3-3-24// GOOD 6...Excellent

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God

Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose

GOOD: agathos (ag-ath-os'); a primary word; "good" (in any sense, often as noun):

1.     of good constitution or nature

2.     useful, salutary: producing a beneficial effect: remedial. promoting health: curative.

3.     good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy

4.     excellent, distinguished

5.     upright, honourable

KJV - benefit, good (-s, things), well

GOD IS EXCELLENT

Ex 15:6-7 Your right hand, O Lord, is majestic in power, Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. 7 "And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.

 2 Peter 1:2-3 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

Ps 150:1-2 Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse.

2 Praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

GOD DOES EXCELLENT THINGS

Isa 12:5-6 Praise the Lord in song, for He has done excellent things;

Let this be known throughout the earth.

6 Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,

For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

A MORE EXCELLENT WAY

1 Cor 12:31-13:7  But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way.

13 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,  6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails

GOD MADE YOU VERY EXCELLENT

Gen 1:31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Towb: excellent

HE WILL USE YOU FOR EXCELLENCE

Phil 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

Eph 2:10 For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

DWELL ON EXCELLENCE

HELPS US IN EVERYTHING

Phil 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

KEEP OUR BEHAVIOR EXCELLENT

1 Peter 2:12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

2-25-24// Worship Team

2-25-24// GOOD 5 Salutary

Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose

GOOD: agathos (ag-ath-os'); a primary word; "good" (in any sense, often as noun):

1.     of good constitution or nature

2.     useful, salutary: producing a beneficial effect: remedial. promoting health: curative.

3.     good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy

4.     excellent, distinguished

5.     upright, honourable

KJV - benefit, good (-s, things), well

SALUTARY: PRODUCING A BENEFICIAL EEFFECT; REMEDIAL; PROMOTING HEALTH; CURATIVE

REMEDY

Prayer

1 Thess 5:16-18 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Heb 12:28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe

Col 2:6-7 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice

Phil 4:4-7 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Thess 5:16-18 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

2-18-24// Worship Team

2-11-24// Worship Team

2-11-24//GOOD 3

Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

 This is an instantaneous miracle (brand new life/born again) and a life long process of sanctification

 Sanctified: hagiazo (hag-ee-ad'-zo); to make holy, i.e. (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate:

1.     to render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow

2.     to separate from profane things and dedicate to God

a.     consecrate things to God

b.     dedicate people to God

3.     to purify

a.     to cleanse externally

b.     to purify by expiation: free from the guilt of sin

c.     to purify internally by renewing of the soul

KJV - hallow, be holy, sanctify. 

Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

2 Cor 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

2-4-24// Worship Team

2-4-24// GOOD 2

Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

GOOD: agathos (ag-ath-os'); a primary word; "good" (in any sense, often as noun):

1.     of good constitution or nature

2.     useful, salutary: producing a beneficial effect: remedial. promoting health : curative.

3.     good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy

4.     excellent, distinguished

5.     upright, honourable

KJV - benefit, good (-s, things), well

Joy chara (khar-ah');; cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight:

1.     joy, gladness

a.     the joy received from you

b.     the cause or occasion of joy

1.     of persons who are one's joy

joy, rejoicing, happiness, gladness

KJV - gladness,  greatly, (X be exceeding) joy (-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).

In the English Standard Version of the Bible, the words “joy,” “rejoice,” or “joyful” appear a total of 430 times, compared with “happy” or “happiness,” which appear only ten times. Joy is lasting, and it satisfies the heart in a unique and marvelous way.

Ps 30:1 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime;

Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Ps 16:11 You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy;

In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

Neh 8:10 Then he said to them, "Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."

Phil 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

John 16:22 "Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

1-28-24// Worship Team

1-28-24//Good

Be still, and know that I am God

is a continuation of the church's address to the fearful among them, as before to behold the works of the Lord, so here to hearken to what he says, as follows, be still; not that they should be like sticks and stones, stupid, indolent, and unconcerned at the commotions that were in the earth, and be unaffected with the judgments of God, and be wholly silent and inactive; but that they should not be fearful, nor fretful and impatient, or restless and tumultuous; but be quiet and easy, resigned to the will of God, and live in an assured expectation of the appearance of divine Providence in their layout. And know; own and acknowledge that he is God, a sovereign Being that does whatsoever he pleases;  that he is unchangeable in his nature, purposes, promises, and covenant; that he is omnipotent, able to help them and deliver them at the last extremity;

that he is omniscient, knows their persons, cases, and troubles, and how and where to hide them till the storm is over; that he is the all wise God, and does all things after the counsel of his own will, and makes all things work together for good to them; and that he is faithful to his word and promise, and will not suffer them to be overpressed and bore down with troubles. Who further says for their encouragement, and is to be hearkened to in it,

Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose

GOOD: agathos (ag-ath-os'); a primary word; "good" (in any sense, often as noun):

1.     of good constitution or nature

2.     useful, salutary: producing a beneficial effect : remedial. promoting health : curative.

3.     good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy

4.     excellent, distinguished

5.     upright, honourable

KJV - benefit, good (-s, things), well

THE PAINTER….Cody Johnson
She talks about the future like she's flippin' through a magazine
Finds the beauty in the thrown away and broken things
Gets excited about all my crazy dreams

Got every sunset that she's ever seen memorized
Saves them away for a rainy day or stormy night
The sky is brighter lookin' at it through her eyes

I don't remember
Life before she came into the picture
Brought the beauty I was missin' with her
Showed me colors I ain't never seen

She took chances
With every wall I built, she saw a canvas
I thank God every day for how he made her
My life was black and white, but she's the painter

She reminds me that it ain't too late to start again
Fine is good, but you need some blue every now and then
How'd I live so long without her reckless touch?

I don't remember
Life before she came into the picture
Brought the beauty I was missin' with her
Showed me colors I ain't never seen

She took chances
With every wall I built, she saw a canvas
I thank God every day for how he made her
My life was black and white, but she's the painter

I don't remember
The life before she came into the picture
Brought the beauty I was missin' with her
Showed me colors I ain't never seen

She took chances
With every wall I built, she saw a canvas
I thank God every day for how he made her
My life was black and white, but she's the painter

She's the painter