PRAYING THROUGH THE NAMES OF JESUS

Hey GChurch! We are continuing in our series “Praying Through the Names of Jesus”. This last month of 2024, we will be exploring 4 more Names. Remember, check your email every Wednesday to pray along with us as we explore “Praying Through the Names of Jesus.” Let’s make GChurch a house of Prayer.

ETERNAL FATHER

A child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Adoration

Jesus, the name Eternal Father is not commonly attributed to You in our hearts and minds. Yet this is a name You have been given because You are my Father—my Eternal Father. Your compassion surrounds me like the perfect love of a parent. Your nurturing love guides me as a perfect parent would. I receive Your love, Eternal Father, and trust You to make it known to me all the more throughout my days. Receive my love in return, as I am a child looking to my Eternal Father with a heart of joy, trust, and thankfulness.

Confession

Jesus, when the prophet Isaiah revealed this name of Your sin Scripture, it was because You wanted us to see that You embody more than the attributes of redemption, rule, and righteousness. You wanted us to recognize that You are a Father to us in the many ways that fathers fulfill their role—in guiding, leading, giving, encouraging, and protecting those under Your care. Forgive my rebellion against you, my Eternal Father. Forgive my lack of trust in Your paternal love.

Thanksgiving

Thank You, Jesus, for revealing this name to us in Scripture; otherwise, we may never have known this character and attribute of Yours until we got to heaven. Thank You for showing us this side of You through the mention of this name. Thank You that You are a good father, one who is faithful, true, reliable, kind, caring, and loving. The love of a father is a powerful love, and You fulfill this role to the fullest. I bask in Your loving embrace, my Eternal Father. I wait in Your arms as long as I am able, not wanting to leave the security and safety Your presence provides. Thank You for meeting all my needs as a loving father does. Thank You for caring enough about me to discipline me so that I will make the right decision to repent and pursue that for which I will be grateful when I get to heaven.

Supplication

Jesus, I want to know this name of Yours more fully. I want to see Your loving eyes gazing upon me in the way a father looks on his child. Give me the heart of a child. Give me the faith of a child. Let me run into Your arms, my Eternal Father, and feel Your love. Let that love then flow through me to others as I testify of this name to those around me. You are my Eternal Father, the sum total of all I need. And You are willing to give me Your love when I look to You to receive it. Jesus, I want to know You more. I want to feel Your love. I want to love myself as You love me—not with judgment, but with compassion. Show me how to do this, my Eternal Father, as I look to You as the source of my life.