Posts Tagged ‘ simple man of 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 our worship, for He is our mighty Creator of all things.
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21, ESV
God’s foremost goal is not giving us all we ask for, rather it is to grow us more like Christ for His glory which will bring more people to Him.
That is the foremost work in us: the salvation of others to His glory as we look more like His Son.
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16, ESV
We are not freed and empowered to merely make ourselves happy or make up our own rules for life.
We are freed and empowered to share the love, grace, and forgiveness of God, and we are His, sealed with the Holy Spirit.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9, ESV
Live a weak life.
God’s grace and strength move through us when we are humble and admit our need for Him.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23, ESV
What you cherish and focus on will guide your life.
Do you focus on the Word of God? Do you cherish the revelation of our Lord?
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5, ESV
Our Lord is indefatigable and undefeatable. Evil tried to take Him down, but He proved greater than evil and death.
We can trust our God.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 40:29, ESV
God uses the weak in this world to change the world.
Live a weak life. See what God can do through you when you humbly submit to Him.
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
Psalm 103:13, ESV
A loving father helps their kids as they learn and grow.
We never could have learned or grown enough to earn salvation, but our heavenly Father made a way for us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
Nahum 1:7, ESV
Natural Man rebels against God and His Word, which also means against His People. We can take comfort knowing He warned us and promised to be with us.
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
1 Peter 4:16, ESV
If you are doing the good works of God and experiencing the persecution of others, take joy in knowing that you suffer as our Lord suffered. And that could bring others to saving faith in Christ.
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