Jesus, What a Wonderful Name! (E1)

0:00When the angel told Mary, she was to name her child Jesus. That name was packed with meaning. At one of the Trulon conferences, Nancy Damas Walgamuth explored the life of Jesus in a dramatic scripture recitation called Jesus. What a wonderful name. Every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Praise God for people like Nancy Lee Damas who take us back to where we need to go every time. The word, the word, the word. This is Janet Parcial. She was in the audience that night at the Trulon Women Conference. Opening night, when Nancy did over 240 verses right through the scripture of who Jesus was, I stood there and I read the word, I know the word, but I listened to her talk and I thought, it's all about him. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.

1:04Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing. That's all it's ever been about. It's all about Jesus from the first word to the last word. It's Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Trillia Newbell was also in the audience that night. She was motivated by hearing this recitation to keep studying the scripture and keep getting to know Jesus better. I couldn't believe that Nancy could memorize 200 scriptures and what went through my mind was Nancy's in the word and it is amazing. So she has to be personally in the word studying, reflecting on God and his character in order to stand up and recite all of those scriptures. So for me to watch that was encouraging, inspiring, motivating, it spurred me on to want to do good works

2:05and learn about the Lord and worship him because his name is great. And so I was so moved by it. It was just a great time. Spirit and the bride say come. Today and tomorrow we'll hear this moving recitation. This is the Reviver Hearts Podcast with Nancy Damas Walgamuth, author of The Wonder of His Name. For October 1st, 2026, I'm Dana Grash. Prepare to be amazed by the wonder of who Jesus is as we explore his story through all of scripture. Here's the recitation from Nancy Damas Walgamuth at True Woman 14. By the way, there were some powerful pictures that went along with this presentation. So watch the video at Reviver Hearts.com. Let's listen. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham,

3:08in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness on them has light show. In the six month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

4:09to a virgin, be trod to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David. And the angel said to her, do not be afraid Mary, for you have found favor with God and behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the son of the most high and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom. There will be no end. And behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph and a dream saying Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you shall call his name Jesus for he will save his people from their sins.

5:09All this took place to fulfill with the Lord had spoken by the prophet. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means God with us. In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered and all went to be registered each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee in Nazareth to Judea to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem because he was at the house in lineage of David. To be registered with Mary has been troved who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth and she gave birth to her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling claws and laid him in a manger because there was no place for them in the inn.

6:10For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, prince of peace, of the increase of his government and of peace. There will be no end. The true light which gives light to everyone was coming into the world. And the word became flesh and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory. Glory is of the only son from the Father, full of grace and truth. For from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God.

7:10The only God who was at the Father's side, He has made him know. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. When he came up out of the water immediately, he saw the heavens being torn open and the spirit descending on him like a dove and a voice came from heaven. You are my beloved son. With you, I am well pleased. The spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness and he was in the wilderness 40 days being tempted by Satan and he was with the wild animals and the angels were ministering to him.

8:11He came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day and he stood up to read and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He enrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written. The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to set up liberty all who were oppressed to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Then he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him and he began to say to them, today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing and all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth.

9:14He went on from there and entered their synagogue and a man was there with a withered hand and they asked him, is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath so that they might accuse him? He said to them, which one of you who has a sheep if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath will not take hold of it and lift it out of how much more value is a man than a sheep so it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. Then he said to the man, stretch out your hand and the man stretched it out and it was restored, healthy like the other but the Pharisees went out and conspired against him how to destroy him. Jesus aware of this with drew from there and then he followed him and he healed them all and ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah. Behold my servant to my have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.

10:18I will put my spirit on here and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel or cry aloud nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. A bruised read he will not break. A smoldering wick he will not quench until he brings justice to victory and in his name the Gentiles will hope. Then a demon oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him and he healed him so that the man spoke and saw. And all the people were amazed and said, can this be the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard it they said, it is only by beelsable, the prince of demons that this man casts out demons. And coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue so that they were astonished and said, can this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?

11:18Is not this the carpenter's son? It's not his mother called Mary and they took offense at him. He was in the world and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not know him. He came to his own and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man. But of God. Now when Jesus entered into the district of Cessaria, Philippi, he asked his disciples, who do people say that the son of man is? And they said some say John the Baptist. They say Elijah and others Jeremiah are one of the prophets. He said to them, but who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered,

12:18you are the Christ, the son of the living God. And Jesus answered him, blessed are you Simon, Barjona, for flesh and blood is not revealed this to you, but my father who is in heaven. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go up to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed. And on the third day be raised. Then Jesus told his disciples, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? What shall a man give in return for his soul?

13:19For the son of man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his father. And then he will repay each person according to what he has done. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem, behold, your king is coming to you, righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a cult, the fall of a donkey, and he shall speak peace to the nations. His rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. Now Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. And he said to them, it is written, my house shall be called a house of prayer. But you make it a den of robbers.

14:21And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple. And he healed them. When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did. And the children crying out in the temple, Hosanna to the son of David, they were indignant. When Jesus had finished all these saves, He said to His disciples, the children crying out in the temple, and Jesus had finished all these saves. He said to His disciples, you know that after two days, the Passover is coming, and the son of man will be delivered up to be crucified. Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come

15:22to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel tidied around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with a towel that was wrapped around him. When he had washed their feet, and put on his outer garments, and resumed his place, he said to them, Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me teacher, and Lord,

16:22and you are right for so I am. If I then, your Lord, and teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that you also should do, just as I have done to you. Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it, broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat. This is my body. And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many, for the forgiveness of sins. Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover. It was about the six hour. Pilate said to the Jews,

17:23Behold your king! They cried out away with him, away with him, crucify him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priest answered, We have no king but Caesar. So he delivered him over to them, to be crucified. We've been focused on Jesus, and following his story throughout the Bible. Nancy Damas Walgamuth recited these verses at True Woman 14. We'll hear part two of this powerful recitation tomorrow, and Nancy will be right back to give you tips on how you can memorize God's word. Before then, I have a special invitation for you. On October 3rd, this Saturday, we are live streaming our 25th anniversary celebration, and we would be so honored to have you join us online. This is going to be an evening of gratitude, worship, and stories of God's transforming grace,

18:25as we celebrate 25 years of God's faithfulness to revive our hearts. You'll find a link to the live stream in today's transcript at ReviverHearts.com, so hop on from there, or visit ReviverHearts.com-25th. I hope you'll celebrate with us in this way, and marvel at the kindness of God to this ministry. Can you believe today is October 1st? As you know, a new month means a new theme, and new featured resources. Throughout October, we're fixing our eyes on Jesus, celebrating the release of Nancy's new advent devotional. Consider Jesus, meditations on the person and work of Christ. In the midst of all that competes for your attention during the holiday season, this 31-day advent devotional helps you recapture the depth, joy, and true significance of Christmas. Make this beautiful resource a part of your Christmas traditions, and consider Jesus with those you love.

19:27This month, we're sending you a copy of our thanks when you make a donation of any amount. To give and request, consider Jesus. Visit ReviverHearts.com, or call us at 1-800-569-5959. Like I said, tomorrow we'll hear part two of this recitation following the story of Jesus through the gospels, the epistles, and a revelation. Now, how did Nancy go about memorizing all that scripture? And can you do the same thing? Nancy addressed those questions during a question and answer session with a group of women. She was asked for advice on memorizing large portions of scripture. Nancy began by referring to an interview that's aired on ReviverHearts. I did an interview with a woman named Janet Pope who's written a book called His Word in My Heart. And I believe that's a moody publisher's book if I'm not mistaken. Great book. Y'all to get a hold of that. She believes in memorizing whole books of the Bible.

20:27And she's done it, I think, with 18 of them, or something like that. Last count. But she's done it over like 18 years. And just steadily. And when I listened to her, I thought, anybody could do this. Because she breaks it down in a way that is really simple. Now, I wish 18 years ago I had started doing it the way she recommended, because my way has not been the best. But I have tried over the years to memorize large portions of scripture. And I'll tell you what, there are no shortcuts. There are no shortcuts. And I find if I just stick at it, you just say it again and again and again and again. And you just keep doing it. It takes time. There are no shortcuts. There are no easy ways to do it. I was able to memorize more easily 30 years ago than I can today. So for those of you who are younger women, do it now. It is harder now. And I don't know. I can't explain that why that is.

21:28But do it when you're younger. Those of you who have children, if I were parenting today, I would get those children memorizing huge sections of scripture. They memorize so many other things. It's amazing what those little kids have in their heads. Get a memorizing the word of God. Get a memorizing the book of Proverbs. They could do it in a period of years. And as they do it, you do it with them. We heard another series that you can get on our website. It's an interview with Nancy Epersen, where she talked about scripture memory. And you can get the transcripts or the audio. And again, she talked about how as a mother, when she had little kids, she would write a portion of scripture for the week in some kind of marker, the kind that comes off. She would write it on her kitchen counter. And she would say it again and again and again. And she was working during the week. The thing would wear off. And at the end of the week, she scrubbed the counter clean and write another scripture on it. And then she said she realized that she was just saying these

22:28that she was going through a week. And that her three-year-old son was memorizing them with her. Was picking them up. Now, those are just individual verses. But with longer sections, break it down into shorter sections. Just a verse at a time, a phrase at a time. And meditating on it. The huge key and the thing I have not done as much of over the years as I wish I had is reviewing those passages. Most of what I have memorized in the past, I cannot quote. And that's the difference between me and Janet Pope that I interviewed. She can still quote it all because she's been reviewing it constantly over all these years. And if I were starting again today as a younger woman memorizing scripture, that's the thing I would do differently. I may be memorizing a little less, but be reviewing it so that it stays with me.

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