Now that my Bible Study group has finished Priscilla
Shirer’s Armor of God study, I need to keep moving in the right direction and
I’m not ready to pick up another Bible study because I haven’t applied all I
want to apply to my life from this study, yet.
Also, my prayer request lately has been that I would live like I believe
God’s promises and how much He loves me.
So, I am beginning a series of blog posts taken from the list Priscilla
included in her 6th week of Bible study regarding our identity and
inheritance in Christ. I pray these
reflections will open your eyes to how much God loves you. Read them as if you wrote them. Meditate on them. God bless you.
I am helped by God - My Identity in Christ
God wants to give me His help. Sometimes He gives without my asking. Many times, I have to ask. I think this is because He wants me to know
that He hears my prayers and responds.
He is a loving Father Who wants to give good gifts to His children. Hebrews 4:16 tells me to “…approach God’s
throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to
help us in our time of need.” I can
approach God with confidence. I am His
daughter, a princess of heaven, and I belong in His throne room. This doesn’t mean I should approach Him with
anything less than a respectful attitude.
If you find yourself being a bit too cavalier with your approach, read
the paragraph below and get a picture of that throne you’re approaching.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne
(Ps 97:2). God is seated on His throne
and the train of His robe fills the temple (Isa 6:1). His throne is high and exalted, holy and
glorious (Isa 63:15). God’s throne is
over the heads of the cherubim according to Ezekiel (1:26, 10:1). Daniel describes seeing the Ancient of Days
taking His seat on His flaming throne with snow white clothes and hair white as
wool (7:9). Zechariah mentions the Lord
being clothed in majesty as he sits and rules on His throne (6:13). Matthew 5:34 says heaven is God’s
throne. Revelation 1:4 says the seven
spirits are before His throne.
Revelation 4 says a rainbow encircles the throne; 24 other thrones
surround God’s throne and 24 elders are seated on them, they fall down in
worship and lay their crowns before the throne; flashes of lightning, rumblings
and peals of thunder come from the throne; the seven blazing lamps before the
throne are the seven spirits of God; there is what looks like a sea of glass
before the throne and around the throne are four creatures covered with eyes
giving glory, honor and thanks to Him on the throne. Revelation 5:11 says thousands upon thousands
of angels encircle the throne, elders and living creatures. Revelation 5:13 says that every creature in
heaven and on earth and under the earth and on and in the sea praises Him
saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the
Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, forever and ever!” Revelation 7:11 says the angels standing
around the throne fall on their faces and worship God.
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