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\u201cBut now, this is what the LORD says \u2013 He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: \u2018Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are Mine.’\u201d -Isaiah 43:1<\/em><\/p>\n What\u2019s in a name? In ancient Hebrew culture, what you were named as a baby would reveal your purpose in life.<\/p>\n For instance, the prophet Elijah\u2019s name meant, \u201cMy God is the Lord\u201d. So, literally, if Elijah\u2019s parents called him in from playing outside as a young boy, they would say, \u201cMy God is the Lord, time for dinner!\u201d<\/p>\n It sounds funny, doesn\u2019t it? But in the Hebrew culture, you knew who you were and what you had \u2013 from birth. In our culture today, we\u2019re privileged if we ever figure out our purpose \u2013 it\u2019s now considered normal to have a mid-life crisis at age 40 because we do not know.<\/p>\n But even though we do not live in Biblical times, our names still have significance today.<\/p>\n Sindy was a porn star who went into the porn industry at a young age. She describes her journey falling into porn and how the enemy had tricked her into believing she was named Sindy because \u201cshe was meant for sinful things.\u201d<\/p>\n However, once she realized she had been lied to, she cried out to God to give her a new name. \u201cGod, Give me a new name \u2013 I don\u2019t want to be called SIN anymore!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd GOD answered gently to me: \u2018You never have been, Sindy! SINDY contains two letters more: DY-DIE \u2013 SIN HAS TO DIE!!! Sindy, you are called FREEDOM!’\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n What does your name mean? What does it reveal about God\u2019s plan for your life? God has called us out by name, so that His purposes can be revealed through our lives.<\/p>\n Subscribe Now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What\u2019s In a Name? \u201cBut now, this is what the LORD says \u2013 He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: \u2018Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are Mine.’\u201d -Isaiah 43:1 What\u2019s in a name? In ancient Hebrew culture, what you were named<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[182,181,642],"class_list":["post-21702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-god","tag-today","tag-whats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}