Tag: glory of God
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What do you see?
Acts 7:55-56 “But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, ‘Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’” In the above account of the martyrdom of Stephen we understand that Stephen saw…
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Have you seen the glory?
Isaiah 6:3 “The whole earth is full of his glory.” What is glory? One definition I’ve heard that has helped me to understand the term is that “glory” is “a manifestation of the greatness of God.” The Seraphim that Isaiah saw and spoke of in Isaiah 6 said that the whole earth is full of…
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The Mindset
Colossians 3:2 “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” Have you ever heard the statement “He’s so heavenly minded that he’s no earthly good?” In that the instructions above are given to Christians, who are supposed to be heavenly minded, I doubt the “heavenly minded” quote actually…
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God’s superlatives
Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” How important is every word in the Scriptures as the infinite God works…
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Rain
1 Kings 18:1 “After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, ‘Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.’” Have you ever pondered about rain? It’s such a common thing for us here in the northeastern United States that we can take it for…
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Prayer that pleases God
John 17:1 “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.” Jesus did what he did in a perfect way. This included the way in which He prayed. When He asked the Father to bless Him in some way, He always had, first and foremost, the Father’s glory in mind. …
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Why anything that is, is
Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” Revelation 4:11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and power, for you created all things and by your will they were created and have their being.” Ever think about how God existed from…
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Are you good?
Psalm 57:4-5 “My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts—the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!” My wife tells me I’m prone to exaggeration – like the…
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The glory of God: have you seen it?
John 11:40 “Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” “ Have you ever seen the glory of God? In the verse above, Jesus is speaking to Martha right after He commanded that the stone be removed from Lazarus’ tomb – a full four days after…
To Encourage You 