My Name Shall Be There
My Name Shall Be There
"You have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.'" 1 Kings 8:29
You can worship without music, but you cannot worship without the name.
When Solomon set his heart to build God a place of worship, what drove him was God's promise, My name shall be there. Almost 20 times Solomon said he was building a place for God's name. The temple was a house of worship because it was a house for the name.
Have you built a house of worship? You don't need a great voice or musical skill. All you need is the name.
More importantly, has God put his name on your place of daily worship--on your prayer life?
When your prayer life becomes more about what God does when you pray than what you do when you pray, your prayer life has become a place for his name.
Loving Father, I devote my daily prayer time to your name. I take your name. I exalt the name of the Lord Jesus Christ over my house of prayer.
YEAR ON FIRE
© Fred A. Hartley, III
All rights reserved
The English Standard Bible (ESV) is normally used, unless otherwise indicated.
This daily Christ-encountering, fire-starter is not intended to replace your daily Bible reading and prayer time, but rather to motivate you to spend extended time in His presence.
"You have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.'" 1 Kings 8:29
You can worship without music, but you cannot worship without the name.
When Solomon set his heart to build God a place of worship, what drove him was God's promise, My name shall be there. Almost 20 times Solomon said he was building a place for God's name. The temple was a house of worship because it was a house for the name.
Have you built a house of worship? You don't need a great voice or musical skill. All you need is the name.
More importantly, has God put his name on your place of daily worship--on your prayer life?
When your prayer life becomes more about what God does when you pray than what you do when you pray, your prayer life has become a place for his name.
Loving Father, I devote my daily prayer time to your name. I take your name. I exalt the name of the Lord Jesus Christ over my house of prayer.
YEAR ON FIRE
© Fred A. Hartley, III
All rights reserved
The English Standard Bible (ESV) is normally used, unless otherwise indicated.
This daily Christ-encountering, fire-starter is not intended to replace your daily Bible reading and prayer time, but rather to motivate you to spend extended time in His presence.
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