Posts Tagged ‘ God ’
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
Revelation 4:11, ESV
God deserves all praise, honor, and glory, if for no other reason than He created everything.
Further, He saved us through His Son. That deserves our love and devotion.
Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
Psalm 47:1, ESV
For all He has done for us, should we not praise and celebrate God?!
Absolutely! Be glad for what He has done, is doing, and will do.
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
John 19:30, ESV
Jesus died for our sinful rebellion, and the work of forgiveness was completed at the cross. Nothing more is needed.
Believe this. Trust Him. Turn to and be washed by His grace. Let the Holy Spirit change you.
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:8, ESV
God became a man to do what we never could: be perfectly obedient and offer the perfect sacrifice to atone for our sin and rebellion.
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm 46:10, ESV
Do be too busy to leave out time for God.
Do not be anxious, remembering God is in control.
Stop. Spend time with God. Find contentment in His Word and presence.
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!
Psalm 126:5, ESV
God is a Comforter. He sees our tears, our pain and trouble. He has redeemed these through the cross.
Believe in Him, and find the joy that surpasses understanding!
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16, ESV
God has saved us. HALLELUJAH!
Proclaim it boldly!
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
Psalm 51:1-2, ESV
We are woefully wicked in our sin. Thanks be to God for showing us grace and mercy through the cross to blot out that sin!
The earth is the Lord ‘s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein
Psalm 24:1, ESV
We are not God. In fact, we are under God’s rule (even if we choose to obey Satan, instead.)
Turn to Creator. Obey Hos precepts and Son.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1, ESV
Be gentle, yet truthful. Do not demean, speak out of turn, or merely complain. You are speaking with a fellow image bearer of God.
a simple man of God 