There are some Christian praise songs I really like that talk about the power in the name of Jesus. Thinking about them, though, got me wondering: how can there be power in a name? I mean, the thought of there being actual power in a name seems almost mystical to me.
So, let’s unpack a couple verses from the Bible to see if there’s anything to this.
In Exodus 3, Moses first encounters God from…
LIVING AN OVERCOMING LIFE requires intentionality and an exercise of faith. It involves following hard after God. Specifically, it features yearning after Him in wonder; choosing a “resurrected” life in Christ. A.W. Tozer warns us that lack of holy desire leads to a stiff and wooden quality in our spirituality. “Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth.”(1) The Christian church has…
There is no name more beautiful, more precious or more powerful than the name of Jesus. Use it often. Use it in faith. May the name of Jesus bless you and bring you peace. Amen! 🙏🕊️🙌
John 20:31 (NLT) -
But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in Him you will have life by the power of His name.
bridge: this part in this live version of this song where they take the normal bridge and replace it with the destruction of the universe and slowly reconstruct the void into a wall of sound:
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metal: everything clutch has ever done:
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hmmmmmm or im the mountain:
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...or grim reefer by cloud:
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ooouuugghhh i cannot decide on one
as recompense, have this actual answer: broom bridge, in ireland, where william hamilton figured out quaternions and did math graffiti:
Okay as a Voice Actor I have so far been absolutely BLOWN AWAY by the Vocal direction in Baldur's Gate III, This is some absolutely WONDERFUL casting and directing and I cannot get enough of it.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Messiah;
— 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 | Hebrew Names Version (HNV)
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Cross References: Isaiah 2:11; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 23:29; Romans 7:5; Romans 8:4; Romans 13:12; 2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 9:13; 2 Corinthians 11:20