Advice to anyone engaged in mission

Another great little posting on the Desiring God blog here.

Names of Jesus

For our prayer meeting this week I got hold of a list of the names of Jesus and read it out. It is really edifying to go through it!

ADVOCATE: (1 John 2:1)
ALMIGHTY: (Revelation 1:8)

ALPHA AND OMEGA: (Revelation 1:8) 

AMEN: (Revelation 3:14) 

ANGEL OF THE LORD: (Exodus 3:2)
APOSTLE: (Hebrews 3:1)

ARM OF THE LORD: (Isaiah 51:9) (Isaiah 53:1)

AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH: (Hebrews 12:2) 

AUTHOR OF LIFE: (Acts 3:15)
AUTHOR OF SALVATION: (Hebrews 2:10)

BELOVED SON: (Matthew 12:18)

BLESSED AND ONLY RULER: (1 Timothy 6:15)

BRANCH: (Isaiah 4:2)
BREAD OF LIFE: (John 6:32) 

CHIEF SHEPHERD: (1 Peter 5:4) 

CHRIST: (Luke 9:20) 

CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL: (Luke 2:25)

CORNERSTONE: (Psalm 118:22) 

COUNSELLOR: (Isaiah 9:6)

CREATOR: (John 1:3) 

DELIVERER: (Romans 11:26)

DOOR: (John 10:7)

CHOSEN ONE: (Isaiah 42:1) 

EVERLASTING FATHER: (Isaiah 9:6)
FAITHFUL WITNESS: (Revelation 1:5) 

FIRST AND LAST: (Revelation 1:17) 

GLORY OF THE LORD: (Isaiah 40:5)
GOD: (Isaiah 40:3) 

GOOD SHEPHERD: (John 10:11)
GREAT HIGH PRIEST: (Hebrews 4:14) 

HEAD OF THE CHURCH: (Ephesians 1:22)

HEIR OF ALL THINGS: (Hebrews 1:2)
HIGH PRIEST (Heb 8:1-2) 

HOLY SERVANT: (Acts 4:27) 

HOLY ONE: (Acts 3:14) 

HOLY ONE OF GOD: (Mark 1:24)

HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL: (Isaiah 41:14)

HORN OF SALVATION: (Luke 1:69)

I AM: (John 8:58)

IMAGE OF GOD: (2 Corinthians 4:4)

IMMANUEL: (Isaiah 7:14)

JESUS: (Matthew 1:21)

JUDGE OF ISRAEL: (Micah 5:1) 

KING: (Zechariah 9:9)

KING ETERNAL: (1 Timothy 1:17) 

KING OF THE JEWS: (Matthew 2:2)

KING OF KINGS: (1 Timothy 6:15)

LAWGIVER: (Isaiah 33:22) 

LAMB OF GOD: (John 1:29)

LEADER AND COMMANDER: (Isaiah 55:4)

LIFE: (John 14:6)

LAST ADAM: (1 Corinthians 15:45)
LIGHT OF THE WORLD: (John 8:12)

LION OF JUDAH: (Revelation 5:5)

LORD OF GLORY: (1 Corinthians 2:8) 

LORD OF LORDS: (1 Timothy 6:15)

LORD OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS: (Jeremiah 23:6)

MAN OF SORROWS: (Isaiah 53:3)

MEDIATOR: (1 Timothy 2:5) 

MESSENGER: (Malachi 3:1) 

MIGHTY GOD: (Isaiah 9:6) 

MIGHTY ONE: (Isaiah 60:16) 

MORNING STAR: (Revelation 22:16)

NAZARENE: (Matthew 2:23) 

ONLY BEGOTTEN SON: (John 1:18) 

OUR PASSOVER: (1 Corinthians 5:7)

PRINCE OF PEACE: (Isaiah 9:6) 

PROPHET: (Luke 24:19) 

REDEEMER: (Job 19:25) 

RESURRECTION AND LIFE: (John 11:25)
THE RIGHTEOUS ONE: (Acts 7:52)

RISING SUN: (Luke 1:78)

ROCK: (1 Corinthians 10:4)
ROOT OF DAVID: (Revelation 22:16)
RULER: (Matthew 2:6)

SAVIOUR: (Luke 2:11)

SEED OF WOMAN: (Genesis 3:15) 

SHEPHERD: (1 Peter 2:25)
SON OF THE BLESSED ONE: (Mark 14:61) 

SON OF DAVID: (Matthew 1:1) 

SON OF GOD: (Matthew 2:15) 

SON OF THE MOST HIGH: (Luke 1:32)

SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: (Malachi 4:2)

TRUE LIGHT: (John 1:9)

TRUE VINE: (John 15:1)

TRUTH: (John 1:14) 

WORD: (John 1:1) 

 

Hoarding...

Hoarding stuff makes us feel secure but here's a great comic strip I saw on the Desiring God blog.