Wow! It seems like forever since I have actually blogged. I took a mini vacation drove to the beach and spent some quality time with my family. It was a well needed time away. I had an awesome time. Today I took some time to reflect on my life as a child of God. I'm doing a group study this week on the life of Paul. The first few times we see Paul/Saul in the bible he was not a delight at all to God. Infact he probably was making God sick to his stomach. He persecuted the church of God. Then we looked at Saul's tranformation into Paul on the road to Damascus. Immediately after Paul's conversion he start preaching and proclaiming the name of Jesus. The very name he had been kicking against. Paul devoted the rest of his life to serving God.
Here is a sample of How this made me reflect. I have sat in those seats of position both against God and for God.
Everyday is not going to be a cake walk. If you are totally surrendered the journey road is not going to be straight. There will be bumps and curves along the way. Blessed be the name of the Lord you will have Joy unspeakable Joy if you learn this passage: Mat 11:28 "Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
We can bring Him delight. He loves us so much. Oh how He loves you and me....
Thanks Dr. John MacArthur.
Perhaps you haven't given much thought to how you can bring joy to God, but Scripture mentions several ways. Luke 15:7, for example, says, "There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." Verse 10 adds, "There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Repentance brings joy to God.
Faith is another source of joy for God. Hebrews 11:6 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please Him." That's the negative side of a positive principle: when you trust God, He is pleased.
In addition to repentance and faith, prayer also brings God joy. Proverbs 15:8 says, "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight."
Righteous living is another source of joy to God, as David acknowledges in 1 Chronicles 29:17: "I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness." Solomon added that those who walk blamelessly are God's delight (Prov. 11:20).
Repentance, faith, prayer, and righteous living all please God because they are expressions of love. That's the over-arching principle. Whenever you express your love to Him--whether by words of praise or acts of obedience--you bring Him joy.
Doesn't it thrill you to know that the God of the universe delights in you? It should! Let that realization motivate you to find as many ways as possible to bring Him joy today.
Here is a sample of How this made me reflect. I have sat in those seats of position both against God and for God.
Everyday is not going to be a cake walk. If you are totally surrendered the journey road is not going to be straight. There will be bumps and curves along the way. Blessed be the name of the Lord you will have Joy unspeakable Joy if you learn this passage: Mat 11:28 "Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
We can bring Him delight. He loves us so much. Oh how He loves you and me....
Thanks Dr. John MacArthur.
Perhaps you haven't given much thought to how you can bring joy to God, but Scripture mentions several ways. Luke 15:7, for example, says, "There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." Verse 10 adds, "There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Repentance brings joy to God.
Faith is another source of joy for God. Hebrews 11:6 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please Him." That's the negative side of a positive principle: when you trust God, He is pleased.
In addition to repentance and faith, prayer also brings God joy. Proverbs 15:8 says, "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight."
Righteous living is another source of joy to God, as David acknowledges in 1 Chronicles 29:17: "I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness." Solomon added that those who walk blamelessly are God's delight (Prov. 11:20).
Repentance, faith, prayer, and righteous living all please God because they are expressions of love. That's the over-arching principle. Whenever you express your love to Him--whether by words of praise or acts of obedience--you bring Him joy.
Doesn't it thrill you to know that the God of the universe delights in you? It should! Let that realization motivate you to find as many ways as possible to bring Him joy today.
