Hi Brian!

The word for this week is "glory". We'll look at two verses in the Old Testament and three in the New Testament.


Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. KJV


Psalm 29:2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His Name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. KJV

This is the Hebrew word "kabowd". Strong's Concordance says: weight, splendor, copiousness. Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon says: glory, honor, abundance, riches, splendor, dignity, reputation, reverence. The New Testament Greek word is similar! 

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. KJV

John 17:22 And the glory which thou gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: KJV

Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: KJV

This is the Greek word "doxa". Thayer's Greek Lexicon says: opinion, estimate, splendor, brightness, magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace, majesty (that which belongs to God). Because we have received Jesus as Lord and personal Savior, He now lives IN us, by His Spirit! That means that all that "glory" lives in us, too! That's how God sees us ALL THE TIME! We may not always see ourselves that way, but it is true! 1 John 4:17 tells us this:

17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world. KJV

When we dare to see ourselves the way that God sees us, NOTHING will seem impossible to accomplish! I LOVE the Word! I'm so glad that you do, too! Here is Hillsong with "His Glory Appears":

Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!