Title: How BIG is Your God?
Text:
Exodus 15:11 (HCSB)
11 LORD, who is like You among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Observation:
The hymn, "How Great Thou Art" is rated a close second to "Amazing Grace" as the favorite hymn of the 20th century.
I discovered two additional verses to this hymn. Stuart Hine wrote them and included them in his book "Not You, but God: A Testimony to God's Faithfulness".
"O when I see ungrateful man defiling
This bounteous earth, God's gifts so good and great;
In foolish pride, God's holy Name reviling,
And yet, in grace, His wrath and judgment wait.
When burdens press, and seem beyond endurance,
Bowed down with grief, to Him I lift my face;
And then in love He brings me sweet assurance:
'My child! for thee sufficient is my grace'."
The greatness of our God will determine the extent to which you will praise Him, and the frequency you will praise Him.
Psalm 145:1-3 (HCSB)
1 I exalt You, my God the King, and praise Your name forever and ever.
2 I will praise You every day; I will honor Your name forever and ever.
3 Yahweh is great and is highly praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
Prayer:
Father God, Sovereign Lord, my dear Father, I will forever be grateful for Your love, grace, and mercy that You have so abundantly poured out on me. Lord, without You in my life I would be nothing, and on my way to an eternity without Your presence. O how I love what comes after, "But, God". Yes Lord, grace and mercy suits my case.
Father God, my soul sings, "How Great Thou Art"; there is none like You, no not one. Praise the Lord! Amen and Amen.
--Proverbs 30:5 (ESV)
5 Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Psalm 119:11 (ESV)
11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
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