God Isn’t Gloomy

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring God

Joy, Unknown, Devotional, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Daily Devotional, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, Solid Joys, Jesus, John Piper

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🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

If none of God’s purposes can be frustrated, then he must be the happiest of all beings.

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0:00.0	October 2, God isn't gloomy.
0:06.6	The Lord brings the council of the nations to nothing.
0:10.7	He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
0:14.4	The council of the Lord stands forever,
0:18.0	the plans of his heart to all generations.
0:23.2	Our God is in the heavens.
0:25.6	He does all that he pleases.
0:28.7	Psalm 115 3.
0:32.2	The implication of this text is that
0:35.6	God has the right and power
0:39.0	to do whatever makes him happy.
0:43.4	That is what it means to say
0:46.4	that God is sovereign.
0:49.0	Think about it for a moment.
0:50.5	If God is sovereign and can do anything he pleases,
0:55.8	then none of his purposes can be frustrated.
1:00.4	The Lord brings the council of the nations to nothing.
1:04.2	He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
1:07.1	The council of the Lord stands forever,
1:12.2	the plans of his heart to all generations.
1:17.0	Psalm 33 10 and 11.
1:20.4	And if none of his purposes can be frustrated,
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