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...but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18

Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Corinthians 10:31

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Psalm 19:1

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:23

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Revelation 21:23

"God's glory is everywhere. Revelation 21:23 says when we get to heaven there will be no need of the sun or moon because the glory of the Lord will illuminate everything. There will be no night there, for the place will be consumed with the glory of God. His glory is so awesome that it will light up our heavenly home."

Read the entire article, All for God's Glory, by DR Tony Evans at One Place.

4 Comments

Mary

5/2/2013 05:36:53 am

At church the priest was mentioning that Handel wrote the Messiah in 23 days (i think) in a closed room-- would not let anyone inside.
--at one point his aid came to the door and opened it
and Handel, (who wrote the Messiah for lent and Easter, not Chirstmas) stared at him with other-worldly eyes and said something along the lines of, I have seen it! The Glory of God!

I have not looked for the origins of this story but did start looking: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-Glorious-History-of-Handels-Messiah.html

Mary

5/2/2013 05:38:45 am

oops- meant to say i have not FOUND the origins...
and i usually spell it, Christmas!

mary

5/2/2013 05:45:05 am

ok, here is more;

In April of 1737 at 52 Handel seems to have suffered from a stroke which incapacitated him, making it impossible for him to perform (he played the spinet or keyboard) or conduct, because it had paralyzed his right arm and he was right handed. He also complained of blurred vision. The truth was as well, that falling in and out of favor with royalty left him alternately in and out of money, and because he was not a wise businessman he in fact lost a fortune in the opera business and, depressed and in debt, gave it up in 1740.
It was only shortly after these calamities in Handel’s life that he came across a libretto composed by Charles Jennens. Composed entirely of Scripture portions, mainly from the OT, Handel was deeply affected when he read this libretto. It was divided into three parts: 1) prophecies about the coming messiah (largely drawing on Isaiah); 2) the birth, life, ministry, death, resurrection of Christ; 3) the End times with Christ’s final victory over sin and death, largely based in the book of Revelation. Inspired, Handel decided he must compose an oratorio based on this libretto. The story of the composition of this most famous of all Christian musical works has been told variously. What we can say with certainty is that he composed the work in a short period of time during the summer of 1741, and when he got to the Hallelujah chorus, his assistant found him in tears saying “I did think I saw heaven open, and saw the very face of God”.

Read more: http://blog.beliefnet.com/bibleandculture/2009/12/handels-messiah-the-story-behind-the-classic.html#ixzz2S9srtHdb

Annie

5/2/2013 09:48:21 am

Oh, Katy, thank you so much for the information on Handel. One of my favorite composers, and I believe him when he says, "I did think I saw heaven open, and saw the very face of God."

All one needs do is listen to The Messiah to understand that this may have indeed been the case!

All for God's Glory