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Even as you hit the fast lane of life with furious strides that brook no brakes, won’t you pause a moment to grab a grain of scriptural truth embedded herein ? (click on hypertext in the Day’s Reading for reference verse)
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His name is John
There are several instances in the Bible of God dictating the names of new- borns. Obviously when He does that, it is clear that He has a purpose and plan for that person; sometimes He also designates them to be signs. This of course does not mean that the rest of us, whose names were thought up by parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles have no role in God’s Kingdom – examples are too numerous to cite. The only ones specially named in advance of their birth in the New Testament (to my knowledge) are Jesus and John.
The name John, scholars tell us, means ‘Jehovah has been gracious’. Indeed He has been, for both Elizabeth and Zechariah were very old.
What’s your name, son?
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6 Nov. setting 1 January as Day 1