Proverbs 22:1a (NIV) A good name is more desirable than great riches
I. Our Given Names
1) We want them to be remembered
2) They carry meaning
3) They carry reputation
4) They reflect the character or destiny of that person
II. Names of God
1) Omnipotent
Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV) 17 “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
2) Jehovah-jireh
3) Jehovah-shalom
4) Omniscient
Psalm 139:1-4 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.
III. God’s Name for You
Isaiah 43:1 (NLT) – I have called you by name.
1) Treasured Possession
Exodus 19:5 (NIV) Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my treasured possession.
2) Apple of Gods Eye
Zechariah 2:8 (NIV) for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—
3) Friend of God
John 15:14 he calls us friend
4) Masterpiece
Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
5) Daughter
IV. A Changed Name
V. Struggling with Your Name
Genesis 32;22-30 22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”
“Jacob,” he answered.
28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[f] because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”
29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”
But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[g] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared
Isaiah 43:1-6 Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. . . you are precious and honored in my sight, and. . . I love you. . . . Do not be afraid, for I am with you’”