THE
LORD REIGNS
BREAD
8 God
reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. Psalms 47:8 (NIV)
10 Say
among the nations, “The Lord
reigns.” The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the
peoples with equity. Psalms 96:10 (NIV)
1 The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let
the distant shores rejoice. Psalms 97:1
(NIV)
9 For
you, O Lord, are the Most High
over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods. 10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives
of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. 11 Light is shed upon the
righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Psalms 97:9-11 (NIV)
1 The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he
sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. 2 Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the
nations. 3 Let
them praise your great and awesome name-- he is holy. Psalms 99:1-3 (NIV)
21 Many
are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's
purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21
(NIV)
9 Remember
the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am
God, and there is none like me. 10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient
times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all
that I please. Isaiah 46:9-10 (NIV)
19 I have
not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to
Jacob's descendants, “Seek me in vain.” I, the Lord,
speak the truth; I declare what is right. 20 “Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives
from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to
gods that cannot save. 21 Declare
what is to be, present it-- let them take counsel together. Who foretold this
long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from me,
a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. 22 Turn to me and be saved, all
you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.” Isaiah 45:19-22 (NIV)
10 The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion,
for all generations. Praise the Lord.
Psalms 146:10 (NIV)
BUTTER
“God
reigns, not chance.” Hudson Taylor
“Absolute
sovereignty is what I love to ascribe to God.”
Jonathan Edwards
“Oh,
for a spirit that bows always before the sovereignty of God.” Charles
H. Spurgeon
“The Lord’s presence is infinite, His brightness
insupportable, His majesty awe-full, His dominion boundless, and His
sovereignty incontestable.” Matthew
Henry
“To
have one foot on the land of truth, and another on the sea of falsehood, will
involve a terrible fall and a total ruin.
Christ will be all or nothing.
God fills the whole universe, and hence there is no room for another
god; if, then, He reigns in my heart, there will be no space for another
reigning power. Do I rest alone on Jesus
crucified, and live alone for Him? Is it
my desire to do so? Is my heart set upon
so doing? If so, blessed be the mighty
grace which has led me to salvation; and if not so, O Lord, pardon my sad
offence, and unite my heart to fear Thy Name.” C. H. Spurgeon
“God is indeed the Sovereign of all things, the One to
whom all creatures are accountable and whom all should glorify. He is under no
obligation to repay anyone, for
no one has ever given Him
anything. Paul concluded, For from Him
and through Him and to Him are all things. God is the first Cause, the
effective Cause, and the final Cause of everything. His deep ways are beyond
man's discovering; beyond man's knowing, beyond man's counseling, and beyond
man's giving. “All things” come from Him and by means of Him and are for Him
and His glory. Therefore, To Him be the
glory forever! Amen. God is the only proper One to magnify. The
all-sovereign God deserves the praise of all His creatures.” Bible
Knowledge Commentary
“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 Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee How great Thou
art, how great Thou art Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee How great
Thou art, how great Thou art And when I think of 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 Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to
Thee How great Thou art, how great Thou art Then sings my soul, my Saviour God,
to Thee How great Thou art, how great Thou art.”
HEART
SAVOR
- · God is in control and I am thankful.
- · There is no such thing as chance or happenstance.
- · Everything belongs to Him.
