child is born | Thoughts About God https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/tag/child-is-born/ Christian Devotionals, Prayer and Biblical Encouragement Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:03:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-tag-logo-ico-1-2-32x32.jpg child is born | Thoughts About God https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/tag/child-is-born/ 32 32 A Child is Born https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/sylvia-gunter_child-is-born/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:03:35 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/?p=38485 Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV. For to us a child is born,  to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV

And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the greatness of his government and peace
    there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice and righteousness

The names of God in Isaiah 9:6 are familiar to most of us.

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace.

But have you ever really unpacked it and felt the depth and passion of the verse?

For to us a child is born, unto us a son is given, dedicated, granted, given in exchange for or to pay a wage

and the government dominion shall be up on His shoulder,

and his name, reputation, fame and glory

shall be called, recited, cried out, and proclaimed to be

Wonderful, extraordinary, a hard to understand thing, a marvel of God, Counselor, one who advises, consults, counsels, gives purpose, devises, plans

Mighty strong, chief, valiant God,

Everlasting ancient of past time and forever of future time

Father, the head or founder of a family or clan, the first of all fathers

Prince, ruler, leader, chief of Peace, wholeness, completeness, soundness, welfare, quiet, tranquility, contentment, complete health.

That would be enough right there, but then it continues to in verse 7.

And of the increase abundance of his government dominion and peace wholeness, completeness, soundness, welfare, quiet, tranquility, contentment, complete health there shall be no end.

Through Jesus, God has offered us a great exchange through the only One with enough dominion, power, strength, and wisdom to pay our debt of sin in full so that we might know Him who is our Father, Ruler, Leader of wholeness, completeness, soundness, tranquility, contentment, and peace. And He is those things to us in abundance that never runs out.

That is worth proclaiming and crying out to the world!

by Sylvia Gunter
used by permission

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