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Praise God for His Heavenly Splendor and Glory

Adoration 1.9 | KJV

I must give to God the praise of that splendour and glory wherein he is pleased to manifest himself in the upper world.

Thou hast prepared thy throne in the heavens, Psalm 103:19(KJV) and it is a throne of glory, high and lifted up; and before thee the seraphims cover their faces. Isaiah 6:1-2(KJV) And it is in compassion to your people that thou holdest back the face of that throne, and spreadest a cloud upon it. Job 26:9(KJV)

Thou makest thine angels spirits, and thy ministers a flame of fire. Psalm 104:4(KJV) Thousand thousands of them minister unto thee, and ten thousand times ten thousand stand before thee, to do thy pleasure. Revelation 5:11(KJV) They excel in strength and hearken to the voice of thy word. Psalm 103:20-21(KJV) And I am come by faith and hope and holy love into a spiritual communion with that innumerable company of angels and the spirits of just men made perfect, even to the general assembly and church of the first-born, in the heavenly Jerusalem. Hebrews 12:22-23(KJV)

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Acknowledge God’s Unchanging Truth and Greatness

Adoration 1.8 | KJV

That his truth is invariable, and the treasures of his goodness inexhaustible.

Thou art good, and thy mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 136:1(KJV)

Thy loving-kindness is great toward me, Psalm 117:2(KJV) and thy truth endureth to all generations. Psalm 100:5(KJV)

Thou hast proclaimed thy name: The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Exodus 34:6-7(KJV) And this name of thine is my strong tower. Proverbs 18:10(KJV)

Thou art good and doest good, Psalm 119:68(KJV) good to all; and thy tender mercy is over all thy works. Psalm 145:9(KJV) But truly God is in a special manner good to Israel, even to them that are of a clean heart. Psalm 73:1(KJV)

O that thou wouldest cause thy goodness to pass before me, Exodus 33:19(KJV) that I may taste and see that the Lord is good, Psalm 34:8(KJV) and his loving-kindness may be always before my eyes. Psalm 26:3(KJV)

Lastly, that when I have said all I can of the glorious perfections of the Divine nature, I fall infinitely short of the merit of the subject.

Lo, these are but parts of his ways, and how little a portion is heard of God! But the thunder of his power who can understand? Job 26:14(KJV)

Touching the Almighty, I cannot find him out; he is excellent in power and in judgment, and in plenty of justice; Job 37:23(KJV) he is exalted far above all blessing and praise. Nehemiah 9:5(KJV)

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Acknowledge God’s Purity and Justice

Adoration 1.7 | KJV

That he is a God of unspotted purity and perfect rectitude.

Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel: Psalm 22:3(KJV) Holy and reverend is thy name; Psalm 111:9(KJV) and I give thanks at the remembrance of thy holiness. Psalm 30:4(KJV)

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity; Habakkuk 1:3(KJV) neither shall evil dwell with thee. Psalm 5:4(KJV)

Thou art the Rock, thy work is perfect, all thy ways are truth and judgment; a God of truth, and in whom is no iniquity. Deuteronomy 32:4(KJV) Thou art my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in thee. Psalm 92:15(KJV)

Thou art holy in all thy works, Psalm 145:17(KJV) and holiness becomes thy house, O Lord, for ever. Psalm 93:5(KJV)

That he is just in the administration of his government, and never did, nor ever will do, wrong to any of his creatures.

Righteous art thou, O God, when I plead with thee, Jeremiah 12:1(KJV) and wilt be justified when thou speakest and clear when thou judgest. Psalm 51:4(KJV)

Far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should commit iniquity; for the work of a man shall he render unto him. Job 34:10-11(KJV)

Thy righteousness is as the great mountains, even then when thy judgments are a great deep! Psalm 36:6(KJV) And though clouds and darkness are round about thee, yet judgment and justice are the habitation of thy throne. Psalm 97:2(KJV)