Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Isaiah David Winchester

Isaiah David Winchester is going to be the name of our first born son.
We decided to name him Isaiah after the great prophet of the Old Testament.
Isaiah keeps popping up whenever we move towards Jesus so we saw this fitting. I discovered this tonight....From the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yesha'yahu) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation". His name actually mean YAHWEH is salvation. Wow what a mandate on his life! I pray for him a lot because he is going to do more in the name of God then I ever could imagine doing. I also pray that I am going to be the father that he needs to do the things God will do through him. Good thing Jesus is preparing him now. Rest in the arms of the savior my son.
We decided to make his middle name David because of the second and greatest king of Israel. I love the heart of David and so long to be like him, a man after Gods own heart. He was a man who stumbled but ended up on his face in the dirt fighting for his unborn child and when his child passed he got up, dusted himself and carried on with the Lord. I so long to be able to do that after making a mistake instead of sulking about it after. I claim this over my son now, that he will be able to dust himself off and carry on with the Lord. I also discovered this tonight....Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved". My sons name is DVD, kind of funny but means beloved. My son will be the beloved of Jesus and walk with him all the days of his life. I also chose David because of Psalms 23 and the impact it had on my life.
We chose Isaiah because he will be a prophet and we chose David because he will be king that serves. He will prophecy great things in the Kingdom of the Lords. I am not worried about him living up to anything other than who God created him to be. I do know that he will make mistakes and my prayer is that I will respond in those mistakes as Jesus would respond to me in my mistakes.
Abba,
I pray for Isaiah David tonight. Although he is not born yet I pray over him tonight. Always keep him close to you and his head against your chest. Let your love drip on his head and his cup always over flow. Teach him mercy, grace and kindness but most importantly teach him your love. Fill him with your Spirit from birth that he may always know your name. Keep him humble that pride would not stumble him. Guard his heart that it may never be hard. Protect him from the attacks of the enemy for he is called by you. Help me raise him the way he needs to be raised and teach me how to raise him the way a father should raise a son. Lord, guide him always that his path would not lead him astray. Mark him now as he is from you and of you. He will be a blessing to those around him. Fill us with your love for him that we can teach him your love and your ways Father. I lift him up to you that he would always be in your arms.
I pray this in Your Sons precious name, AMEN!

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