Tag Archive | righteousness

Precious Thoughts

Feb26

“For I know Your thoughts are not my thoughts O Lord my God, Nor are Your ways my ways.
Paraphrased from Isaiah 55:8 NASB1995‬‬

I repent, Lord God, of my wayward thoughts and ways that are contrary to Yours. Forgive me. Lead me in the way of Your righteousness. For

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.
Psalms 40:5 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.5.NASB1995

But I shall speak of Your salvation for I am in awe of
‭‭How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Psalms 139:17 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.139.17.NASB1995

‭‭🌹My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long;
Psalms 71:15a NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.71.15.NASB1995

To God be the glory!!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

What Are You Pursuing?

Feb7

He who pursues righteousness and loyalty Finds life, righteousness and honor.
Proverbs‬ ‭21:21‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.21.21.NASB1995

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But He loves one who pursues righteousness.
Proverbs‬ ‭15:9‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.15.9.NASB1995

‭‭“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Matthew‬ ‭5:6‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.5.6.NASB1995

🌹Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians‬ ‭15:58‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.15.58.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Behold His Face

Feb2

To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!
Psalms‬ ‭123:1‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.123.1.NASB1995

For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord;
Psalms‬ ‭141:8‬a ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.141.8.NASB1995

My eyes are continually toward the Lord,
Psalms‬ ‭25:15‬a ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.25.15.NASB1995

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness,
Psalms‬ ‭33:18‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.33.18.NASB1995

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry.
Psalms‬ ‭34:15‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.34.15.NASB1995

He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
Job‬ ‭36:7‬a ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.36.7.NASB1995

🌹For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.
Psalms‬ ‭11:7‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.11.7.NASB1995

‭‭Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Living The Word

Jan4

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
Titus‬ ‭2:11‭-‬12‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/tit.2.11.NASB1995

The Bible. God’s word to mankind. It is important to read it, but it is even more essential that we act on it. Live it.
The Bible is our instruction manual to teach us godliness so that we may live sensibly, righteously and godly in this present world in which we live.
The Bible draws us close to our Creator, our Savior, our hope, our future and so much more. Salvation is just the beginning. Seeking God and His kingdom is our life endeavor.

🌹Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke‬ ‭6:47‭-‬49‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.47.NASB1995

How is your foundation?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Turn & Be Saved

Oct16

The Lord has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.
Psalms‬ ‭98:2‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.98.2.NASB1995

The Lord has bared His holy arm In the sight of all the nations, That all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God.
Isaiah‬ ‭52:10‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.52.10.NASB1995

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
Romans‬ ‭3:25‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.3.25.NASB1995
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🌹Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.
Isaiah‬ ‭45:22‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.45.22.NASB1995

‭‭Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

The Lord God Reigns

Sep7

He subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet.
Psalm 47:3 NASB
God reigns over the nations, God sits (has taken His seat) on His holy throne.
Psalm 47:8 NASB

For the kingdom is the Lord’s And He rules over the nations.
Psalms 22:28 NASB

The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
Psalms 18:47 NASB

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
Psalms 89:14 NASB

The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The Lord has clothed and girded Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
Psalms 93:1 NASB

Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.”
Psalms 96:10 NASB

My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My stronghold and my deliverer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people (peoples) under me. To You, my God, I bow in reverence and praise Your name. Amen.
Psalms 144:2 NASB

🌹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
1 Chronicles 16:31 NASB

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

Proclaim His Salvation

Jul28

The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
Psalms 18:46 NASB

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. /And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your praise all day long./
My mouth shall tell of Your  righteousness And of Your salvation all day long;
Psalm 51:14/Psalm 35:28/Psalm 71:15a NASB

When you experience the real cost of your salvation, it is hard to NOT to sing, declare, tell of the righteousness of Jesus and of His salvation.

🌹As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
Job 19:25 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

God’s Perfect Way

Jul24

As for God, His way is blameless; (complete; or having integrity; or perfect)
Psalm 18:30a NASB

God, Your work is perfect, for all Your ways are just. You are a God of faithfulness and without injustice.  Righteous and upright are You, my Lord.
Your law is perfect (blameless), restoring the soul. Your testimony, O Lord, is sure, making wise the simple.
Lord, You are righteous in all Your ways and kind in all Your deeds. You are my Lord, my King, my God. Lead me in Your perfect way, clothing me in Your righteousness for Your name sake, and giving me wisdom to understand Your perfect will. Thank You, God. Glory to Your name, amen.
Deuteronomy 32:4/Psalms 19:7/Psalms 145:17 NASB

🌹And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!
Revelation 15:3 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Find Life, Righteousness and Honor

Apr10

God loves and blesses those who pursue righteousness:

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But He loves one who pursues righteousness.
Proverbs 15:9 NASB

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Matthew 5:6 NASB

God delights in loyalty.

For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:6 NASB

He who pursues righteousness and loyalty
Finds life, righteousness and honor.
Proverbs 21:21‭ NASB

Find life. Jesus is the “life”:

Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 14:6 NASB

Find righteousness. Jesus is our righteousness.

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:11 NASB

🌹What an honor to be filled with the righteousness of Jesus Christ, our Life, Lord and Savior, to the glory and praise of God!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon