Praise Him

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“Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭150:1  There are an estimated 100-400 billion stars in our galaxy alone... there are an estimated 200 billion to 2 trillion galaxies in the universe!!! 400 billion x 2 trillion stars in the universe... my brain hurts just thinking about that expanse... yet Lord, You state that you breathed all of that into existence. You are bigger than the universe, yet You know us by name. You’ve counted each one of us as well as the stars. You’re outside of time itself, yet You decided to create us and love us. We praise You for that. But saying just the words “we praise You” doesn’t seem enough... You are beyond compare.... beyond 400 billion x 2 trillion ... Amen
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Passing Judgement part II Romans‬ ‭2:9-13, 29

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“There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of mankind who does evil, for the Jew first and also for the Greek, but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; for it is not the hearers of the Law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the Law who will be justified.

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from people, but from God.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭2:9-13, 29‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬
Lord, you are the author of impartiality.  You are the author of justice. May we be doers of good, not evil. We ask that you would examine our hearts.  Please cleanse us of the evil and judgements we cast upon each other. Your word says that you call us to be adopted ... grafted in... part of Your family.  May we choose to be circumcised in our hearts so that we can claim that adoption. We ask these things in Jesus’ name,

Amen

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