Quotes about Glory

The earth matters, our bodies matter, animals and trees matter, matter matters, because God created them and intends them to manifest his glory.

Yes, Satan rebelled. Yes, Adam and Eve freely chose sin, and with it death and suffering. And yes, the all-powerful, happy God could have intervened to prevent those choices. If that intervention would have brought him more glory and us more good, no doubt he would have done it. But God, in his wisdom, determined that not even rebellion and sin could thwart his plan to further his happiness and that of his people.

What we have assumed about Heaven has reduced it to a place we look forward to only as an alternative to an intolerable existence here on the present Earth. Only the elderly, disabled, suffering, and persecuted might desire the Heaven we imagine. But the Bible portrays life in God's presence, in our resurrected bodies in a resurrected universe, as so exciting and compelling that even the youngest and healthiest of us should daydream about it.

Christ's resurrection is the forerunner of our own, and our resurrection is the forerunner of the earth's.

When our sin reached its full horror, God's love was displayed in all its glory. If you doubt God's love for you, look at the cross.

If you are already a Christian, then you also have a task before you—to articulate the truth about Christ, to defend it, to share it, to preserve it, to pass it along to the next generations. As J. B. Phillips so powerfully renders 2 Corinthians 4:6: "God, who first ordered light to shine in darkness, has flooded our hearts with his light, so that we can enlighten men with the knowledge of the glory of God, as we see it in the face of Christ.

The heavens may speak of the glory of God, but only the lips of a child or a man or woman can speak His praise. When that praise is not coming, the destructive capacity is enormous, because the mind steals that which belongs to God and the sacred becomes profane.

Christ in you," said the apostle Paul, is "the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27).

suffering" (Hebrews 2:10). I have often pondered this text. How is One who is already

Johann Sebastian Bach once said that the only purpose for music should be the glory of God and the re-creation of the human spirit.

O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee; I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer fuller be. O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from Thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be.10

Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many different people in the world with a variety of opinions and expectations. I will concentrate on being a God-pleaser and not a self-pleaser or man-pleaser. The rest I leave in Your hands lord. Grant me favor with You and with men and continue transforming me into the image of Your dear Son. Thank You Lord.