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Nehemiah chapter 11 verse 12 and their brothers who did the work of the house

822, and Adaya the son of Joroham, son of

Pelallaya, son of Amzi, son of Zakarir, son of Malcaja.

So that's the verse we're going to reflect on today that's going to lead us to pray.

Why would I pick that verse?

They're brothers who did the work of the house 822 and it lists some

names that I can hardly pronounce. How does this verse lead us to pray and you think about different places like this in the Bible where you see lists of names.

But as I read this list in Nehemiah Chapter 11, I am reminded in a wonderfully encouraging way for these kinds of records in God's word of the history of God's people down to the

individual names of God's people and what they did, not just names but numbers like 822, not 821, not 823, 822.

Like everyone matters.

And in this, I just want you to think about your name.

It is in a list of many names, a long line of names in the history of God's people.

But you count.

Like, your name matters.

God knows you and you matter to him.

So feel the you matter to him?

So feel the, I hope, personal encouragement in this?

You're not just in a, like a sea of multitudes of God's people like you are his child. He knows you by name.

He loves you.

So feel that personally and then step back and realize the wonder not only does your name matter, but your name matters and a long line of names that matter. And so don't find insignificance in this.

Find significance in this, that you're part of a great picture that spans

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