88: Unwrapping the Names of Jesus (Advent Episode with Asheritah Ciuciu)

Looking for a meaningful way of approaching Scripture at Advent? Author and speaker Asheritah Ciuciu unpacks the significance of studying the names of Jesus at Christmastime.

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• “I’m afraid that I’m going to ruin Christmas for my kids.”
• “How can I recapture the joy of Christmas?”
• “I want to offer the gift of who Jesus is and who He offers Himself to be through His names.”
• “Even if I dedicated the rest of my life to studying the Names of God, I still would not master them.”
• “Names have such significance in Scripture - beyond what you call someone, it is an indication of someone’s identity.”
• Hebrews 7:25
• Hebrews 4:16
• “It doesn’t depend on you. It is the identity of the Great High Priest that invites you to come to Him confidently, with boldness, so that you can find mercy and help in your time of need.”
• “Understanding Jesus’s names changes everything because it shifts our devotion from just head knowledge about who Jesus is to this posture of heart adoration and worship. You cannot study Jesus’s names and remain passive [...] It moves you to worship and devotion and adoration.”
• “Jesus’s different names reflect different facets of His identity, of who He is.”
• Matthew 6:26
• “Don’t underestimate the power of prayer.”
• “Don’t feel the pressure of needing to do everything.”
• “Jesus said, ‘let the little children come to Me,” and so we get to bring them along as we join them in coming to Jesus together.”

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