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Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life – Day 9

Make Me Smile

Based on Hosea 6:6; Hebrews 11:7; Genesis 6:8; Matthew 22:37-38;
Psalm 69:30-31; 1 Timothy 6:17; Isaiah 45:9; Psalm 103:14
I don’t desire any sacrifice given — 
just that you’d love me, alone.
Nor want I offerings lifted to heaven — 
only that I would be known.
 
Noah, whose love and great faith gave me pleasure,
built me a boat on dry land.
Love me with heart, soul and mind — without measure.
That is my greatest command.
 
Sing me a new song of praise and thanksgiving;
shout and rejoice in my name.
Have I not given the world for your living?
Yet, I am often to blame.
 
How can you argue with me, your creator?
What in the world would you say?
No jar would ask of the potter that made her:
Why did you make me this way?
 
You are my pleasure — what are you afraid of?
Am I not holy and just?
I know exactly what you have been made of — 
My hands are covered in dust.

Hosea 6:6 (LB)
I don’t want your sacrifices – I want your love; I don’t want your offerings – I want you to know me.
Hebrews 11:7 (Msg)
By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land.  He was warned about something he couldn’t see, and acted on what he was told . . . .  As a result, Noah became intimate with God.
Genesis 6:8 (LB)
Noah was a pleasure to the Lord.
Matthew 22:37-38 (NIV)
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the first and greatest commandment.
Psalm 69:30-31 (NIV)
I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.  This will please the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:17 (TEV)
God . . . generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.
Isaiah 45:9 (CEV)
You have no right to argue with your Creator.  You are merely a clay pot shaped by a potter.  The clay doesn’t ask, “Why did you make me this way?”
Psalm 103:14 (GWT)
He certainly knows what we are made of.  He bears in mind that we are dust.

LB: Living Bible   •   Msg: The Message   •   NIV: New International Version   •   TEV: Today’s English Version
CEV: Contemporary English Version   •   GWT: God’s Word Translation


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