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How Great Things He Hath Done
Scripture Passage:
1 Samuel 12:24 INTRODUCTION: Every good gift comes from above (James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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- IN CREATION
- Unsearchable (Job 5:8-10 [8] I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
[9] Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
[10] Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
See All...) - Past Finding Out (Job 9:4-10 [4] He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
[5] Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
[6] Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
[7] Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
[8] Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
[9] Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
[10] Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
See All...) - We Cannot Comprehend (Job 37:5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
See All...) - IN SALVATION
- What God Has Done (Mark 5:18-19 [18] And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
[19] Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
See All...) - What Things We Tell (Mark 5:20And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
See All...) - IN THE WORD
- Of God’s Law (Hosea 8:12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
See All...) - Rejoicing the Heart (Jeremiah 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
See All...) - IN LIFE
- From Our Youth (Psalm 71:16-17 [16] I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
[17] O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
See All...) - Unto Old Age (Psalm 71:18-19 [18] Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
[19] Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
See All...) - IN REGARD
- In Regarding our Low Estate (Luke 1:46-48 [46] And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
[47] And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
[48] For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
See All...) - In Showing His Mighty Hand (Luke 1:49For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
See All...) - IN RETURN
- When the Lord Turns our Captivity (Psalm 126:1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
See All...) - When the Heathen See our Blessings (Psalm 126:2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
See All...) - When We Recognize our Blessings (Psalm 126:3The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
See All...) - From Weeping to Rejoicing (Psalm 126:4-6 [4] Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
[5] They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
[6] He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
See All...) - IN PROMISE
- To Build Him a House (2 Samuel 7:10-13 [10] Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
[11] And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
[12] And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
[13] He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
See All...) - To Speak of a Great While to Come (2 Samuel 7:18-21 [18] Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
[19] And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
[20] And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
[21] For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
See All...) - To Exalt the God of Great Things (2 Samuel 7:22-23 [22] Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
[23] And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
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CONCLUSION: How great things has God done for you? He wants to do more. Will you bring your soul and your needs to Him? Will you bring to Him a heart of thanksgiving?
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.