What's in a Name?

God has given us our daughter’s name, and we will call her “Elia Jane”. Elia is the feminine form of “Elijah” which means The Lord is My God, and Jane is the feminine form of “John” which means God is Gracious. Jane is also the middle name of my maternal grandmother. When God gave us this name, we began praying that he would confirm that it was really from him. As I was praying in the prayer room over the abortion issue, and as I began to pray for Elia’s life to be spared, God led me to Malachi 4:5,6.

“See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

The scripture is cross referenced in Luke 1:17 where the angel Gabriel speaks to Zechariah saying,

“... and you are to give him the name John [fem. Jane], He will be a great joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord… and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth. Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. And he will go forth in the spirit and power of Elijah [fem. Elia], to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous- to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

So would you join us in prayer as we eagerly await the arrival of Elia Jane! We believe that truly her life will be a great joy and delight , and that we will all rejoice because of her birth! We believe that in this day God is longing to turn the “hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers”! This is the time that God wants to stir up the spirit of adoption within the Body of Christ.

So what's in a name? Elia Jane, we prophesy destiny over you, daughter! Life is in a name! He calls us by name, and so we call our daughter, yet unknown, by name! We love you Elia Jane, we speak life over you and declare to your spirit that you are wanted and loved!