Solomon tells us that “a happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing” (Proverbs 17:22, AMP ). God undoubtedly has a sense of humor; we need only look at some of the animals He created (it’s hard not to smile at the sight of a hippo, a monkey, or a puppy). Or think of some of the married couples you know: don’t you think God was smiling at the wedding as He looked ahead to the interaction of the wildly different personalities that will be living together?Posts Tagged ‘spiritual-clothing’
a prayer to clothe yourself
After yesterday’s post, I remembered a prayer given to me several years ago by my friend Roger; it makes Colossians 3 “pray-able.” What made me think of it was the final section, which addresses what we are clothed with. Here’s the prayer:…
what are you wearing?
In Breaking the Power of Inferiority, Pastor Gregory Dickow makes the point that we are clothed in righteousness, quoting Isaiah 61:10:
I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
That got me wondering about other passages that say we are clothed by God:…
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