 13:5
PRINCE OF PEACE
1. WHO COMFORTS YOU.
PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU; MY PEACE I GIVE YOU. I DO NOT GIVE TO YOU AS THE WORLD GIVES. DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED AND DO NOT BE AFRAID.
—JOHN 14:27
DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER AND PETITION, WITH THANKSGIVING, PRESENT YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD. AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.
—PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7
2. WHO SAVES YOU.
THEREFORE, SINCE WE HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED THROUGH FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
—ROMANS 5:1
BUT NOW IN CHRIST JESUS YOU WHO ONCE WERE FAR AWAY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. FOR (CHRIST) HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE…
—EPHESIANS 2:13-14
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