Toward the end of my prayer time this morning, the Holy Spirit spoke 4 words to me with such clarity and fire that I can’t keep them shut in my bones. They are not new but they cannot get old. They are the 4 most well-known words in our Christian vocabulary but they never wear out. These 4 words possess an authority that can speak worlds into orbit, make floors of seas, and send devils off cliffs.
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Let these 4 words resound in your mind, leap from your mouth, and strengthen your step this day. His is the Name that shakes the earth beneath His feet with authority, salvation, affection, and anointing. His is the Name that snaps the chains. His is the one Name that cannot be etched in gravestone. This Name reverberates with everlasting life and extraordinary unction.
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation…He is before all things and in Him all things hold together…He is the head of the Body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent.”
Preeminent.
In everything.
He is THE beginning. And our new beginning. Our defeat ends with the full conviction of the incomparable Name of Jesus in our bones. Our lack is filled. Our souls are thrilled. Our knees are bowed. Our chins are raised.
We put no confidence in our flesh. We unleash every ounce of confidence we possess toward one game-changing, life-rearranging Name: The Lord Jesus Christ.
THE. There is no other.
LORD. Everything must submit.
JESUS. Yahweh is Salvation.
CHRIST. Messiah, the Anointed One.
Those who want to participate have a 3-part assignment:
1. Write out any ONE verse in the Bible that uses the name of Jesus. His name appears in most of your formal translations around 1000 times so you are wide open. Hunt His Name down. Grab your Bible concordance or get on a website like Bible Gateway and do a word search. You are welcome to use any translation. Choose one verse, write it out in your comment along with where it is found and which translation you used.
2. If you have the full conviction and earnest desire to do so, write the italicized sentence below in the second part of your comment and complete the exercise with your own specifics. This is not an exercise in magic words. This is a profession of faith in a matchless Name. We have a Savior. There is no god like our God. No other Rock I know. He cannot be defeated. His power cannot be depleted. Call out His Name over every single thing that is trying to exalt itself in your imagination over the knowledge of Christ. At His Name, let’s BOW.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
3. Keep confessing the power of His Name and of His Person in the coming days and every time you get that old angst, deliberately swap it for thanks. He who calls you is faithful. He will surely do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:24
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: My self-defeating thinking; My son’s learning disability
John 20:30-31
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: our location, a home to dwell in permanently and a church home to worship and raise our family in.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: money/debt/bills, lack of trust, impatience, indecision, lack of passion for life
Here’s mine with an extra:
Therefore since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1
With so many translations to compare, I have noticed in the Orthodox Jewish Bible that he has QUITE a title.
(In the Orthodox Jewish Bible) we have shalom (peace) in relation to Hashem though Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu, (Kehilah in Rome 5:1 OJB)
Teacher, king, messiah, anointed one, Jesus, our LORD!
Heidi McClain
Oops! Forgot this:
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
My family, my marriage and some big decisions we have to make in the near future.
Romans 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: my weight, relationships and insecurity.
..that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth… Phil. 2:10 NIV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: fear, worry, my marriage and children
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. Phil 2:9-11
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: my back health
Psalm 91:14-16 – Because he loves me, says, the Lord, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: the freedom of my son from the enemy’s attempted oppression, complete and final freedom.
Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: fear and worry, finances, self-protection, addiction to food, insecurity, doubt over salvation, His plan for my future, and family relationships.
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39, NIV)
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: the adjustments to job responsiblities at work recently and the huge learning curve it has resulted in for me.
Luke 24: 30-32 NIV When he was at the table with them, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him, and He disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: Worry about raising our two teenage daughters in this culture.
“Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of JESUS every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11 (NASB)
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: jobs, job security, what to do with finances/retirement(Proverbs DVD = “our purse” :), time management, lack of family close by, no kids, health
Philippians 2:10: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of god the Father.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: my joyless countenance, my love of food, and my atheistic family.
Luke 13:5 “No, I [Jesus] tell you again that unless you repent, you too will perish” New Living Translation
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
I have inborn value and I am wanted and needed by the Lord himself and by his people. That the Lord will teach how to realize His plan in complete obedience and trust and humility. And when I feel that this is so far beyond me that He only wants my obedience in this moment. That I need not see the big picture because He does. I have to trust Him now and obey Him now and or I too will perish in my unbelief and will teach my daughter the same unbelief.
Tanya
“But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.” John 20:31 NKJV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
1. Faith of my family
2. Direction of my work
3. Extended family
4. Leadership in our country
“Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!”
Proverbs 16:18 (NIV)
“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
John 6:66-68 (NLT)
At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked,”Are you going to leave,too?” Simon Peter replied,”Lord, to whom would we go? You alone have the words that give eternal life.”
2)works, self-perception, relationships
Matthew 19:26 NIV
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: debt, lack if trust in HIM, mate, my future
I love when Peter tells paralyzed Aeneas, “Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your bed” (Acts 9:34). Yes, Jesus the Christ heals us all! Aeneas had been in bed eight years and the healing power of Christ Jesus made him rise out of that bed as soon as Peter said it. Praise Jesus for healing and I submit my life to Him forever!
Matthew 4:19
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
NIV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of The Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful name and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: health of family, finding a new church family, strongholds and generational sins broken.
(Romans 13:14) Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: the small group my husband and I lead in our home, and how I will spend my time in retirement.
Romans 5:1-2
Since then it is by faith that we are justified, let us grasp the fact that we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have confidently entered into this new relationship of grace, and here we take our stand, in happy certainty of the glorious things he has for us in the future. (JB Phillips)
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: looking for a new pastor for our church, filling our youth group with Godly leaders and strong Biblical teaching (Thank you in advance Jesus, for how You will work!)
“Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.”
Ephesians 1:3 NET
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the uncomparable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing his powerful Name, and ackowledging His absolute preeminence in all things: finance, debt, bills, place to life, work, writing, ministry, family chaos, discouragement, identity, growth, trust, security, inadeqaucy
John 1:29 ESV. The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of The Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: my thought life, temptation, my marriage, my church, finding a house.
Ephesians 1:2 & 3
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: trusting God for the salvation of my entire family; trusting God that each one will turn their hearts to Him.
1 Corinthians 6:11
New International Version (NIV)
11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: Conner’s speech, joyful relationships, and interceding for a friend for the redemption of her marriage.
Selina, Ky.
Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:24 KJV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: The ability to live the way Christ commands me too in His word no matter what the world tries to tell me to do. To magnify God above ALL things.
I read your comment on Twitter this AM right before I left for a doctor’s appointment. I have been in physical therapy for 5 months and not seeing the desired results. My mental state from all this has not been good and Jesus and His precious word are all that have gotten me through this so far. I felt the Lord leading me to declare NO MORE THERAPY but I was afraid the doc was going to send me back (4x a week.) Before we got out of the car, I told my friend that you had said to address all situations today with the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I got out of the car and said IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST let this appointment go well. The doctor looked at my reports, etc and said NO MORE THERAPY. Praise the Lord.
“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” Acts 2:36 NKJV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: trusting that You are and You will and You will continue to breathe Life into our broken places that we may be healed.
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. II Thessalonians 2:16-17 NIV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: work situation, dealing with death of my mom.
That at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.
Philippians 2:10, KJV
He is the SALVATION OF YAHWEH (as Beth wrote above), so his name is YAHshua….
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Master Yahshua Messiah, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
My family, future, back pain, stress, FAITH, marriage…..my ALL!!!
“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” Romans 16:20
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: my young adult children’s spiritual growth, finding help for our handicapped child, finding the right church home.
May the grace of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all [Amen] 2 Cor 13:14 NIV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
1. health issues
2. going back to Bible school (at my age!!)
3. my current job
4. my lack of desire to go to church on Sundays…..
James 1:22-25
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevers, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
ESV
“But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1Corin. 15:57
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute pre-eminence in all these things: my health, insecurity, fear, spirit of complaining, our animal’s health.
He is stronger!
Acts 15:11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christwe shall be saved in the same manner as they.”
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: my health, my finances, my relationships.
I am grateful to the One who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me faithful. 1 Timothy 1:12 NET
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: marriage, health, overeating, insecurity, fears, depression, and finances.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:2
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: My husband, our marriage, and all that the Spirit is speaking to His people about right now. Amen
Beth, I think your post was just for me! 🙂
Romans 5:11
And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
my marriage
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
James 1:1
ESV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
My daughters health issues: high blood pressure and the diagnosis of a possible syndrome causing this and other health related issues.
My sin of being quick to speak, quick to anger while being slow to hear. My sin and lack of being a doers of the word and not a hearer only.My lack of self control as I am lured and enticed by my own fleshly desires leading me to sin specifically in my current obsession of exercising and working with a trainer to accomplish weight loss.
My husband’s salvation and walk with the Lord. And his areas of sin.
1 John 2:1 NIV
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:fear,impatience,concentration.
Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved. You and your household.
Acts 16:31. NIV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: My daughter and son in law with marriage challenges; my son’s life decisions; my Prayer for a husband.
18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: my marriage, my teenagers, letting my past go, feeling unworthy.
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: being open to what God wants to do in me & through me as we wait for our next ministry position and trusting God for provision in this season. (So far, He has been faithful & I know He will continue, it’s just hard in this season. We have never been without a ministry spot in the 20+ years we’ve been married. I know He is wanting to do something new in us, so here we are.)
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance Romans 5:1-3. I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: My powerlessness to change my husband’s sickness and his turning his back on our family, choosing alcohol over his wife and daughter. His unwillingness to let me speak to him to try to work on our marriage and his coldness and mean spirit to me at this time. For my falling out of love with being in the Word and not having the relationship I used to have with the Lord because of time spent trying to “fix” my marriage. For my feeling like I am lost, lonely, mistaking sex for love, mistaking codependency for a healthy relationship and for not putting my priority in our daughter, instead choosing to allow myself to be a doormat. For strength and wisdom in knowing what to do with a 24 year relationship that is so broken. For my vanity, pride, shame, and sinful choices I’ve made over the years. For guidance to someone who I can get professional help from as well as allowing God to speak to me and give me His unconditional love. For letting His love be enough to get me through this time which feels so desperate and hopeless. For healing, forgiveness and discernment. I pray to not let my pain be in vain, I WANT to help someone with my story, but cannot until I am whole. For healing from my childhood trauma which has shaped my marriage and is defining me to this day. For freedom from the bondage of abuse both as a child and as a wife. For healing my marriage, if it is God’s will. With His perfect love.
Philemon 1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. I just loved this verse. May the favor of there is no other, everything must submit, Yahweh is Salvation, Messiah the Annointed one be with my spirit. Beautiful!
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of The Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: fear, anxiety, worry, the unknown, my desire for joy, thankfulness and fullness that can come only from You dear Jesus.
“I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God”. Acts 8:37
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things:
AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!
Thank you Beth! I am so thankful for your example in life and ministry! You bless me! And to all the dear women who serve with you! Hugs to all of you! Thank you!
Oops, forgot to add which things….ALL things…my finances, the ministry the Father has entrusted me, my spouse, my children, my health, the women I get to lead and teach, oh…..EVERYTHING! He has preeminence and all power!!! Hallelujah!
“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Mark 10:47, NIV
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: helping me keep my mouth shut unless it’s to bless, the stress-related anxiety that can’t die soon enough for me, being able to focus on You and keep Your Truth in my mind throughout my day, my impatience to see you at work in my family members’ lives, finding a godly friend in my new church home, the lack of interest in our Ladies Bible studies.
1 John 5:5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
I submit myself and the following challenges in my life to the unconquerable authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing His powerful Name, and acknowledging His absolute preeminence in all these things: my health, my work and my service to the faith, family and community.