Christian Writers Circle

Bless Your Holy Name 
by Brenda D. Flowers

New beginnings…
Opportunities…
Blessings…
Joy…

As I enter this new year, I feel anticipation and excitement. Why? I believe God is revealing His love to us in deeper ways. He wants us to see Him as He is. As we honor and bless Him and humbly seek to trust Him in our daily walks, we will experience new life in abundant ways. 

I believe Jesus was sent on mission to not only save us from our sin but to give us everlasting life… a new life that starts when we believe He is the way, the truth and the life. (John 3 & John 14:6)

God is holy and worthy to be honored. His way is holy.

The apostle Matthew recorded Jesus’s words when Jesus gave His disciples a template for a way to pray. It is important to recognize the deep meaning of each word in the prayer Jesus taught His disciples in the past and is teaching us to pray today:

 In this manner, therefore, pray: 
Our Father in heaven
Hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven. … (Matthew 6: 9-10, NKJV)

I have often meditated on the word, “hallowed” and its meaning. This beautiful word has many meanings depending upon its context. I like to sum up its meaning as purposely recognizing someone or some experience as holy, separate, worthy to be revered or honored. 

God’s name represents His total being. God is wholly holy. 

I believe Jesus taught His disciples, and us, to see the importance of approaching our Heavenly Father, with respect and honor when we pray, seeing spiritually God’s majesty, His greatness. 

God is holy and worthy to be praised by the way we speak and by our actions.

When we pray, as Jesus taught us to pray, we choose to honor God as Holy. We recognize who He truly is. All creation came from Him. In Him, we truly live, move and have our being. (Acts 17:28)  God’s complete character is worthy to be honored and praised. 

In the Old and New Testament, we can read how people, who truly loved God, hallowed His name. I treasure how God shows us His holiness and teaches us how to become holy as we read and trust the Bible and as we follow Jesus. His Word is also worthy to be honored and praised. 

As we enter this new year, may we start each day, revering the one true God by reading His Word and by honoring Him with our praise. Let’s bless His holy name. 

Sing these words of David with me, 

Bless the LORD O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! (Psalm 103: 1, NKJV)

Heavenly Father,
Hallowed, holy and worthy to be honored, is Your name. This year may we learn more and more about You as we read and study the Bible and focus on Your holiness. You are worthy to be praised by our words and our actions. Thank you for sending Jesus to show us the way to holiness. Thank You, for Your Spirit who is Your gift of holiness to guide us into all truth. 

I pray each one who reads this post and prays this prayer knows You and is on a quest with me to live fully to give You honor, praise and glory. In Your Son’s, Jesus’s, victorious and holy name, we pray. Amen

If you don’t yet know Jesus as Savior, I believe He is calling you to follow Him right now. At His Father’s request, Jesus, God’s Son, humbled Himself and came to earth to rescue You from sin and death. He sure does love you! 

Reader,  
In 2024, the focus of our blog posts was on the word, grace. We, writers for this site, pray our past posts will touch you in new ways as you review them. This year, God has guided us to write about the word, holiness. Please subscribe and join us as we seek to honor Him with the words we write. Blessings to you and yours in 2025.