0720B WHAT IS YOUR NAME (SONG OF THE WEEK)

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

(I wrote this song a couple of years ago while reflecting on the account of the deliverance of the Gadarene demoniac, and also of Simon whom Jesus renamed the apostle Peter. Jesus had great authority to be able to declare someone's name. His view of me is just as profound.)

What is your name, He asks me

What is your name?

And what can I say? He knows the truth. I cannot lie.

What is my name you ask me

What is my name?

My name is Legion for many demons dwell here inside me

They are what guide me

My name is Simon, one who denied You

That's what defines me, that's what describes me

I am guilt for what I've done

I am shame for who I am

I am failure yesterday and yet today it's still the same

It is my past it is my future

What is Your name, I ask You

What is Your name?

And You say You are the Way You are the Truth You cannot lie

Here is my name, You tell me

This is Your name:

"I am Jesus called the Christ.

I am the Living One who died

I am Alpha and Omega the Beginning and the End

And all authority in heaven and on earth is in my hand

And I declare that where you are is not defined by where you've been!

This is your name

This is your name, it is your future:

You are Peter, you're a rock and the gates of hell shall not prevail

Now you are sane and self-controlled 

You are delivered you are whole

You are freed from what you've done

You're a child of the I AM

and you're forgiven that's your name

The old is gone

The past is past

The new has come

You’re free at last

Now claim your future.