ADORATION – Reflect on God’s Greatness
GOD IS WRATHFUL
Unlike human anger, God’s wrath is never capricious, self-indulgent, or irritable. It is the right and necessary reaction to objective moral evil. Nahum 1:2-8
Nahum 1:2-3
The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes and vents his wrath against his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
Praise the God vents His Wrath
In general venting is seen as a bad thing. When God vents His wrath, it is terrifying but ultimately good. God vents His wrath because He is fully just, infinite in love, and completely good. He is holy. Praise God for His wrath. Without wrath there would be no justice or love.
CONFESSION: Confess your sins to God and receive his continued mercy.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9
THANKSGIVING: Giving thanks to God for his specific blessings in our lives.
“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 100
SUPPLICATION: Bringing our requests to God.
- Bring your personal prayer requests to God.
- Pray for Jason and Lisa. Ask God to encourage them and use them as they serve overseas.
SCRIPTURE READING:
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 New International Version
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
SCRIPTURE REFLECTION:
“Rejoice evermore! Rejoice evermore! Rejoice evermore! Oh, how I wish that it had always been in my heart and on my tongue. I am filled with an irresistible impulse to fall on my knees in adoration right here.” (John Adams at age 90).
We will all one day wish the same thing, if we do not already wish it. But do not merely wish for it, make it so. Rejoice in the Lord. On this Monday of Thanksgiving week, rejoice! Begin the week finding your joy in the Lord. Make this week one filled with a continual returning to the joy of the Lord. If you do, whatever else does or doesn’t happen this week…you will find it to be a good week. Perhaps in spite of circumstances, but a good week none the less.