• I Will Change Your Name (Lyrics Of Song)

  Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jan 20, 2026 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  1 Samuel 16:7, John 1:42, Acts 5:29, Matthew 26:33, Philippians 4:13  (view more)  (view less)

  Tags:  Baptism, Creation, New, Name, Face, Change, New Creation  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Anglican

There is a song that is often used at baptisms ...that seems so appropriate ... to help portray this new birth ... in Christ.

I will change your name

You shall no longer be called

Wounded, outcast, lonely or afraid

I will change your name

Your new name shall be

Confidence, joyfulness, overcoming one

Faithfulness, friend of God

One who seeks My face

Beloved ... The Scriptures promise ... that we shall have a new value ... a new identity... in essence ... a new name.

For we are a what?

We are ... A new creation ... Praise God ... a new creation ...in Christ Jesus.

The Old is ... gone ... the new has ... come.

Well ... in our text ... Simon is literally given ... a new name ... Peter.