Good morning friends!
It is truly amazing what reading the Bible will do to your confidence...BOOST IT MAJOR! So I have unblocked the blog and hopefully won't feel the need to block it again.
After some encouragement to do week 2 of the Breaking Free Bible study I am doing I just spent the last hour reading up on the glory of God. Can I just say how unbelievably awesome our God is! I mean for real the words that jumped out on those few pages hit me like a ton of bricks. For starters the second we asked Jesus Christ to live in our hearts and to guide us everyday of our lives we instantly were filled with His glory! Okay now let me take a few steps back. What exactly is glory? Well I tried defining it and lets just say scripture is the best definition so here goes:
Isaiah 6:3
And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
John 2:11
That was the first of Jesus' miraculous signs. He did it at Cana in Galilee. Jesus showed his glory by doing it. And his disciples put their faith in him.
John 1:14
The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the one and only Son. He came from the Father. And he was full of grace and truth.
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the gleaming brightness of God's glory. He is the exact likeness of God's being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then he sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven.
Personally the last one is my favorite. "The Son is the gleaming brightness of God's glory. He is the exact likeness of God's being." If the Son IS the brightness of God's glory then doesn't that mean that the Holy Trinity IS glory? With God living in us, and I mean literally living inside of us ALWAYS, whether we feel it or not, we are FULL of His glory! We are full of His truth, His love, His peace and His presence. What else do we need to be full of? Why would we choose to be full of material objects, full of sin, full of trying to satisfy ourselves with ungodly things? I am guilty of this to the max believe me. But if what scripture says about glory is true, which it is, then I want nothing more than to live my life to spread God's glory to others who don't realize the easy access we have to it.
With God living inside of us we have the choice to make every decision for the glory of God. We as imperfect humans have the opportunity to live a life for God and glorify Him. Doesn't He deserve to be glorified as well? He is so willing to spread out His love and glory to us than shouldn't we use it to His benefit? Why should we push the glory He gives us aside and burry it worldy things? That is not a fun way of life, I am learning this right now through experience. I want to uncover His love, His glory and Jesus himself from the sin I have been burrying Him with lately. I want God's glory to shine bright through every decision I make in my life, every word I speak and every thought I think.
It is truly amazing what reading the Bible will do to your confidence...BOOST IT MAJOR! So I have unblocked the blog and hopefully won't feel the need to block it again.
After some encouragement to do week 2 of the Breaking Free Bible study I am doing I just spent the last hour reading up on the glory of God. Can I just say how unbelievably awesome our God is! I mean for real the words that jumped out on those few pages hit me like a ton of bricks. For starters the second we asked Jesus Christ to live in our hearts and to guide us everyday of our lives we instantly were filled with His glory! Okay now let me take a few steps back. What exactly is glory? Well I tried defining it and lets just say scripture is the best definition so here goes:
Isaiah 6:3
And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
John 2:11
That was the first of Jesus' miraculous signs. He did it at Cana in Galilee. Jesus showed his glory by doing it. And his disciples put their faith in him.
John 1:14
The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the one and only Son. He came from the Father. And he was full of grace and truth.
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the gleaming brightness of God's glory. He is the exact likeness of God's being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then he sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven.
Personally the last one is my favorite. "The Son is the gleaming brightness of God's glory. He is the exact likeness of God's being." If the Son IS the brightness of God's glory then doesn't that mean that the Holy Trinity IS glory? With God living in us, and I mean literally living inside of us ALWAYS, whether we feel it or not, we are FULL of His glory! We are full of His truth, His love, His peace and His presence. What else do we need to be full of? Why would we choose to be full of material objects, full of sin, full of trying to satisfy ourselves with ungodly things? I am guilty of this to the max believe me. But if what scripture says about glory is true, which it is, then I want nothing more than to live my life to spread God's glory to others who don't realize the easy access we have to it.
With God living inside of us we have the choice to make every decision for the glory of God. We as imperfect humans have the opportunity to live a life for God and glorify Him. Doesn't He deserve to be glorified as well? He is so willing to spread out His love and glory to us than shouldn't we use it to His benefit? Why should we push the glory He gives us aside and burry it worldy things? That is not a fun way of life, I am learning this right now through experience. I want to uncover His love, His glory and Jesus himself from the sin I have been burrying Him with lately. I want God's glory to shine bright through every decision I make in my life, every word I speak and every thought I think.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 says:
Now the Lord is the Holy Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is also there. Our faces are not covered with a veil. We all display the Lord's glory. We are being changed to become more like him so that we have more and more glory. And the glory comes from the Lord, who is the Holy Spirit.
Now the Lord is the Holy Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is also there. Our faces are not covered with a veil. We all display the Lord's glory. We are being changed to become more like him so that we have more and more glory. And the glory comes from the Lord, who is the Holy Spirit.
God is, right this very minute, doing a work in us. He is in the process of transforming our heart and our bodies to be more like him. MORE LIKE HIM! If God is glory and if He is making us more like him than we are in the process of recceiving more of His glory and love. So friends sit back and enjoy the ride. Be willing to push back the dirt in your lives and bring forward the God who is living inside of us because with God comes love, peace and glory. Someone shared His glory with you so that you could ask Jesus Christ as your savior so lets pass that along and show His glory to a world that is so desperate for acceptance and love. And if you haven't been shared the wonderful story of Jesus Christ and the love He has for us then lets chat or find someone to chat with because I promise you it is the one and only story that will stick with you the rest of your life and for eternity! You don't want to miss it :)
I see the king of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
- Hosanna by Hillsong United
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