From: "Beverly French" <frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us>
To: "Heritage" <gheritage@juno.com>
Subject: Glorious Blessings 
Date: Sunday, October 07, 2001 6:51 AM

"I will give thanks to Thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart,
 And will glorify Thy name forever."  Psalm 86:12

With grateful hearts we do thank our mighty sovereign Lord God who is mighty
in strength and power; The One who knows the beginning from the end; The
One who has reconciled us to Himself through the saving blood of Jesus
Christ; The One who holds us in the palm of His hand; The One who will
never desert nor foresake us; The One who leads and guides; The One who
is in control of all things.  We give all honor to this One awesome Almighty
God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and glorify His name forever.

We glorify God by praise (look in the Psalms and see the many exhortations
for us to sing praises):
"And you who fear (revere and worship) the Lord, praise Him;
 All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
 And stand in awe of Him, all you decendents of Israel."  Psalm 22:23

"Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God,
that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name."  Hebrews 13:15

"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own
special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out
of darkness into His marvelous light."
1 Peter 2:9

We glorify God by good works:
"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."  Matthew 5:16

"Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in
which they slander you as evildoers, they may on account of your good deeds,
as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation."  1Peter 2:12

We glorify God by bearing fruit:
"By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be
My disciples."
John 15:8

We glorify God by spiritual untiy:
"Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward
one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one
mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."  Romans 15:5-6

We glorify God by the consecration of our whole being:
"For you were bought at a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in
your spirit, which are God's."  1 Corinthians 6:20

When we glorify God by praise, by good works, by fruit-bearing, by unity,
by the consecration of our whole being it is a testamony to all of His
mighty love for us and our love for Him.  "For God so loved...He gave..."
and in this great love He prepared our hearts to recieve.
"We love, because He first loved us."  1 John 4:19

Let us join with the Psalmist as he says,

"Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel,
 Who alone works wonders.
 And blessed be His glorious name forever;
 And may the whole earth be filled with His glory.
 Amen, and Amen."  Psalms 72:18-19