Kay Arthur - God, Whats Your Name?

P sssssst! Over here. Code word? Good! Now press the hidden lever under the root of the tree and climb on up. Its great to have you back at the tree house. Did you recognize us with our cool disguises? Molly, Sam (the great detective beagle), and I want to recruit you to help us spy out truth and become secret agents for God. Doesnt that sound exciting? By the way, my name is Max. Are you ready to join us in an exciting adventure in Gods Word as we become Gods secret agents and take on the mission of discovering WHO God is and WHAT His different aliases are? (Aliases are the other names that God goes by.)

Did you know that God has many different names in the Bible? These names describe Gods character and show us just WHO He really is. WHAT are those different names? WHAT will we discover about God as we uncover each name?

You have so much to discover about God as you go undercover to spy out truth by studying the BibleGods Operations Manual, the source of all truthand by asking Gods Spirit to lead and guide you. You also have this book, your codebook, which is an inductive Bible study. That word inductive means you go straight to the Bible yourself to investigate what Gods Word says and discover what it means, instead of depending on what someone else says it means.

So grab your disguises and check out the list of things you will need to get started! Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to find out just WHO God is by discovering His different code names and finding out WHAT these names mean so that you can know your God, display strength, and take action (Daniel 11:32).

Are you ready? Great! See you at the PMP (Personal Meeting Point) at 0800 hours.

Good, you made it to the PMP. Molly and I are so excited that you have accepted this mission to become a secret agent for God! Arent you thrilled about being recruited for this special mission of discovering WHO God is?

We have someone we want you to meet: our Uncle Matt. He is a secret agent for the CIA. Uncle Matt is excited that we really want to know who God is, so he has recruited us along with two of our friends, Colby and Ruthi, to become secret agents for God. Uncle Matt is going to be our trainer as he teaches us all about spying. And dont forget to keep your eyes out for you know whoour secret weapon. You guessed it: Sam. He is already sniffing out clues for this secret mission.

To become Gods secret agent and be able to serve and love Him with all your heart, soul, and mind, you have to know WHO God is and HOW He operates. If you dont really know God, how can you have a relationship with Him and serve as one of His special agents?

Are you ready to get started on your field training so you can earn your secret agent badge of service and be deployed on Gods mission field to be used for His service? Great! Then lets get started.

OK, Uncle Matt said as we gathered around the table at our PMPUncle Matts summer cabin. I have a top secret notebook for each one of you to go with your Operations Manual. As we open up our Operations Manual, the Bible, to begin our field training, WHAT is the first thing you need to do? Do you know? Thats right! Pray. Bible study should always begin with prayer. We need to ask God, our Commander in Chief, to direct us and teach us by His Spirit as we begin our top priority mission in His Word. This will help us understand what He says and make sure we handle His Word accurately. Lets pray, and then we can get started on our mission.

Your first field training assignment is to describe God on the lines below. Take a few minutes and think about WHO God is to you. Write down the words that come to your mind as you think about God. Do you think of God as loving or as a judge? Is He a friend or a dictator? Its important that you examine how you see God because the way you see God affects your relationship with Him. Our mission is to discover WHO God really is, not WHO we think He is.

So take a few minutes and describe what you think about God in your notebook below.