There Are So Many Reasons to Love the Lord (Making an ABC List)
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Last week I had a friend challenge me in the midst of a tough stretch of life to list three things I’m grateful for. I did so begrudgingly. As the week went on, I found myself listening to Anthem / Great Are Your Lord by Phil Wickham. In the song he says 'God you are always good, where do I begin, there are so many reasons to love you', and indeed there are. Building on my friends encouragement, and what I felt like was the Lord’s prompting through the lyrics of that song, I have made an ‘ABC list’, a list from A to Z that proclaims the character of God, things attributed to Him that I am so incredibly grateful for. Below is my list, I encourage you to create your own, because there really are so many reasons to love the Lord.
God is....
A present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1)
B eginning and the end (Revelation 22:13)
C loser than a brother (Proverbs 18:24); C rown of glory (Isaiah 28:5)
D iadem of beauty (Isaiah 28:5)
E l Olam -> E verlasting God (Genesis 21:33)
F aithful (1 Corinthians 1:9)
G reat (Psalm 145:3) & G racious (Psalm 145:8) & G ood to all (Psalm 145:9)
H oly (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8)
I am (John 8:58; Exodus 3:14)
J oy in full (Psalm 16:11; John 15:11)
K ing of all the earth (Psalm 47:7); K ing of kings (Revelation 17:14)
L ove (1 John 4:8)
M aker of heaven and earth (Psalm 146:6; Isaiah 45:18)
N ever going to leave or forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5; Hebrews 13:5)
O pener of eyes (Psalm 119:18; 2 Kings 6:17; Isaiah 42:6-7)
P rovider & P rotector (Psalm 23; Psalm 121; Philippians 4:19)
Q uick to forgive (1 John 1:9; Psalm 86:5)
R edeemer (Isaiah 44:22; Galatians 3:13)
S alvation & S tronghold (Psalm 27:1; Psalm 9:9)
T ranscendent (Isaiah 55:8-9) & T rustworthy (Psalm 9:10) & T ender (Isaiah 40:11; Psalm 103:13; Matthew 11:28-30)
U nchanging (Hebrews 13:8) & U ndefeated (John 16:33; 1 Corinthians 15:57)
V enerable (Revelation 4:11)
W onderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:5)
X enodochial -> friendly to strangers (Matthew 25:34-40)
Y ahweh (Exodus 6:2)
Z ion's King (Psalm 2:6; Psalm 99:2)
What are you doing down here? GO MAKE YOUR OWN LIST :)
