Starting Right
Starting Right is a 5 minute Day Starter to help keep you motivated, encouraged, and focused throughout your day. DannyMac is a pastor, teacher, motivational speaker, husband, and father. His years of leading and training people have given him vast experience in helping individuals to accomplish change in their lives and meet their goals. He can help you set the course for your day by offering practical advice from God's Word in a positive and fun way. There is no better way to begin your day than by Starting Right with DannyMac.
Starting Right
When One Prayer Sparked a Worship Anthem
Have you ever wondered about the extraordinary power behind a single name? "I Speak Jesus" has become one of the most impactful worship anthems in recent years, and today we dive into the fascinating story of how this powerful song came to be.
Whether you're facing addiction, illness, or simply need encouragement to start your week, this Music Monday episode reminds us of the profound truth that there's supernatural power in simply speaking the name of Jesus.
What name are you speaking over your circumstances today? Join us for this five-minute devotional that might just change your perspective—and your day.
Youtube Link for today:
https://youtu.be/wFeQBcTJJf4?si=4o-XJeEjVIlkFL9J
Good morning and welcome to Starting Right with Danny Mac. I'm going to be here every Monday to Friday to help you get a great five-minute start to your day. So grab your cup of coffee, sit back, relax and let me help you start your day right. I just want to speak the name of Jesus Over every heart and every mind. Good morning everybody, and welcome to Music Monday, and I expect that many of you recognize that opening clip, which is from today's song.
Speaker 1:It's called I Speak Jesus and was written by a very talented group that call themselves here Be Lions. The song has been recorded by multiple artists, including Charity Gale, josh Baldwin and Darlene Cech. I was curious about the writing group's name here Be Lions so I did a little bit of research to find out some more about them. They are a ministry collective focused on discipleship, music and community. The collective takes its name from the old mapping tradition, in which explorers marked unknown dangerous territory with a symbol and the phrase here Be Lions. Originally it was meant as a warning, but the phrase has become a call for here be lions to advance God's kingdom, his authority and his power and his order. One of the group is Dustin Smith and he talked about the writing of this song. He said the song came as easy as it sounds.
Speaker 1:Jesse Reeves, another member of their group, prayed over us before we started writing and just said I just want to speak the name of Jesus over these people. That was it, the whole prayer, nothing more, nothing less. And when we went to write, I asked if we could write a song based on his prayer. He said all I did was say the name of Jesus and that is all I want to say over my congregation, over my family, over my sickness, over depression and anxiety. All we needed was a melody, because we already had the most important word Jesus.
Speaker 1:There is mighty power in the name of Jesus, and he's absolutely correct. There's tremendous power in the name of Jesus. All you have to do is start reading through the New Testament and you can't get away from it. Philippians 2, 9-11 tells us Therefore, god exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that was above every name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God, the Father, and the scripture tells us that not only should everyone bow to that name, but salvation can only come through that name of Jesus.
Speaker 1:Acts, chapter 4, verse 12. Salvation is found in no one else. There is no other name under heaven given by mankind by which we must be saved. This verse reminds us that there is no other way to have a relationship with God or to come to God than through Jesus Christ and the power of what he has done for us. It's not just a path, but the singular path through which salvation can be attained, through our faith in him. And scripture also tells us that there's healing in that name.
Speaker 1:In the book of Acts, peter heals a lame man by saying in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. There is power in the name of Jesus, not just over spiritual maladies but over the physical ones as well. And let's not minimize our role of faith in what Jesus does. It's not merely pronouncing his name, but a deep, real, abiding faith in what that name represents God's grace, his love for humanity and his power to save and heal.
Speaker 1:So when we're singing this song, I just want to speak the name of Jesus till every dark addiction starts to break, declaring there is hope and there is freedom. I speak Jesus. Your name is healing. Your name is life. Break every stronghold, shine through the shadows and burn like a fire. I just want to speak that name of Jesus. I'm going to leave you with another short clip from the song this morning, and in your show notes there will be the YouTube link that you can either click on or copy and paste, if you need to, and to listen to Josh Baldwin's version of the song. I think you will really enjoy it. Have a great day, my friends. We will talk again tomorrow. I'll see you next time.
