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
“And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will continue until the day of CHRIST Jesus–right up to the time of His return–developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.” Phil 1:6 The Message
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:
return of children to the LORD
future direction
spouse’s health
finances
housing
brother’s health and job
career for son
salvation of grandson
John 14:8 (ESV)
Philip said to him, “LORD, show us the Father, and it is enough for 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 FOR HE IS ENOUGH:
1)Finances – Job for my husband, Kevin …
2)Anger and defiance of my 13 year old daughter, Amanda …
3)Long-term Illness of my 14 year old daughter, Mahalia …
4)Foreclosure of our home and trust for a new beginning …
5)Saying “Yes” to God and trusting Him to lead in “speaking” about how He works in the midst of our struggles …
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” Mark 4:40 (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 relating to health issues
*Creating “what if” scenarios based upon the worst possible thoughts that the evil one places in my mind
*Too much and too many attempts for control over circumstances, let God, the Father, be in charge of my disaster recovery plan, be my remote “tech support.” PTL in Jesus’ name!
*Depression and literal freezing when the above occures
AMEN!!!
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. Noone comes to the Father except through me.
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:
Tylers Recovery
Montys Recovery
My Guilt and Shame for what I feel that I have done to my entire family by being an enabler to addictions.
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. (Psalm 144:1 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 freedom from addition to money and possessions
My son’s lack of direction for his life
Adapting to empty nest
1John 4:15 HCSB-“Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in 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:
His ability to sanctify me to become a more godly wife and mother, and His ability given to me to have patience and to truly love my husband and children
His ability to assure me that I am His and no one is able to snatch me from His hand
His ability to assure me daily that I am more than an overcomer in Him for who is the one who overcomes the world, but (she) who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Great assignment, is good for me, love you much Siesta Mama Beth:)