Faithful companion, co-laborer. Silouanos. Silvanus stood with Paul and Peter, carrying letters and strengthening churches. Behind every bold apostolic word were faithful people willing to deliver it. Be that person.

Dear to God, honoring God. Timotheos. Timothy carried both meaning and mission in his name, becoming a faithful son in the faith to Paul. A name can be a calling. Live up to yours.

Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.

Thessalonian, inhabitant of Thessalonica. Thessalonikeús. The believers of Thessalonica received the word with joy despite persecution and became a model to all Macedonia. Where you are from can become a testimony.

God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.

When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.

Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.

Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.

The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.

Grace, favour, gift, charm. Charis. By grace you have been saved through faith. Grace is God giving what we do not deserve. It is His nature expressed toward those who need Him.

The Greek eirene carries the Hebrew shalom: wholeness, completeness, nothing missing, nothing broken. Jesus says in Me you have eirene, not in the absence of trouble, but in the middle of it. The peace He gives is not the peace of circumstances. It is the peace of His presence.

No, not, never. Mé. The softest Greek negative, used to deny what is possible or expected. When God says no, he means it.