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In the journey of faith, God invites believers to listen to the Spirit and understand His message. Revelation 2:17 and 3:12 promise that those who overcome will receive a new name, symbolizing a new relationship with God. This transformation requires erasing pride, self-sufficiency, and self-interest from our lives. By practicing spiritual disciplines like solitude, prayer, and community worship, we create space for God's name to be inscribed in our lives. Embrace this new identity and allow God to guide your transformation.
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Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To him who overcomes . . . I will give a white stone with a new name written on it . . . Rev. 2:17 NLT
To him who overcomes . . . I will write on him my new name . . . Rev. 3:12 NLT
In the Old Testament a change of name signified a new relationship with God and a pledge of divine action to change the status or character of a person.
Notice they did not just stay with Jesus for one day, but from that point forward.
Jesus taught only one kind of Christian, a disciple, one who is in the process of his new name being written all over his life.
Sometimes we have our new name written in only part of our lives.
God writes His new name only on those places in our lives where He has erased our pride, self sufficiency and self interest.
To follow Jesus is to make God the center of my life by laying down my right to decide and control my life.
Knowing, understanding and embracing the teachings of Jesus. Reading, studying, pondering and obeying
Practicing the spiritual disciplines which create room for God to write His name in our lives. Solitude, silence, fasting, prayer, the word
Doing life with others. Worship, prayer, serving and sharing