All You Need is A Glimpse of God! Part 1 – (31 Attributes Of God)

Published on April 24, 2010 by Forgiven

This is titled part one because we are going to go through this title for a while with various subtitles (the subtitle for this is “31 Attributes of God”). The purpose of this is give you a better understanding of God. We hope that this would in some way cause you to be captivated by the nature of God and it would encourage you to seek to develop a deeper understanding of and a reverent fear of God (After all the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom ..Proverbs 9:10).

Below are 31 Attributes of God, if you chose to you could memorise one each day, you would know 31 Attributes of God in a month.

Memorising portions of scripture is Good for your soul, Psalm 119:11 says “Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” (How can it be in your heart if it’s not in your head ? I would be interested to see the answers you guys give to this :) ) Comment below if you’re up for the challenge of memorising these, one a day isn’t that hard, you could simply write it on a piece of paper and look at it periodically through the day.

I know you’re all extremely intelligent so it should be a breeze. You can chose to subscribe to our mailing list to see what part two of these series would be on or you could just check back regularly (I trust most of you do that anyway :-) ). We pray that you would really get a deeper understanding of who God is through what we would be sharing with you during the coming weeks…Have fun :)

these attributes where gotten from  Journal Junkies.

1. God is accessible: Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

2. God is approachable: Come near to God and he will come near to you. (James 4:8)

3. God is compassionate: The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. (Psalm 145:9)

4. God is divine: For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made. (Romans 1:20)

5. God is eternal: “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8)

6. God is faithful: For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100:5)

7. God is fatherly: Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? (Hebrews 12:17)

8. God is flawless: Every word of God is flawless. (Psalm 30:5)

9. God is friendly: “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. (James 2:23)

10. God is giving: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

11. God is good: Taste and see that the Lord is good. (Psalm 34:8)

12. God is gracious: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace. (Romans 3:23,24)

13. God is great: I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. (Psalm 135:5)

14. God is holy: They were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory”. (Isaiah 6:3)

15. God is impartial: For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. (Deuteronomy 10:17)

16. God is Jealous: Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. (Exodus 34:14)

17. God is just: He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. (Deuteronomy 32:4)

18. God is light: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5)

19. God is love: But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:8)

20. God is merciful: Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:36)

21. God is omnipresent: Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? (Psalm 139:7)

22. God is perfect: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48)

23. God is personal: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. (Genesis 6:9)

24. God is powerful: Summon your power, O God; show us your strength, O God, as you have done before. (Psalm 68:28)

25. God is righteous: The LORD our God is righteous in everything he does. (Daniel 9:14)

26. God is sovereign: How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with – our own ears. (2 Samuel 7:22)

27. God is steadfast: He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. (Psalm 62:2)

28. God is true: God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? – Does he promise and not fulfil? (Numbers 23:19)

29. God is unchangeable: “I the LORD do not change.” (Malachi 3:6)

30. God is unequalled: “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One. (Isaiah 40:25)

31. God is victorious: “He will swallow up death for ever.” (Isaiah 25:8)

All You Need is A Glimpse of God!

God Bless,

Fred.

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Trusting God for a Peaceful life

Published on April 2, 2010 by Forgiven

There are nine points covered here, the point of this is to get you thinking and also to challenge you. The key verse used here is Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

Here goes…

1 – How much Trust is too much?

Trusting God is a life long thing not just a something that happens when we are in trouble. We should trust God 100% this means all the time not sometimes or in some situations but all the times in all situations regardless of what they are.

2 – Do You Trust God Yourself or Both?

Something we need to know is that we cannot in anyway rely on our own understanding, because we really do not have one. We have or should have only what the Holy Spirit reveals to us and what the bible says to us, we sometimes say we use wisdom, but then what we really do is trust in ourselves using wisdom as an excuse. Wisdom is given to us through the bible! And in proverbs 3:5 it says never rely on what you think you know. And if we do not rely on what we think we know what do we rely on? We rely on the word of God and the revelation of the Holy Spirit! Amen.

3 – What does everything Mean?

(See Proverbs 3:5-6) Remember the lord in everything you do, this means giving him glory for everything you do, committing your whole life for him seeking his will in all things, not just some things but all things no matter how little they are. Look at it this way trust is a practical expression of the commitment we have in God and his word. We can’t be committed to some one if we are not close to them and we can’t trust people if we don’t know them. The better we get to know them so does our trust grow for them. It is the same with trusting God. As our knowledge of Gods word grows, so will our love and Trust for God.

4 – How do I know when I’m not Trusting God?

We know we are not trusting God completely when we find our selves living a life filled with worry and we are not at constant peace, if this is still to any of us, it means we must learn to trust God more, it is a process.

5 – What Happens when you get used to Trusting God?

When we get in the habit of trusting God we get a peace accompanied by a confidence without any worry or concern that it’s going to be all right regardless of the situation. Though sometimes we may feel worried or stressed or things may seem to get over our heads we would always know that God is there for us because we have learned to trust in him constantly even for the little things.

We shouldn’t be able to measure how much we trust God; this is because our whole life should be based on trusting him. From when we wake up to when we go to sleep!

It can be really easy to trust ourselves sometimes especially for little things, like food, water and other things that we see and use without a second thought.  We should all begin to ask God to help us to trust him more for little things, this depends our reliance on God and that empowers our walk with God as we don’t depend on him for Just big things but little things as well. When we exclude God from the tiny details of our lives that is a whole area of our lives we have completely refused to let him take over, because it’s little things we neglect the fact that God has made it all possible, and we forget (Myself Inclusive) that the little things in our life make up our whole life.

6 – How Much do You Really Trust God ?

This is a reality check session, I want you to take 30 seconds and consider things in your life that you haven’t been trusting God with, and think about how much you actually do trust him, do you trust him for small things or big things only?

7 – I Was Being Serious!

I meant what I said above; I have this section to re-emphasize the Point. PLEASE DO IT!  Consider how much you actually trust God. 30 Second’s won’t hurt you.

8 – What do you do when you face a situation that seems impossible?

We should trust God, trust is defined as: Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability or strength of someone, in this case God; this means that we should have firm belief in the reliability of God, his truth and his ability and strength to take care of any situation and to give us constant peace and see us through any situation even if it may take time, though we may fail to trust God sometimes, we must always consciously try to, he will help us!

9 – The greatest enemy of trust is pride?

We could sometimes become proud without even knowing it, this is mostly when we start to think that it is us doing something, no matter how little it is, and then what happens is that instead of acknowledging that God is in control of everything regardless or how big or small it may be, and thank him for the blessing we have, we praise ourselves because we think it was really small and we think its too small to be bothering God with! It is him not you! No matter how small it is. And when we thank God for the little things he has done for us, he will do greater things for us.

Summary

We know he is God and have given our lives to him, but do we trust him personally?

We need to acknowledge the fact that we are like puppets, and God is the puppet master he is in total control. God has power to influence your will or the will of any other human being, if he wills it to be that way. He is God, he has absolute control over all things and if he didn’t want you to be reading this, even if you have free will; if he didn’t want you to, you wouldn’t!

Those that trust him are totally dependent on him and no one else!

  • Not what the doctor says
  • Not how much we can see in our bank accounts
  • Not what we think
  • Not even how we feel!

Trusting God brings blessing!  But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
 and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. Jeremiah 17:7

Conclusion

Our task now is to build up our confidence and trust in God; when you find yourself in a difficult situation try reminding yourself whom you trust by saying my hope is in the lord and my confidence is in God! (Say that out Loud, it does something to my spirit when I do, Go on give it a shot!) This would then start to automatically come to our mind when we face a hopeless situation! When we put our hopeless situation in God it becomes hopeful, because just as God can breathe life into a dead person, he can breathe hope into any situation, and when we learn to trust God constantly and it becomes a habit, we become “like trees growing near a stream that have our roots sent out to the water, not afraid when the hot weather comes, because their leaves stay green; they have no worries when there is no rain; they keep on bearing fruit “(Jeremiah 17 vs. 8).

Here is a Song to Listen to Whilst You Leave a Comment and tell us what you think about trusting God or anything else. Thanks & God Bless!

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You Have ABSOLUTELY no IDEA!

Published on March 15, 2010 by Forgiven

Ever imagined what it must be like for a new born baby? Just come into the world, eyes closed, can hear voices. I try to imagine myself in a situation like that, I can sense the love of my mothers arms as she holds me close, i’m a part of her extended to the world, a precious gift from God, that goes beyond anything she or anyone else can understand, it’s love, real love, unconditional love. Not forgetting we are putting ourselves in the position of the baby now, we can probably hear voices and music but our eyes are closed, we can’t really see what’s out there in the world and the truth is, in the position of that child, we would have no idea of what really is out there in the world, we wouldn’t know about things like beauty, words, expressions, anger & love. We wouldn’t know the awesomeness of nature or the beauty of a sunny day and beautiful birds, we wouldn’t know the wonder in watching the sunset or the vast amounts of stars, completely clueless to a whole realm of awesomeness.

We’re no babies, but the truth is, we really do have no idea, How great God is, think about it, what would you do if as you where reading this you saw a great being with wings standing next to you ? it’s clothes and face shining as bright as the sun, would would melt because of the glory? or would it be so awesome you would fall to your knees and say oh please do not destroy me? or would you make it easy on yourself and faint ?

Or what would you do if you found yourself in the position of saul, maybe you have a pet rabbit or a dog and God opens it’s mouth and it talks to you and says, Do You Realise Who God Is ?

I could write 50 Books and still not be able to nearly begin to start explaining how great God is because the truth is regardless of what he has done in my life and what I know, it is nothing compared to what he can still show and teach me, each time I get lost in the wonder of how great he is, he is probably looking down at me and saying child, you have no idea.

I wonder what it must have been for these guys

“By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.” -Exodus 13:21-22

Can you imagine this? Close your eyes for a second and picture yourself walking out of your house tomorrow or even right now and seeing a pillar of fire following you everywhere you go, would you go crazy ? Do you realise that God can still do this today ?

How about this guy

“Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.” 2 Kings 1:10
Or this one
At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD -he is God! The LORD -he is God!” – 1 Kings 18:36-39
Ever wondered what must have been going through the mind of moses when this happened ?
“Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites
went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. – Exodus 14:21-22“

The most astonishing part of everything above about these people who God used greatly is that, though they saw great works of God as we are still seeing today, they had no idea, they saw a greatness of God, a wonder of God, but where still like babies just coming into the world; because that was just a little bit of the whole lot of things God can do! Yes, God is so great that no one could even begin to comprehend the fullness of who he is, even the greatest of men, who have made such an impact in this world know that their greatest attempt that has been mightily chaining and filled with Gods power was still nothing, because what God could do is beyond our comprehension or thought, we couldn’t even use our minds to imagine the things God could do, where would we start from? would we have imagined the trees first ? or the birds ? or a moon ? or a sun ? or night ? or day ?..I don’t think so!

We have such a small view of God sometimes, sometimes we mould him into an image for ourselves, trying to make a God that conforms to us, and does things our way, we say our God! Well I hope you’re starting to realised or you have already understood the truth that he is LORD, over me, over you, over the news, over all the demons on the earth, over heaven and over hell, he is lord over atheism, he is lord over sickness, he is lord over the skies, he is lord over the weather, he is lord over absolutely everything, and weather we chose to believe him now or not wont change the truth that he really is Lord.

It doesn’t stop there, I want to show you something. The truth is, we see things just as great as these today, and the most amazing part of it all is that, it doesn’t take some ones legs to grow out or fire to fall down from heaven for us to see such greatness, because even in the stillness God is there and his very presence is really is glorious! You say but if you claim there is such a greatness and such glory, then why on earth can’t I see it, if something so amazing is happening then I should be able to see that there is something great taking place, and its because you’re not looking or focusing in the right places, i’ll explain; the human eyes blinks about a million times a year, truth is you’ve probably blinked a lot of times since you started reading this, however if you don’t chose to focus on it and watch your eyes when it blinks you wouldn’t even know you’re blinking even if its before you’re very eyes, its the same thing with God, his glory is everywhere, from the little things to the big things, and if you’re not seeing it, its not because its not there! it’s everywhere, right before you’re very eyes!

“For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.” – Romans 1:20
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” – Psalm 19:1-4
The point of this article is to show you that God is great, and we really have no idea what he can do with a heart thats willing, or a pastor that is trusting him, or a young woman or man who has refused to conform and settle for the “norm”. God is not boring, the bible is not boring, its the most exciting books you will ever come across. It’s alive; it speaks, just like the whole of creation testifies to God’s glory, does your life testify ? or is the God you’ve known until now just one you’ve made up in your head ? Get in contact with Gods word and let it reveal to you who God really is, go empty, don’t make assumptions, don’t think you know.
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.”1 Corinthians 1:25
I want God’s wisdom, do you ? then Go to him for it, don’t take your wisdom along, let go of it, let your mind be renewed by trying your best to come into contact with his word, its powerful, check this out
“Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?” – Jeremiah 23:29
My prayer for you is that God would show you just a tiny part of his greatness as he showed moses, and the apostle paul and all the other people whose life he is involved in, it doesn’t matter where you are now with God, you ain’t seen nothing yet!

All I can say now is, give thanks!

PS: Don’t keep this with yourself, share it with some one, God Bless You!

Praise the lord.

How much are you trusting God ? You may want to check out this article (Trusting God for a Peaceful Life

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Why are Bad things happening to me?….I’m A Christian!

Published on February 20, 2010 by Forgiven

Life can seem like a journey of Ups & Down’s sometimes, good things happen and bad things also inevitably happen (unfortunately) and a most common question amongst both believers and unbelievers is, why did God let these bad things happen? Is it because we’ve been bad, or to punish us? Well the answer to that is NO.

More often than not, God lets things come into our lives, not to destroy us but to build us up in character and help us become who we where destined before the beginning of time to be. Trials are not meant to put us down they are meant to build us up.

God knew you before the thought of a being like you even emerged on this earth, he knew your before the beginning of the earth, he made you just the way you are for a reason, he says ” Behold, I have carved you on the palms of My hands (Isaiah 49:16)”, he knows us even to tiny details about us, check this out “even the very hairs of your head are all numbered (Matthew 10:30)”, do you have every strand of your hair numbered? I’m guessing the answer to that is an Obvious NO! He knows you better than you know yourself

His plans for you are Far Greater Than Yours Could Ever Be!!

I could write a thousand words about how God’s plan for you is always the best plan, I could tell you stories or even include videos of people whose life God’s plan was made manifest, though that would be extremely helpful, I will not do that in this case, what I want to do now is take you face to face with what God has to say about his plans, I want to drive home just three short points.

Let me take you on a little Journey, Please Come with Me…

1 – He does not think the same way we do!

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9″ – This portion of scripture is marvelous (as so the whole scriptures) let this passage be a mirror for you and remind you that if God’s ways are so vastly different from our ways then we will inevitably not always understand what he is doing, and it may seldom make no sense to us, however if we wait on him and trust him, it will make more sense than we could ever have imagined, we can learn to trust God more by really falling in love with him and having an active relationship with him, think of it like a marriage, would you talk to your wife/husband once a week on a Sunday ? You would talk daily, and as you know him/her better your trust for him/her will increase, when you have an active relationship with God your trust will increase.

2 – He is THE master planner!
He didn’t put you on this earth for nothing, He has a plan specifically for you, Ephesians 1:11 says – “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will” – This piece of scripture shows us that God has planned for us, even before our existence and everything that happens in our life is to enable us to be changed more to fit the purpose of his plan.

Romans 8:28 says “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”- There is a valuable lesson to be learned here, God calls us to his purpose, he plans for us, he lets both good and bad things get into our life, so we can be in the best shape to fulfill our Destiny; to do what we have predestined us to do, and because of this any bad things that happen to us is nothing compared to the glory that we will see in heaven, or on earth when we see Gods work coming to a completion in us.

Look at it this way, ever been to the gym? First its hard, and you feel pain afterwards, but after perseverance and consistency you begin the pain begins to go away, you become more confident about it, and before you know it, you see the muscles coming out! its the same concept with trials in our lives, they are not to destroy us, even if they hurt, just like the gym hurts, it would be just for a while :)

3 – Doe’s it all come down to Love?

In the scripture above (Romans 8:28) The promise there includes this “all things good works for the good of those who love him” not only is loving God a prerequisite to be able to stand on this promise and fully proclaim its promises and any other promise in the bible, it also shows that the Christian life is more of a relationship with God than anything else, again think of it like a marriage, in marriage love doesn’t decrease with time, it increases, through the good times and the bad times together, they get closer. Knowing each other much better than they knew each other when they first fell in love, their love grows stronger. Our love for God grows stronger when we spend more time with him, and meditate on his word, he becomes more of a strong active reality with us, and I tell you friends when God is that real to you, even a multitude of problems can not move the very sole of your feet, the problems of the world become nothing to you, because you live in an active reality of the presence of God, This is my wish and prayer for myself and every one who reads this, that God would become so real to us, and his love would abide so much in us, that we can truly and honestly do what is said in James 1:2 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds”

Thank you very much for coming on this journey with me, Remember that no matter what happens, God’s plan will always prevail, and strive to get closer to him everyday, let his love be real in you, and let his light shine through you, so when the darkness of troubles and trials come (which they will) Your light would be shining so bright it would do nothing but re-enforce the truth that you are a shining light, SHINE TO THE WORLD FRIENDS!
Shalom!

PS: I encourage you to forward this and share this with any friends or family you know that may be going through trials, be a blessing.

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The Wrath of God – Are you Ready?

Published on December 9, 2009 by Forgiven

Would you be ready when the end comes ? would you be ready to stand before a holy and righteous God ? what could you say to justify your sin, to justify the amount of times you’ve read something on the internet that has told you God isn’t pleased with the kind of life you live ?
I beg of you! Repent for even your next heartbeat is not guaranteed, Repent! Before it’s too late!

The Video Below is short, I urge You to Watch It! – Leave Your Comments!



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