Not exact matches
This is why the Psalmist prayed again and again, «Restore us, O
God; make your face
shine upon us, that we may be saved» (Psa.
If you read the Bible often, with an open mind and considering the entirety of the context,
God's love will
shine through for you, and give you the strength & courage to reflect His love
upon those around.
Anyone can, and should, praise
God when the Lord blesses one and keeps one, when the Lord makes his face to
shine upon one and is gracious to one, when the Lord lifts up his countenance
upon one and grants peace (Num.
Though science has reached phenomenal heights in our time, it has at no point invalidated anything basic to Christian faith, and at no time in human history has the revelation of
God in Christ
shone upon the human scene with greater clarity and power.
As in a reading glass the rays of the sun may be focussed and thus intensified, without in any way denying or darkening those rays as they
shine down
upon, say, the whole garden, so in Christ
God's loving concern in focussed and thus intensified, not by denying but by concentrating his other and wider operation.
God makes the sun
shine both
upon Israel and the nations, for He is good to all.»
Is that the
God of whom Jesus taught that he makes his rain to fall
upon the just and the unjust, that he causes his sun to
shine on the evil and on the good?
Were it not for the sovereign pleasure of
God, the earth would not bear you one moment; for you are a burden to it; the creation groans with you; the creature is made subject to the bondage of your corruption, not willingly; the sun does not willingly
shine upon you to give you light to serve sin and Satan; the earth does not willingly yield her increase to satisfy your lusts; nor is it willingly a stage for your wickedness to be acted
upon; the air does not willingly serve you for breath to maintain the flame of life in your vitals, while you spend your life in the service of
God's enemies.
May
God bless you and
shine His face
upon you and sprinkle you with blessings galore!
Whenever we come
upon these matters in secular writers, let that admirable light of truth
shining in them teach us that the mind of man, though fallen and perverted from its wholeness, is nevertheless clothed and ornamented with
God's excellent gifts.18
May
God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to
shine upon us, that your way may be known
upon earth, your saving power among all nations.
They will know that whatever may be the real and ultimate truth of
God's being and purpose (and it must be, in the nature of the case, far beyond our knowing), we never approach so near to that truth as when we say with Paul, «
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,» or with the author of the Fourth Gospel, «
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,» or with still another of those
upon whom the light first
shone,» Because of the great love wherewith he hath loved us,
God hath made us, who were dead in sins, to live again with Christ.»
«All at once the glory of
God shone upon and round about me in a manner almost marvelous....
The Cross is
God's work in history whereby he has poked a hole in heaven's floor to let the divine light
shine upon earth.
As the light of science is increasingly
shone upon the natural World, the
gods, ghost and goblins are in full retreat.
May
God bless each step you take (whether forward, backward, or sideways) and
shine His light
upon your path.
God grant him eternal rest and let light perpetual
shine upon him.57
May the road rise up to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the sun
shine warm
upon your face May the rains fall soft
upon your fields And until we meet again... May
God hold you in the palm of His hand
May
God bless you and keep you and make His face to
shine upon you and your sweet family!