{"id":1489,"date":"2014-12-18T17:09:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T22:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2014-12-18T22:47:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T03:47:37","slug":"worship-wednesday-jesus-do-you-know-him-by-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=1489","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – Jesus – Do You Know Him by Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2014<\/a><\/p>\n

For unto us a Child is born,
\nUnto us a Son is given;<\/span>
\nAnd the government will be upon His shoulder.<\/span>
\nAnd His name will be called<\/span>
\nWonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,<\/span>
\nEverlasting Father, Prince of Peace.<\/span> – Isaiah 9:6<\/p>\n

It has happened again. My desire this December has been not to lose Christmas to crazy. From the first of the month I was determined to spend a bit of every single day quiet…just quiet. There’s something to be said about the verse, “Be still<\/strong>, and know that I AM GOD.”<\/p>\n

Be still, and know that I am<\/i> God;
\nI will be exalted among the nations,<\/span>
\nI will be exalted in the earth! – Psalm 46:10<\/span><\/p>\n

In that quiet, I wanted to reflect on Jesus…what He did for all the world…what He did for me…and\u00a0who He is to us today, until forevermore. I have spent lovely days in wonder this month, and then in a week, life became a jumble…crammed full of happy “other” things and stretched with “must do’s” as the year draws to a close.<\/p>\n

Still, God is faithful…and here’s this story: on Monday morning, I pulled out a tiny book which I’d never read. It was a Christmas gift years ago, and I unpack it each year meaning to read it, and don’t. On Monday, I read it, in front of the fireplace, coffee mug warm in my hand. Roy Lessin’s Jesus – Name Above All Names<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jesus is known among many peoples in the world…but He is not known like He can be…His names in Scripture tell a fuller story of who He is than what we hear in public discourse today. He is sometimes treated so common, I feel the shame of it, though I don’t think Him common at all. He is all that is good, all that is God. His love is perfect, and He loves all of us who are far from perfect.<\/p>\n

After reading that little book, I determined to write a Worship Wednesday <\/em>piece this week on the names of Jesus…then it became Thursday. If you write you know the experience of sitting in front of a computer or typewriter, and the words don’t come. I wanted to do justice to Jesus this week…and yet the words failed me…not because of Him, but because of me.<\/p>\n

Then…[here’s the sweet nature of God]…I discovered that Roy Lessin already did the writing.\u00a0 He wrote a Christmas series<\/a> for this December on the names of Jesus\u00a0at his website Meet Me in the Meadow<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the daily readings along with me, and worship with me…this Jesus…the God who came near to us to show Himself to us, where we wouldn’t miss Him.<\/p>\n

My heart is full. Thankful to God for this discovery that brings me back to Him and out of the craziness of December. One week from Christmas, life\u00a0is sure to get full again…but in this moment, I am rejoicing, like old Ebenezer Scrooge<\/a>, when he discovered Christmas and could begin again…joyfully and generously.<\/p>\n

Meet Me in the Meadow with Roy Lessin – Blog & Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas Series – Jesus – Name Above All Names<\/em> – Roy Lessin<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – That’s My King<\/em> by Dr. S.M. Lockridge – [OFFICIAL]\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wonder of His Name – 32 Life-Changing Names of Jesus<\/em> by Nancy Leigh DeMoss<\/a><\/p>\n

Lullabies Naming Jesus – Raising Up Worshippers<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo Credit (2nd image) – Marina Bromley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6 It has happened again. My desire this December has been not to lose Christmas to crazy. … Continue reading Worship Wednesday – Jesus – Do You Know Him by Name?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[371,34,813,50,33,18],"tags":[1846,858,854,1835,859,851,852,855,856,240,853,857],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookmarked-summer","category-books","category-christmas","category-god","category-inspired","category-jesus","tag-christmas","tag-counselor","tag-crazy","tag-jesus","tag-mighty-god","tag-name-above-all-names","tag-names-of-god","tag-perfect-love","tag-prince-of-peace","tag-quiet","tag-roy-lessin","tag-wonderful"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-o1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}