Tag Archive | heaven

Dwell on What is Lovely

Nov6

Finally, brethren, whatever is lovely, . . . Dwell on these things.
Philippians 4:8e NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.4.8.NASB1995

How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 52:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.52.7.NASB1995

Lovely are the words of salvation spoken from the mouth of God’s believers.

How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts!
Psalms 84:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.84.1.NASB1995

How lovely the new heaven and new earth¹ will be where the holy city, new Jerusalem is, having come down out of heaven from God.² We will behold the tabernacle of God and He will dwell among us, and we shall be His people, God Himself among us.³ There will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain for they have all passed away.⁴
Revelation 21:1-4 NASB1995 https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.21.1-4.NASB1995

What a spectacular eternity we have to look forward to with our awesome King of kings, Lord of Lords, eternal God forever.

🌹Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
Psalms 135:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.135.3.NASB1995

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Philippians 4:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.4.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Our Majestic Lord!

Oct10

O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
Psalms 8:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.8.1.NASB1995

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
Psalms 8:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.8.3.NASB1995

🌹O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Psalms 8:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.8.9.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God is So Worthy!

Jun20

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Psalms 150:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.150.6.NASB1995

Take a moment today to thank God and praise Him, for He is worthy. 🙏🙌

🌹And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”
Revelation 5:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.5.13.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Jesus, The Ladder of Heaven

Jun2

The stairway in Genesis 28:10-17  represents God reaching down to man.

Jacob, the son of Jacob, the son of Abraham, departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran. On his journey he came to a place where he slept and had a dream.

“a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
And behold, the Lord stood above it (beside him) and said, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants.
Genesis 28:12-13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.28.12-13.NASB1995

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
Genesis 28:16-17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.28.16-17.NASB1995

🌹 Jacob had an encounter with God. Jesus brings heaven to earth.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

8. Journey to The Cross – Jesus is The Bread of Life

Apr10

Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later.”
John 13:36 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.13.36.NASB1995

Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.
John 7:33 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.7.33.NASB1995

Those who follow Jesus now will follow Him into resurrection later.

As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.  This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever.”
John 6:57-58 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.6.57-58.NASB1995

What a miraculous, wonderful, life worth living promise:

🌹After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
John 14:19-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.19-20.NASB1995

Are you experiencing Jesus in you and you in Him?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

2. Journey to The Cross – Jesus Came Down From Heaven

Apr2

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 6:38 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.6.38.NASB1995

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

“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 5:30 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.5.30.NASB1995

🌹Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
John 6:29 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.6.29.NASB1995

Do you believe? Why or why not?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Praise the Lord, All People!

Mar7

Praise the Lord!
Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth;
Both young men and virgins; Old men and children.
Let them praise the name of the Lord, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven.
Psalms 148:1a, 11-13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.148.1-13a.NASB1995

🌹Have a blessed weekend.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Mankind Versus God

Jul11

Mankind:
Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man. Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Proverbs 30:2-3 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.30.2-3.NASB1995

Versus God:
Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His son’s name? Surely you know!
Proverbs 30:4 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.30.4.NASB1995

Do you know?

Jesus says:
No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.
John 3:13 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.13.NASB1995

The Lord rules over everything.

Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps. He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
Psalms 135:6-7 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.135.6-7.NASB1995

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), “I am the Lord, and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:18 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.45.18.NASB1995

Do you know who God is? Do you KNOW Him?

🌹The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.9.10.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Origin of Life

Jun17

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning (Origin or Source) of the creation of God, says this:
Revelation 3:14 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.3.14.NASB1995

‭Jesus, the Amen, Witness, is the Origin, Source of all creation. Jesus is God as is the Father and Holy Spirit. Together, One.

‭In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
John 1:1-2 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.1.1-2.NASB1995

‭‭In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.1.1.NASB1995

He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
Psalms 104:5-6 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.104.5-6.NASB1995
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The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them. You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.
Psalms 104:8-9 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.104.8-9.NASB1995

‭He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
Psalms 104:13 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.104.13.NASB1995

He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting. You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about. The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God. When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens. Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening. O Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
Psalms 104:13 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.104.19-24.NASB1995

‭All things came into being through Him (Jesus), and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
John 1:3 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.1.3.NASB1995

You are God’s creation. In Him is your life. All the promises of God are yours by
the acknowledgement of your need of His forgiveness and surrender of your life so God will live through you. It’s worth the sacrifice of surrender . . .

For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.
2 Corinthians 1:20 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.1.20.NASB1995

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:14 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.22.14.NASB1995

🌹I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
Revelation 22:13 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.22.13.NASB1995

‭Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon 
https://indasharonjesus.org

Then I Will, Says God

Mar11

Last week’s devotions, March 4-7, 2024,  were a criteria of what God’s people look like. We humble ourselves, pray, seek God’s face and turn from our wicked ways.

This week we will look at God’s response to our obedience to these and His blessing upon us.

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, . . .

then I will hear from heaven,
2 Chronicles 7:14e

‭‭Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,
Isaiah 58:9 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.58.9.NASB1995

It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Isaiah 65:24 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.65.24.NASB1995

God, You are a God who hears the cry of Your people. As we humbly bow in prayer, seeking Your face and repenting of our sin, let us hear what You have to say. Speak to us through Your word under the guidance of Your Holy Spirit,  we pray. Amen

I will hear (Let me hear) what God the Lord will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; But let them not turn back to folly (stupidity).
Psalms 85:8 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.85.8.NASB1995

‭‭🌹“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
With a long life I will satisfy him And let him see My salvation.”
Psalms 91:14-16 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.91.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org