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BENONI OR BENJAMIN


Text. Genesis 35:18. 

 Just before she died, Rachel called her son’s name Ben-oni, but his father Jacob named him Benjamin.

One of the sacred roles God gave to parents is the privilege of giving names to their children.

Unfortunately, many parents have abused this privilege. Today, we have children who answer to meaningless, useless and ungodly names given to them by their parents.

God gave parents at least nine full months to think and pray for a name that their child(ren) will bear before they land on planet earth. Many parents however,( Some Christians inclusive) will have no useful name to give their wards except to name the child after the day of the week or after their grandfather or grandmother whose names has no bearing in God's agenda.

I have asked many people for the meaning of their names and I've gotten many sorry responses. Some will say, " my Dad just like how the word sounds and he gave me as name," another will say, " oh, I watch someone in a movie, and I decided to give the same name of a particular character to my child." Several others will just plainly say they don't know the meaning and they probably don't care.

For whatever reason, we see that a number of times, women are the ones naming their children the most in the Bible.It was Eve who named Cain, Abel and Seth. All the twelve sons of Jacob were named by their mothers.

God told Zecharaiah that his son will be called John, but because his wife was in tune with God, she also got the same name even when her husband couldn't talk. 

However, for Rachel, she named her son BENONI meaning 'child of pain' because of the pain she experienced during labour which eventually led to her death. But thank God for her husband,-Jacob. He was a present father. 

He changed the destiny of his child for good by changing the bad name his mother gave him.

BENONI, child of pain was changed to Benjamin child of my right hand. Every good thing comes from the right side symbolically, Exodus 15:6.

A child who should answer "a child of pain" all through his life with its accompanying imports now becomes a child who produces the first king in Isreal.

 Don't let situation determine the name you answer, answer a name that aligns with the program of God for your life.

Even if the name was given to you by your parents or prophet or pastor, if it's not in agreement with God's purpose for your life, feel free to change it and God will honor your decision.

CHANGE YOUR BENONI TO BENJAMIN TODAY.

 Bible reading:

 Genesis 35:16-20.

 PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father, I receive the grace to align myself into your will for my life in everything I do in Jesus name.

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