Posts Tagged ‘ Know ’
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
Nahum 1:7, ESV
Our world is a mess and scary, but God has given us peace and hope through Christ who has redeemed us and understands us. He holds us firmly in His hands.
and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”
Matthew 27:63-64, ESV
We like to think we can outsmart God, even when we know the truth, but God is beyond our ways and understanding.
His plans cannot be stopped. It’s better to join Him.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24, ESV
We like to think we know best, but God calls us to a higher standard of His perfection. We must deny our own ways and take up His.
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Psalm 139:13-14, ESV
We don’t know our own bodies as much as we might like to think we do.
God, however, knows us intimately – mind, body, soul – and we have been called by Him to know Him.
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
3 John 1:11, ESV
Too much knowledge puffs up, and we like to think we know more than we do. Then we copy what feels right to us rather than what may be true. Let us seek God and His wisdom, knowing that He alone is good and true.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7, ESV
We don’t know everything, unlike God. Yet, we are called to love like Him: patiently, sacrificially, hopefully, and in truth but with grace and mercy.
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Psalm 139:23-24, ESV
Our God lives in us by the Holy Spirit, so He knows us intimately and more than we know ourselves. He works in us to make us more Christ-like, revealing our sinfulness and leading us in repentance.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
John 13:34, ESV
Our God has shown His love for us. Let us worship Him by moving each other, by loving His Church.
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3, ESV
Let us remember where our trust lies, that we can ask God who grants us peace when we trust Him and ask Him.
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Hebrews 11:6, ESV
We cannot know nor please God if we do not have faith that He exists and sent His Son to live, die, and rise again for our redemption.
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