In the opening paragraph of the For the Love of God Volume 1 devotional on April 23, D.A. Carson's writes
"One of the inevitable characteristics of those who genuinely praise the Lord is that they want others to join with them in their praise. They recognize that if God is the sort of God their praises say he is, then he ought to be recognized by others. Moreover, one of the reasons for praising the Lord is to thank him for the help he has provided. If then we see others in need of the same sort of help, isn’t it natural for us to share our own experience of God’s provision, in the hope that others will seek God’s help? And will this not result in an enlarging circle of praise?"This explains why our local outreach and missions must be God-glorifying. The God who is worthy of our praise should be praised by others.
In this devotional, Carson goes on to explain how Psalm 34 shows that we should testify of God's grace.
God is awesome, all-powerful, and infinite. Our one week study on God the Father doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the attributes of God.
Hopefully, the study helped whet your desire to know more about who God is.
The following quote is from Jerry Bridges' book The Joy of Fearing God.
Pray that the local outreaches and our missionaries around the world would give God the glory that He deserves and that they would help others glorify Him.
Here are a couple, not all, local ministry you can pray for:
- Alpha Center of Lowell - www.afclowell.org/
- Hand 2 Hand - hand2handbackpack.org/
- Life Matters Worldwide - www.lifemattersww.org/Get-Involved/Pray
- Mel Trotter Ministries - www.meltrotter.org
Today's Book Resource is John Piper's Let the Nations Be Glad!
Each day this week we will be sharing a prayer focus along with a book designed to help you focus on God and His glory. These five suggestions are not meant to overwhelm. They are meant to help provide options for your reading list.
The quote that best summarizes this book is “Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man."
For a video and summary of the book, click HERE
For a review of this book, click HERE
For more God-glorifying resources related to our Theology Matters study go to
www.drodgersjr.com/p/theology-matters-2.html
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