Names are important to God.
** Stories of re-naming:
Abram > Abraham
Sarai > Sarah
Jacob > Israel
Simon > Peter

God gives people naming power.

We’re made in the image of God.

Names God calls us:
* John 15:15 FRIEND
* 1 Thessalonians 1:4 CHOSEN
* Ephesians 2:10 HIS WORKMANSHIP, HIS ART, HANDMADE, PURPOSED, FASHIONED FOR GOOD THINGS
* 1 Corinthians 6:19 HIS TEMPLE, THE RESIDENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
* Acts 1:8 GOD’S MESSENGER TO THE WORLD
* Galatians 3:26 GOD’S CHILD
* Romans 5:8 GREATLY LOVED
* John 8:36 FREE
* 2 Corinthians 5:17 BRAND NEW

** What name is God calling you today?
** What names have you been called that don’t line up with what God calls you?
** What names have you called others that don’t line up with what God calls them?