Glorifying God and HIs Grace with Insights and Scripture
“And you are included among those Gentiles who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ. I am writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and are called to be His own holy people.” (Romans 1:6-7, NLT)
“And we can be sure that we know Him if we obey His commandments. IF some claims, ‘I know God,’ but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.” (1 John 2:3-4, NLT)
“And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.” (Genesis 15:6, NLT)
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9, NLT)
“If you make the Lord your refuge, it you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go.” (Psalm 91:9-11, NLT)
“We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confidence and hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love.” (Romans 5:3-5, NLT)
“O, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.
But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners have no place among the godly. For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.”
EXCERPTS FROM JOB 38
“Does the rain have a father? Who give birth to the dew? Who is the mother of the ice? Who give birth to the most from the heavens? For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes.
Can you direct the movement of the stars – binding the cluster of the Pleiades or loosening the cords of Orion? Can you direct the sequence of the seasons or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens? Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth?
Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain? Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct? Who give intuition to the heart and instinct to the mind? Who is wise enough to count all the clouds? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven when the parched ground is dry and the soil as hardened as rocks?
Can you stalk prey for lioness and satisfy the young lions’ appetites as they lie I their dens or couch in a thicket? Who provides food of ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?” (Job 38:28-41, NLT)
Excerpts from Job Chapter 38
“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east? Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness? As the light approaches, the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal; it is robed in brilliant colors. The light disturbs the wicked and stope the arm that is raised in violence.
Have you explored the springs from which the seas come? Have you explored their depths? Have you seen the gates of utter gloom? Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know!
Where does the light come from and where does the darkness go? Can you take each to its home? Do you know how to get there? But of course you know all this! For you were bore before it was all created and you are very experienced!
Have you visited the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of hail? (I have reserved the as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war). Where is the pat to the source of light? Where is the home of the east wind?
Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lighting? Who make the rain fall on barren land, and in a desert where no one lives? Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground and make the tender grass spring up?” (Jobe 38:12-27, NLT)
Excerpts from Job Chapter 38 (Part I)
“Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
‘Who is the that questions My wisdom with such ignorant words? Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you. must answer them. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know this much.
Who determined its dimensions and searched out the surveying line? What sports its foundations, and who laid its conerstone as the morning stars sang together and all the angles shouted for joy?
Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it bursts from the womb, and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it think in darkness? For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting it shores. I said, This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!.'” (Job 38: 1-11, NLT)
“My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me.
Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice as it rolls from His mouth. It rolls across the heavens, and His lightning flashes in every direction. then comes the roaring of the thunder – the tremendous voice of His majesty. He does not restrain it when He speaks. God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of His power.
He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down. Then everyone stops working so then can watch His power. The wild animals take cover and stay in their dens. The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold. God’s breath sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water. He loads the clouds with moister, and they flash with His lightning. The clouds churn about at His direction. They do whatever He commands throughout all the earth.
He makes these thins happen either to punish people or show His unfailing love. ……..No wonder people everywhere fear Him. All who are wise show Him reverence.” (Job 37: vv.13, 24, NLT)
“Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!” (Ecclesiastes 5:10, NLT)
“Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.” (Luke 12:21, NLT)
“When I look at the night sky and see the work of Your fingers – the moon and the stars You set in place – what are mere mortals that You should think about t them, human beings that You should care for them?” (Psalm 8:3-4 , NLT)
“Few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful wealthy when God called you. Instead, God chose things the wold considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And He chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.” (1 Corinthians 1: 26-27, NLT)