http://gloria-copeland.org Praying for Christians to Walk in Fullness of God's Blessing Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:01:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en God’s mercy is great. Not only does it last forever, but it is holy. This is true because love, the source of mercy and compassion, is the basis of holiness. Every time we remember how holy God is, we are to give thanks and praise because “His mercy endureth forever.” Psalm 30:4-5 says: “Sing unto ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/03/03/gloria-copeland-basis-of-gods-holiness/ Mercy is the reason we worship God. It motivates us to walk holy before Him and gives us confidence that we can come before Him without fear. We can rest in knowing that the mercy of God is greater and stronger than anything else. It has unlimited endurance. Psalm 136 declares this: O give thanks ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/02/24/gloria-copeland-reason-for-worship/ Jesus experienced the same compassion that causes a mother or a father to overcome the fear of personal harm for the sake of their child. A father will take on all the forces of hell and wade into odds far greater than himself when his family is threatened. His mercy and compassion is far greater ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/02/17/gloria-copeland-tender-compassion/ Today, we are no longer restricted from the presence of God’s glory. The New Covenant tells us very plainly that the God who shined out of darkness has “shined in our hearts, to give [us] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6-7). God ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/02/10/gloria-copeland-led-by-compassion/ Since the Garden of Eden, God has had to deal with man at arm’s length because of the glory surrounding His being. It would overwhelm man if God appeared to him in the full manifestation of His power. He once revealed to Moses that no man could look into His face and live and ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/02/03/gloria-copeland-the-nature-of-god/ Matthew 21:14 KJV—And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. Amp—And the blind and the lame came to Him in the porches and courts of the temple, and He cured them. Moffatt—Blind and lame people came up to him in the temple, and he healed them. NEB—In the temple blind ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/01/27/gloria-copeland-the-blind-the-lame-and-the-lepor/ Matthew 20:29-34 KJV—And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/01/20/gloria-copeland-shout/ 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 KJV—For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/01/13/gloria-copeland-in-remembrance-of-him/ God gave a foreshadowing of our New Covenant Communion through the Old Covenant Passover. It delivered God’s healing power to those first Israelites who partook of it. Exodus 12:3, 5-7 KJV—Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2010/01/06/gloria-copeland-blood-on-the-door-posts/ Hebrews 7:24-25 KJV—But this (Jesus), because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Amp—But He holds His priesthood unchangeably because He lives on forever. Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost—completely, ... http://gloria-copeland.org/2009/12/30/gloria-copeland-christ-our-priest/