Yes, they knew God,
but they wouldn’t worship him as God
or even give him thanks.
And they began to think up foolish ideas
of what God was like.
As a result,
their minds became dark and confused.
Claiming to be wise,
they instead became utter fools.
For ever since the world was created,
people have seen the earth and sky.
Through everything God made,
they can clearly see his invisible qualities—
his eternal power and divine nature.
So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
Romans 1:20
Lord, through all the generations
you have been our home!
Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from beginning to end, you are God.
…my life is worth nothing to me
unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me
by the Lord Jesus—
the work of telling others the Good News
about the wonderful grace of God.
Teach me your ways, O LORD,
that I may live according to your truth!
Grant me purity of heart,
so that I may honor you.
Turn us again to yourself, O God.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
(Carolina Wren)
So one night the king of Aram
sent a great army with many chariots and horses
to surround the city.
When the servant of the man of God
got up early the morning and went outside,
there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere.
“Oh, sir, what will we do now?”
the young man cried to Elisha.
“Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him.
“For there are more on our side than on theirs!”
then Elisha prayed,
“O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!”
the LORD opened the young man’s eyes,
and when he looked up,
he saw that the hillside around Elisha
was filled with horses and chariots of fire.
…”Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
They replied,
“Believe in the Lord Jesus
and you will be saved…
Many times he held back his anger
and did not unleash his fury!
For he remembered that they were merely mortal,
gone like a breath of wind that never returns.
