{"id":26818,"date":"2015-07-20T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26818"},"modified":"2015-07-18T19:49:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T23:49:55","slug":"gods-goodness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/20\/gods-goodness-2\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

How great is Your goodness,
\nwhich You have stored up for those who fear You, <\/span>
\nwhich You bestow in the sight of men
\non those who take refuge in You.<\/span>
\nPsalm 31:19<\/span><\/p>\n

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10, Psalm 111:10). \u00a0There are so many blessings and so much goodness that follows the true children of God\u2014the ones who really fear Him and do His Will always.<\/p>\n

Let me just show you a few verses in the Bible that show the goodness of God.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Psalm 25:8 \u00a0Good and upright is the Lord therefore He instructs sinners in His ways.
\n\u2022 Psalm 33:5 \u00a0 The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His unfailing love.
\n\u2022 Psalm 34:8 \u00a0 Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.
\n\u2022 Psalm 119:68 \u00a0 You are good and what You do is good, teach me your decrees.
\n\u2022 Psalm 145:7 \u00a0They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
\n\u2022 Matthew 19:17 \u00a0\u201cWhy do you ask Me about what is good?\u201d Jesus replied. \u201cThere is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The above Scriptures speak to us in many ways, showing us the ways of the goodness of the Lord. \u00a0David asked, “What is man that God should be mindful of him?” (Psalm 8:4). \u00a0It is by His grace and His lovingkindness to put in store all this goodness just for us. \u00a0The beneficiaries of His goodness are you and I\u2014as long as we do His will and walk in His statutes. \u00a0God created us in His own image and own likeliness. \u00a0We need to be like our Father for us to enjoy the fruits of the land. \u00a0God\u2019s goodness is immeasurable. The grace of God takes us to that level where we are able to receive this goodness.<\/p>\n

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Let us pray<\/span><\/em>: Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Your holy name. \u00a0King of glory, I worship You. \u00a0May Your goodness continue to shower on us. \u00a0May we experience the abundance of Your goodness in due time. \u00a0Give us the heart to fear You, Lord, and to do Your commandments. \u00a0We need You each and every day in our lives. \u00a0Holy Spirit, help us in our prayers. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, I pray. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who fear You, which You bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in You. Psalm 31:19 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10, Psalm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3188,3367,3532,1287,425,3737,9178,9176,9177,9174,9172,9175,2380,3174],"class_list":["post-26818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-ann-mwafulirwa","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-fear-of-the-lord","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gods-goodness","tag-matthew-1917","tag-psalm-11968","tag-psalm-1457","tag-psalm-258","tag-psalm-3119","tag-psalm-335","tag-psalm-348","tag-seeking-him-devotional","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6Yy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26818"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26822,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26818\/revisions\/26822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}