Psalm 147
1 Praise the Lord!For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, [for he is beautiful ] and a song of praise is fitting.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The Lord lifts up the humble; [afflicted ]
he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders;
he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool;
he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and rules [ just decrees ] to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules. [ just decrees ]
Praise the Lord!
Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Isaiah 40:5-7
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Luke 5:1-3
On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 11:28
But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
Acts 12:24
The word of God increased and multiplied.
Ephesians 6:17
and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God
Colossians 1:25
I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known
1 Timothy 4:5
for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
1 Peter 1:23
You have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God
Our greatest pleasure is to think of all the reasons we have to praise God. When we take the time to make a long list of the things present, past and the things to come God blesses us with, we realize how abundantly beautiful the Lord truly is. He builds, gathers, heals, gives, lifts, covers, prepares, blesses, fills, sends and declares - He delights and takes pleasure in ... you.
The blessings of God come to us and His word runs swiftly.
Father God, may our conversations be abundant and our realizations of your blessings be unending. Praise to You, O LORD.
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