20250119 IS - God IS the Renamer Isaiah 62.1-5

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The Passage: Isaiah 62:1-5
The One Thing: God is the Renamer (The Power of a New Name Badge).

Growgroup Discussion Starters
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K1 What nicknames (perhaps funny, perhaps hurtful) did you have when you were a kid?

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G1 God’s people had arrived back in Israel after years of exile. What emotional impact do you think it had for them to hear the names (Hephzibah and Beulah) that God was giving them?
G2 Is believing this idea God has new names for us nothing more than “the power of positive thinking”? Why or why not?
G3 Look up the persecution happening to the Christians in Manipur, India (helpful website include “open doors” and “the Joshua project”. Pray the names from the sheet over Manipur Christians (and others suffering).
G4 What does Isaiah 62:1-5 reveal to us about the person and personality of God? G5 Place this sheet of names somewhere you can read them and be reminded (bathroom mirror fridge, office bulletin board).

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S1 Who in your life needs to hear the names that God has for them as they trust in Christ? Pray for an opportunity to talk to them about this, perhaps even giving them the sheet of names from God.