Promises for the Battle
Extravagance
God’s Awareness #5—Rewarding Eyes
I had integrity in my relationship with Yahweh and made sure I stayed true to him. Therefore he rewarded me according to my righteousness … in his eyes. With the kind, you show yourself kind. Psalm 18:23–25 Extravagant kindness is at the core of godly living because extravagant kindness is at the core of God’s … Continue reading
Loving God #1—Kindness to Lovers
Love is the affection of our hearts that arises as we view someone or something as valuable to us. Love is also the appropriate activity of our hands generated by the love in our hearts. God instructs us to love him because he is holy, that is because he has infinite, unexcelled, and irreplaceable worth. … Continue reading
Contentment #8—Contented Praise
Because your extravagant kindness is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands to your name. My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth offers praises with joyful lips. Psalm 63:3–5 O Glorious God, though … Continue reading
Abundance #2—Duty-free Abundance
Be gracious to me, O Eternal, for I cry to you all day long. Make your servant’s glad, for I lift up my soul to you O Lord. For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in extravagant kindness to all who call upon you. Psalm 86:3–5 When we relate to the … Continue reading
Abundance #1—Exceeding Abundance
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Ephesians 3:20–21 Because God is glorious, he is extravagantly kind. Because God is delighted with … Continue reading
Holiness #8 — Praising Holiness
Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of the Universe, the fullness of the earth is his glory. Isaiah 6:3 Who is like you, having infinite, unexcelled and irreplaceable worth? O Eternal God, how I delight to consider the ways you manifest this value in the extravagance of your creation. For when I do, I realize … Continue reading
Promises for the Battle 