WORDS for your PSYCHE - Part I

Topic: God

“In the beginning…everything was engulfed in total darkness…Then God commanded, ’Let there be light’ – and light appeared. God was pleased with what he saw.” (Genesis 1:1-4 / TEV)

“God said, ’Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.’ So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so. God called the expanse ’sky.’ There was evening, and there was morning, a second day. God said, ’Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.’ It was so. God called the dry ground ’land’ and the gathered waters he called ’seas.’ God saw that it was good.” (Genesis 1:6-10 / NET)

“Then God said, ’And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us….’ So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female....” (Genesis 1:26-27 / TEV)

“God said. ’I am who I am. You must tell them: The one who is called I AM….’” (Exodus 3:14 / TEV)

“I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose and I will show compassion to anyone I choose. But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.” (Exodus 33:19-20 / NLT)

“Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.” (Exodus 34:6 / NLT)

“Be holy, because I, the Lord your God, am holy.” (Leviticus 19:2 / TEV)

“Say to them: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace.” (Numbers 6:23-26 / NIV ®)

“The Lord came and stood there, and called as he had done before, ’Samuel! Samuel!’ Samuel answered, ’Speak; your servant is listening.’” (1 Samuel 3:10 / TEV)

“So tell my servant David that I, the Lord Almighty, say to him, ’When you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will make one of your sons king and will keep his kingdom strong. He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure his dynasty continues forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son.’” (2 Samuel 7:8 and 12-14 / TEV)

“Then the temple of the Lord was filled with a cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God.” (2 Chronicles 5:13-14 / NIV ®)

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me besides quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” (Psalm 23:1-3 / NIV)

“The Lord is king. He is clothed with majesty and strength. The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved. Your throne, O Lord, has been firm from the beginning, and you existed before time began.” (Psalm 93:1-2 / TEV)

“Then the Lord answered Job from a whirlwind: ’Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?’” (Job 38:1-2 / NLT)

“…I saw the sovereign master seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly. They called out to one another, ’Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!’ The sound of their voices shook the door frames and the temple was filled with smoke.” (Isaiah 6:1-4 / NET)

“’To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?’ asks the Holy One. Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name.” (Isaiah 40:25-26 / NLT)

“God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth.” (Isaiah 42:5 / NLT)

“I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.” (Isaiah 42:8 / NLT)

“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1 / NLT)

“…you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me…You have not honored me with sacrifices, though I have not burdened and wearied you…Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults. I - yes, I alone - will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.” (Isaiah 43:22-25 / NLT)

“I, the Lord, made you, and I will not forget you. I have swept away yours sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.” (Isaiah 44:21-22 / NLT)

“This is what the Lord says - your Redeemer and Creator: ’I am the Lord, who made all things. I alone stretched out the heavens. Who was with me when I made the earth?’” (Isaiah 44:24 / NLT)

“I alone am God, the First and the Last. It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth, my right hand that spread out the heavens above. When I call out the stars, they all appear in order.” (Isaiah 48: 12-13 / NLT)

“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back. In a burst of anger, I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you.” (Isaiah 54:7-8 / NLT)

“The Lord gave me this message: ’I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.’” (Jeremiah 1:4-5 / NLT)

“The hand of the Lord was upon me...He asked me, ’Son of man, can these bones live?’ I said, ’O Sovereign Lord, you alone know.’ Then he said to me, ’Prophesy to these bones and say to them, Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ So I prophesied as I was commanded...they came to life....” (Ezekiel 37:1-10 / NIV ®)

“But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Matthew 5:44-45 / ASD-NIV)

“No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they know nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” (Matthew 24:36-39 / NIV ®)

“At that time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spirit and said, ’Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned. Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen. My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’” (Luke 10:21-22 / TEV)

“In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God and the Word was God.” (John 1:1 / TEV)

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me.... The Father and I are one” (John 10:27-30 / NLT)

“For all things were created by him, and all things exist through him and for him. To God be the glory forever!” (Romans 11:36 / TEV)

“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.” (1 Corinthians 12:4-6 / NLT)

“Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 1:4-5 / NLT)

“There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father, who is over all and in all living through all.” (Ephesians 4:5 / NLT)

“Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault. All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.” (Jude 1:24-25 / NLT)

“’I am the first and the last,’ says the Lord God Almighty, who is, who was, and who is to come.” (Revelation 1:8 / TEV)

NOTE: For more Bible verses about GOD, please see JESUS and LOVE.