The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
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… This is not the only place he talks like this. Zephaniah 3.17. The Lord your God is in your midst. A mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will quiet you by his love. He will exult over you with loud singing. Are you seeing this? feel this today Christian right where you're sitting the Lord your God is in your midst that's what Jesus is saying I'm with you and you know what I God am doing with you I am rejoicing over you with gladness I'm quieting you by love and I am exulting over you with loud singing. You think you're singing? God says, I'm the one singing loud in love for you. This is the holy, almighty God who reigns sovereign over 8 billion people and 7.5 quintillion grains of sand on the land and 2 trillion galaxies of septillion stars in the sky. That God looks at you today with joy and gladness and love and loud singing like it's his wedding day. …
… Zephaniah 3, The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will quiet you by his love. He will exalt over you with loud singing. God loves it when you do well. This joy over another saint or another body of saints doing well is rooted in the very nature and character of our God. We want to imitate that, don't we? Yeah. We want every church in Charlotte, every church in our denomination to outdo us in some spiritual gift. And by God's grace, we may have a gift to offer here as well. John rejoiced. God rejoices when we walk in the truth. All right, moving on to verses 5 through 8. Once again, this section starts with a warm expression of love, beloved. Then it begins to shed light on a few specifics. Gaius, as we said, was practicing hospitality and helping gospel workers on their journey. It's not clear if these missionaries were just traveling through or if they were preaching in Gaius' town. …
… When it feels like the world is caving in around us, and the Lord says in Zephaniah 3.17, I will quiet you with my love, and I will rejoice over you with sin. How about one chapter? Romans 8, when we are struggling with sin, and the Bible gives us a promise that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because the law of the spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death. When you're uncertain and fearful about the future, and Romans 8 says, you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, Abba, Father. The spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now, if we are children, we are heirs, heirs with God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we may share in his sufferings in order that one day we are going to share in his glory. …