Tag: glory
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The very best things
Leviticus 3:16 “The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord’s.” Have you ever wondered what in the world the verse above is all about? I have. Then one day it dawned on me that in Hebrew, “the fat” also means “the best…
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The sun of God
Judges 13:24-25 “And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.” The other day I was reading Psalm 84 and I came across verse 11 which says, “For the LORD God is a sun and…
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The perfect prayer
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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Revelation of glory
John 17:1 “When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you. . .” When Jesus prayed the words above to his Father, He was on His way to the cross. This was the “hour” that had come. This one Who…
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How Great Thou Art!
Psalm 104:1 “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed in splendor and majesty.” How GREAT is our God! Any words we use, no matter how many we use, can only understate his majesty. He is a being that never had a beginning and never will…
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The path to glory
Exodus 39:42-43 “According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work. And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses blessed them.” Exodus 40:33-34 “So Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the…
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Seeing the glory of God
Exodus 20:4-5 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a…
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If I could see a miracle. Really?
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 heard someone claim that if they saw a miracle, then they might believe in God? Jesus spoke about this line of thinking in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in…
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