Showing posts with label delight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label delight. Show all posts

Wednesday 20 January 2010

Be a ready giver

2 Corinthians 9:7 (26 kb)Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.



Thoughts
Phil Ware    God is working in us to conform our character and will to be like his own. God is a giver. God finds delight in generously blessing us. Now he asks us to do the same. Giving is not some arbitrary task given us to support our churches and ministries; no, giving is part of our character transformation to become more like God. It may be one of the truest ways we have placed our allegiance, dependence, and priorities in the gracious work of God.
Prayer
    Father, forgive me for the times I have been miserly with the abundance you have shared with me. Make me a conduit of blessings. I know that all I have is yours. Please help me use it as you would. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Wees een klaarstaande gever

Friday 13 March 2009

Rest thy delight on Jehovah

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Dutch version / Nederlands > Vind uw diepste geluk bij Jehovah


Thoughts
Phil Ware    As my heart delights in God, God's will, and God's purposes, I find an amazing truth at work: when I desire what God wills, God enjoys giving me the desires of my heart. An old hymn used the phrase, "'til I am wholly lost in Thee." When that happens, when our will is yielded to God and our heart delights to honor him, then God is longingly waiting for us to request the desires of our heart so he can bless us!

Prayer
    Holy LORD, God of our Fathers and great Giver of every perfect gift, thank you for longing to bless me and pour the riches of your grace upon me. Please touch my heart to desire your will and then to boldly ask you to accomplish it to your glory. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 


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Wednesday 4 March 2009

Be like a tree planted by streams of water

He [the one who delights in and meditates upon the Law of the Lord] is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.


Dutch version / Nederlands > Wees als een boom geplant aan stromend water



Thoughts
Phil Ware    Some kinds of earthly delight can feed our hearts for a short time. However, when difficulties come, our hearts will wither in the drought of their false nourishment. On the other hand, delighting in the LORD and in his will for us provides us with ongoing and ever-fresh joy. Out of this God-seeking lifestyle come both short-term and long-term benefits as well as a resiliency that withstands life's worst droughts.

Prayer
    Dear God, the Holy One of heaven, I do find my delight in you and your ways. I find my refreshment in your abiding Spirit. Please give me the wisdom to seek your will every day of my life. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Tuesday 24 February 2009

Happy who's delight is only in the law of Jehovah


Psalm 1:1-2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.





Thoughts
Phil Ware    Delight! In things of God do you find delight? What holy things of the Father in heaven hold your thoughts throughout the day? Why not join me in trying to put more of God's word in your head through memorization and into your heart through prayerful Bible study?!

Prayer
    Father in heaven, holy and righteous in all of your ways, I confess that I do not always make the most of my thought time. I often allow my mind to drift away into areas I shouldn't explore. I will occasionally get too focused on things that are inconsequential. I want my mind and my heart more in tune with you, your Word, your will, and your way. Give me true wisdom, enlightened by your Spirit, to see, know, absorb, and contemplate the things that are closest to your heart. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Sunday 15 February 2009

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us

Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Matt. 3:15
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. Psa. 40:8
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matt. 5:17, 18
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness'sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. Isa. 42:21
Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:20
What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom. 8:3, 4
Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Rom. 10:4
Dutch version / Nederlands > Opdat in ons wordt volbracht wat de wet van ons eist

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Deutsch: Christus im Hause des Pharisäers, Jac...
Deutsch: Christus im Hause des Pharisäers, Jacopo Tintoretto, Escorial (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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