Summer in the Psalms
Part II; June 25, 2023
“Do You Know Who You Are?”
Psalm 8 (NLT)
O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. 2 You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you. 3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—the moon and the stars you set in place—4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? 5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. 6 You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority–7 the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals, 8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents. 9 O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
God is the source of our true
We will never discover who WE are until we discover who GOD is and who HE created us to be!
We are not defined by our
We are not defined by our
We are not defined by other
But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
– John 1:12 (NLT)
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
– 1 John 3:1 (NIV)
God has endowed us with great
You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit that you received from God and that lives in you. *You don’t own yourselves. God paid a very high price to make you his. So honor God with your body. *
– 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (ERV)
Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.
– Matthew 7:6 (NLT)
You won’t be respected by others until you respect yourself!
God has empowered us for
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
– Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)