HOW GREAT THOU ART




Good morning!
Oh Lord our God, when I in awesome wonder...

What a might God we serve! Of course, the previous sentence is from the hymn "How Great Thou Art."

And it is so true. We do serve a great and awesome God! And I am so thankful to Him for the life He has given me. We are truly blessed. 

My life is not perfect. Blessed is not perfect. No one ever said it would be. Stuff happens as I have said many times before. But our God loves us and is always with us. No matter what happens He is right there with us. He will forever be by our side. Do we trust Him? Do we really know He is there? 

Well, if we know Jesus as your Savior and Lord, then we know He is right there with us bringing us through everything that we go through. Life is not easy. It definitely takes effort because it is work. When we have relationships we don't always try as hard as we can to make them work. And when we go through stuff, sometimes we say the wrong things, we do the wrong things. And on it goes. Our attitudes make a great difference.

We can be sassy, prideful, selfish, domineering, impatient. It doesn't matter what the relationship is, if we are not full of the fruit of the Spirit...
 
Galatians 5:22-23 
But the fruit of the Spirit consists of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things no law exists. 

then we can very easily fall into satan's trap of the things we shouldn't be, the words we shouldn't say, and we do the things we shouldn't do. 

The Word of God needs to be deep in our hearts so that His Spirit stays in us and exudes or pours out of us.

Psalm 119:11  
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. 

God's Word! Read it! Study it! Meditate on it! Live it!

Deuteronomy 13:4
It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.

And also praise Him because He is worthy of more than we can give Him.

HOW GREAT THOU ART
 
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the *worlds thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the *rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed:

Refrain
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee:
How great thou art! How great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee:
How great thou art! How great thou art!

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:

Refrain

And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.

Refrain

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then *I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, My God, how great thou art!

Now there you have it! 

Have a wonderful day!

Lesbear



















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