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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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Heaven: Matthew 6:9-15

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Heaven is mentioned or referred to two times in this prayer. The first reference to Heaven is in verse 9 when Jesus prays, “Our Father in heaven”. When we address God, we are speaking to Him whose dwelling is in Heaven. The second reference to Heaven is in verse 10 when Jesus prays, “Your kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven”. It is interesting to note that the Kingdom is God’s, which is in Heaven as Jesus has prayed that may it be on Earth as it is in Heaven. The thing that caught me in these references to Heaven, was not the manner in which Jesus prays for Heaven to come, but that I don’t have a heavenly mindset in my walk with Him. How many times I have prayed for His Kingdom to come to earth as it is in Heaven? Not very many. My Christian walk seems to be focused a lot more on the here-and-now instead of our future destination. Jesus certainly had a heavenly mindset in his walk here on earth. It is in Heaven, which we should be hoping for.
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