Tag Archive | delight

Rejoice Always

Nov11

Rejoice always;
1 Thessalonians 5:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1th.5.16.NASB1995

Rejoice: to be glad; take delight “in”

Rejoice . . .
. over the goodness of God – Exodus 18:9
. before the Lord your God in all your undertakings – Deuteronomy 12:18
. in your undertakings in which the Lord has blessed you – Deuteronomy 12:7
. in God’s salvation – 1 Samuel 2:1
. because the Lord reigns – 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 97:1
. all day in the name of the Lord – Psalm 89:16

Do you take time regularly to delight in the Lord? Has rejoicing in the Lord become a habit in your life?

I have found in my own life that my days go better when I am focused on rejoicing in the Lord. I can find the good in my day. I see where God is at work in me and through me when my heart is set on rejoicing in Him. I can delight in Him as I travel through my day because He opens my eyes to see things that make my heart rejoice in my God. I shall always make it a habit to look to God each day seeking to have Him reveal in my heart something to rejoice in Him.

Rejoice in the day the Lord has made – Psalm 128:24

🌹Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
Philippians 4:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.4.4.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Pathway of Life

Oct8

You will make known to me the path of life;
Psalms 16:11a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.16.11.NASB1995

For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Matthew 7:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.14.NASB1995

In Your presence is fullness of joy;
Psalms 16:11b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.16.11.NASB1995

🙏How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. *Our glory is great through Your salvation, Splendor and majesty You place upon Your own. For You make us most blessed forever; You make the redeemed joyful with gladness in Your presence. Thank You, Lord! Amen.
Psalms 36:7-9/Psalms 21:5-6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.36.7-9.NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.21.5-6.NASB1995 *
*Paraphrased

🌹In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
Psalms 16:11c NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.16.11.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Delightful Revival

Feb19

I shall delight (delight myself) in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.
Psalms 119:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.16.NASB1995

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 1:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.1.2.NASB1995

I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me.
Psalms 119:93 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.93.NASB1995

The person who delights in God’s Word:

Knows God’s Word
Does not forget God’s Word,
Meditates on God’s Word every waking hour.
Is revived by the Word of God!

🌹Are you delighting in God’s Word? What measures can you take to delight in God’s Word?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Pure Word

Feb17

Your word is very pure, Therefore Your servant loves it.
Psalms 119:140 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.140.NASB1995

The words of the Lord are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
Psalms 12:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.12.6.NASB1995

🌹I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love.
Psalms 119:47 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.47.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Good, Good, God!

Aug9

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the assembly.
Great are the works of the Lord; They are studied by all who delight in them. Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness endures forever.
Psalms 111:1-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.111.1-3.NASB1995

🌹He has made His wonders to be remembered; The Lord is gracious and compassionate.
Psalms 111:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.111.4.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

With My Mouth

Feb28

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.”
Psalms 40:8 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.8.NASB1995
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Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psalms 143:10 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.143.10.NASB1995

God’s holy word is where we find His will and learn to livingly obey it. Under the Holy Spirit’s guidance we can understand, practice and speak God’s will with confidence. Following Jesus, is doing as He did.

Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
John 4:34 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.4.34.NASB1995

We are born again for a purpose. To obey God’s word and follow it.

‭‭for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 1:23 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.23.NASB1995

I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O Lord, You know.
Psalms 40:9 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.9.NASB1995

Within the great congregation is where I have learned to hide Your word in my heart, but outside the congregation:

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
Psalms 40:10 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.10.NASB1995

I cannot keep quiet. So,

‭‭🌹I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
Psalms 89:1 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.89.1.NASB1995

Amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Great Works of God

Dec28

Great are the works of the Lord; They are studied (sought out) by all who delight in them.
Psalms‬ ‭111:2‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.111.2.NASB1995

Are you delighting in the works of God? The Bible is full of His majestic works. Seek to know His works and your heart will delight in the sovereign God!

🌹On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.
Psalms‬ ‭145:5‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.145.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Temple Dwelling

Oct6

Okay, I could be stretching this a bit but. . .
Are we who confess Jesus as the risen Messiah, the temple of the Holy Spirit? Is not the Holy Spirit God?

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:19 NASB

We have the glory of God residing in us and yet we walk around with glum faces, walking as if we are lost, stressed to the max . . . need I go on?

If this is our demeanor then we should ask, as David did:

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty (delightfulness) of the Lord And to meditate (inquire) in His temple.
Psalms 27:4 NASB

With salvation comes our eternal abiding with our God. Are we seeking to dwell with the Lord in our very being? Do we delight in the Lord God and seek the Word as we meditate on the word?

For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:20 NASB

🌹O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells.
Psalms 26:8 NASB

God bless your day and weekend!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Grow Up in The Word

Jul31

New to salvation? Don’t stop there.

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
1 Peter 2:2 NASB

God has a plan to grow you called sanctification. Are you longing for the pure milk of the word? As babies progress from milk to solids, the newborn Christian grows from salvation to righteous living.

For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
Hebrews 5:13‭-‬14 NASB

Are you practicing what you are reading in God’s word?

With faithful reading and application of God’s word comes blessing and a thankful heart to God.

How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart.
I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:2‭, ‬7 NASB

Will you make the word of God a habit until it becomes your treasure?

🌹Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.
I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.
Psalms 119:11‭, ‬15‭-‬16 NASB

AMEN.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Delight

Feb3

Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God.
Isaiah 58:2 NASB

Those were the days my friend. The days of seeking God’s desire and will. Bowing before Him in prayer seeking direction in decisions in our lives and our churches. Delighting to know His ways, to know Him intimately.

🌹Are we still delighting in the nearness of God? Are you near to God?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon