Names are important. They carry meaning and description. Isaiah prophesied names of the coming one, that would give definition of who He is to the entire world, as well as to each of us, intimately. As our Wonderful Counselor, he is our emotional help, our trusted advisor, and our legal advocate.

Intercession grabs the attention of heaven. Moses stood in the gap for a rebellious people, showing us the power of fervent prayer to lessen God’s wrath and bring transformation. When we take our seat as intercessors, history shifts, revival is birthed, and heaven moves on behalf of those we lift up.

Hezekiah was respected as a great leader because he feared God. He was faced with potential annihilation by a formidable army. Instead of running to his war room to strategize, he ran to God's throne room & cried out to him desperately. When he thought everything was over, God stepped in and turned everything around.

God designs and creates us to be carriers of his presence, and then he sets us in community. The enemy of our soul constantly seeks to ruin God’s image bearers in isolation and bitterness. When we embrace community we find healing. When we worship, God arises in our midst and our enemy flees.

God is not offended by our cries of despair.

Jonah created a mess for himself by being directly disobedient to what God told him to do. He cried to God from the literal depths of despair, as his only means of salvation. In His mercy and goodness God was willing to deliver Jonah from the consequences he created.