{"id":42125,"date":"2026-10-26T20:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=42125"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:21:48","slug":"26-1026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-1026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear God\u2019s Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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Jesus says to us what he said to the disciples on the stormy sea. \u201cIt is I, don\u2019t be afraid\u201d (John 6:20). The literal translation of what Jesus said is, \u201cI AM, don\u2019t be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM. That\u2019s God\u2019s name. When we wonder if God is coming, he answers with his name, I AM<\/em>. When we wonder if he is able, he declares, I AM.<\/em>\u00a0When we see nothing but darkness, feel nothing but doubt, and wonder if God is near or aware, the welcome answer from Jesus is this: I AM<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Pause for a moment and let him tell you his name. Your greatest need is his presence. Yes, you want this storm to pass. Yes, you want the winds to still. But yes, yes, yes, you want to know and need to know and must know that the great I AM is near. Remember friends, you are never alone.<\/p>\n

\"\"Read more You Are Never Alone: Trust in the Miracle of God’s Presence & Power<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jesus says to us what he said to the disciples on the stormy sea. \u201cIt is I, don\u2019t be afraid\u201d (John 6:20). The literal translation of what Jesus said is, \u201cI AM, don\u2019t be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM. That\u2019s God\u2019s name. When we wonder if God is coming, he answers with his name, I AM. When we wonder if he is able, he declares, I AM. When we see nothing but darkness, feel nothing but doubt, and wonder if God is near or aware, the welcome answer from Jesus is this: I AM.<\/p>\n

Pause for a moment and let him tell you his name. Your greatest need is his presence. Yes, you want this storm to pass. Yes, you want the winds to still. But yes, yes, yes, you want to know and need to know and must know that the great I AM is near. Remember friends, you are never alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42127,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42125\/revisions\/42127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}