God as friend (3/4)

Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things… Luke 2:20

Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
Luke 2:20 worship christmas praise
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 God Word of God

As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Psalm 18:30 blameless Word of God protection
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 9:14 Jesus Spirit purification
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:17 faith righteousness salvation
Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As raindrops on the tender herb,
And as showers on the grass.
Deuteronomy 32:2 Word of God learning
As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
2 Samuel 22:31 blameless Word of God protection
So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7 joy giving heart
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering.
Colossians 3:12 humility gentleness patience
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:12 debt forgiveness prayer
For with God nothing will be impossible.
Luke 1:37 miracles overcoming almighty
In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider:
Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other,
So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.
Ecclesiastes 7:14 joy life dependence
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5 God Jesus mediator
And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Job 42:10 prayer blessing money
And the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 6:24 obedience blessing law
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 5:15-16 wisdom life mind
As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 money food work
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
1 John 3:2-3 purification family heaven
In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.
Psalm 62:7 trust God salvation
In God (I will praise His word),
In God I have put my trust;
I will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?
Psalm 56:4 trust fear Word of God
And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:39 law neighbor love
If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
1 Corinthians 3:17 church community holiness
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 Father holiness
Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.
Psalm 16:1 trust dependence protection
But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 love reward

As you do not know what is the way of the wind,
Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child,
So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.

Bible verse of the day

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 3:18 Spirit transformation