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Make a completely happy noise to the Lord, all of the earth!Serve the Lord with gladness!Come into his presence with singing!Psalm one hundred:1-2 ESV​

what is completely satisfied to the Lord? What brings him satisfaction and pleasure? it is us, his saints, delighting in his righteousness and in his legal guidelines, which are for us to follow.

it's us appreciating and taking pleasure within the methods of the Lord, which might be the techniques of reality, righteousness and purity. it's when we're happy to do his will, and his law is inside our hearts, being lived out through our lives day by day. And, he delights in fact in our internal being, and in damaged and contrite hearts, and once we walk in obedience to his instructions.

"The Lord takes pleasure in people who concern him, in those that hope in his steadfast love" (Ps. 147:11 ESV).​

And, to worry the Lord is to honor, value and recognize him for the mighty God that he's, which capability we forsake our sins and our idols with a purpose to stroll in his approaches and in his fact. For, here's what brings him joy.

And, then he is completely happy after we audibly give him compliment and thanksgiving reflective of what's in our hearts in opposition t him, which is then evidenced with the aid of how we reside our lives for him and for his glory.

For, the Lord doesn't want our lip service simplest. he isn't interested in empty platitudes of praise to him if we are not running in obedience to him. He wants us absolutely in submission to him, living lives which can be holy and captivating to him, for here's our acceptable worship of him.

And, he needs us now not conformed to the techniques of this sinful world, however he needs to renew our minds in him in order that we be taught what his will is, and in order that we do his will, and so we serve him with our lives and we not serve our flesh (Rom. 12:1-2).

recognize that the Lord, he is God!it's he who made us, and we are his;we're his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Psalm 100:three ESV​

What does it suggest to belong to the Lord? What does it mean to be his individuals? The sheep of his pasture?"My sheep hear my voice, and that i be aware of them, and they follow me." John 10:27 ESV​ This in reality is it, in a nutshell. We hearken to God, now not simply with our ears, but attentively with our complete hearts, and we heed what he says, and we observe him in his techniques and in his fact, and we do what he says to do.

We not live for ourselves, for our own sinful pleasure, however we are living for him and for his purposes and for his glory and compliment. So, we die every day to sin and self, through God's grace, and in his vigour, and each day we put on Christ and his righteousness and we now honor God with our lives and with our our bodies (1 Peter 2:24; 1 Co. 6:20; 2 Co. 5:15, 21; Tit. 2:eleven-14; Eph. 4:17-24).

It potential we now serve the Lord with our lives, and we do the works he organized in increase that we may still do, permitting him to work his will and his pu rposes in our lives and out via our lives. Now we say "NO!" to ungodliness and fleshly lusts, and by the vigor of the Spirit dwelling inside us we now reside self-controlled, upright and godly lives whereas we wait for our Lord's return (Tit. 2:eleven-14; Eph. 2:10; Rom. 6:1-23; Eph. 4:17-24).

For, we now belong to him. we are his possession, his people, and he is now our Lord (proprietor-grasp) and we're his servants, slaves to righteousness.

however, that isn't all. For, as a result of we're his sheep, and we're his followers, and since we are doing what he says, and announcing what he gives us to assert, we're additionally hated and persecuted for righteousness' sake by those who are of this world (including the worldly church). So, we will have all types of evil spoken towards us, and we can be rejected and ostracized and even kicked out of church fellowships because we're following our Lord in obedience.

[Matt. 10:22; Matt. 24:9; Lu. 6:22; Lu. 21:17; Jn. 15:18-20; Jn. 17:14; 1 Jn. 3:13; Matt. 5:10-12; Lu. 21:12; 2 Tim. 3:12]

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,and his courts with compliment!supply thanks to him; bless his name!Psalm 100:4 ESV​

What are the gates of the Lord? well, for one, Jesus is the gate, the door, the simplest technique to the father in heaven via whom all have to enter if we wish to have everlasting existence with God. And, we enter via that gate, which is slim (restrictive), through God's grace, through God-given religion in Jesus Christ.

however, this religion isn't a feeling or an experience or some highbrow assent to who Jesus is or became. It is not phrases we repeat after a person else, either. This religion is God-given and divinely persuaded as to God's righteousness and holiness, consequently it submits to Christ as Lord, and it surrenders to his will, and it walks in obedience to his commands (Rom. 6:1-23; Eph. four:17-24).

And, it truly is why it is narrow, and why it is that few enter, as a result of now not many people are inclined to quit their lives to Jesus Christ. For, they still wish to retain handle of their personal lives (Matt. 7:13-14).

And, actual thanksgiving to God, and proper compliment of our Lord, once again, is not with our lips simplest. yes, we need to audibly give him praise and thanksgiving, however is empty if it does not come from our hearts first. And, the most effective manner it in fact comes from our hearts is that if we basically delight in his techniques, in his fact, in his righteousness, and in strolling in obedience to his commands.

For, if we're nonetheless jogging in the approaches of our flesh, doing what's pleasurable to us and what's pleasing in our eyes, then we don't seem to be basically giving God our thanks or our praise. For, to in fact thank him for what he did for us is to do what he says to do, to honor him with our lives, and to forsake our sins and our idols, and to stroll in obedience to his will for our lives.

For the Lord is respectable;his steadfast love endures forever,and his faithfulness to all generations.Psalm 100:5 ESV​

God is devoted in all that he does and to every thing he stated he would do. however, we ought to understand his guarantees through studying them in context. for many people read God's promises in scripture and they generally practice them to any one who calls himself a Christian or a believer in Jesus Christ.

however, along with all of God's promises in scripture are stipulations and restrictions and a lot of "IF" statements, too, i.e. they're conditional guarantees. They simplest apply to people who meet these particular requirements and those situations, too, which God determined in boost that we may still follow.

therefore, no longer everyone who says he believes in Jesus Christ has eternal life with God. only people who stroll (in observe, in subculture, in conduct) in keeping with (in contract with) the Spirit of God have that promise of eternal existence with God. It is just promised to those who forsake their former lives of dwelling for sin and self and who n ow are living to Christ and to his righteousness, in the energy of God at work within them (Lu. 9:23-25; Rom. eight:1-17; Gal. 5:sixteen-24; Gal. 6:7-8; 1 Jn. 1:5-9; Eph. 5:three-6; Rom. 2:6-8).

So, it is critical that we comprehend the certainty of what the scriptures train regarding God's promises and to whom they observe, and to know what restrictions or what circumstances observe, too, for there are many. So, we should look at the scriptures in context, one booklet, one chapter and one verse at a time, however at all times interpreting those scriptures within the full context during which they are written.

for a lot of americans are being led off course with the aid of artful enchanters who twist the scriptures to their capabilities and who take scriptures out of context to make them say what they want them to assert. So, be aware of what the scriptures teach – the total guidance of God – and then obey your Lord, on your eternity depends on it!

I Pray for Them

An fashioned Work / June four, 2013Based off John 17

"Glorify Your Son, that Your SonMay glorify our God in heav'n.Father, You granted Him all powerAnd all authority over guys,That He could provide everlasting lifeTo all those whom nowYou have given Him."

"This now then is eternal life:That they may also recognize You,Father, and Your Son;That they may additionally know the handiest authentic God,And Jesus Christ whom the daddy despatched.I have brought You the glory byFinishing the work that you've given Me."

"I have proven You to those whomYou gave to Me out of the area;They have been Yours. You gave them to MeAnd they've obeyed Your wordsAnd they accredited them. They knewThat I got here from You, and they believedWith simple task, i used to be despatched."

"H oly Father, I pray for them through thePower of Your identify: protect them,in order that they can be one as we're,For they are nevertheless dwelling during this world.I have given them Your observe;because of Your word, the worldHas hated them."

"I pray they may have the complete measure ofMy joy now dwelling within them.Father, I pray You sanctify themBy Your note; in reality Your notice is reality.As You despatched Me into the realm,I send them to inform the area to repent."