The heavens declare the glory of the LORD The moon hides its face in shame at the mere reflection of Your beauty. The stars for all their twinkling light can never match the magnificence of Your glory. Though the sun may shin with all its might it will never be but a shadow of Your…
Ephesians 1:18-19 I pray that the eyes of your heart being enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. There are three things that Paul wants us to see: 1. the hope of His calling 2. the riches of…
Numbers 27:23 and he laid his hands upon him, and commissioned him as the LORD directed through Moses. Two interesting things stuck me with this verse. 1. Moses laid his hands on Joshua as God has directed him previously, passing some of his authority on to him. It’s interesting to me that the word hands…
Amos 4:13 For the Lord is the one who shaped the mountains, stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind. He turns the light of dawn into darkness and treads on the heights of the earth. The Lord God of Heaven’s Armies is his name! This is a powerful name. It’s also one…
Daniel 4: 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble those who are proud. Nebuchadnezzar was the most powerful man in the known world and had conquered most of it as well. God brought him to his…
Psalm 135:13 Your name, O Lord, endures forever; your fame, O Lord, is known to every generation. In my American Literature class we are studying the Declaration of Independence, and I read an interesting comment about why God is mentioned 9 times in the preamble section alone. It’s not about religion (well, maybe partly about…
