Attitudes, positive to God

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Scripture identifies a range of positive attitudes towards God, which believers are encouraged to adopt.

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Trust

Proverbs 3:5 LEB
Trust Yahweh with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.
See also Ps 20:7; Ps 25:1–2; Ps 40:4; Ps 56:11; Jn 14:1; Ro 15:13

Faith

Matthew 8:10 LEB
Now when Jesus heard this, he was astonished, and said to those who were following him, “Truly I say to you, I have found such great faith with no one in Israel.
See also Mt 9:2; Heb 11:1–39

Thankfulness

1 Thessalonians 5:18 LEB
give thanks in everything; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
See also 1 Ch 16:34; Ps 35:18; Ps 100:4; Mt 14:19; Eph 5:20; Php 4:6; Col 2:7

Praise

Hebrews 13:15 LEB
Therefore through him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
See also Ezr 3:11; Ps 148:1–5; Ps 150:1–6; Is 42:10; Is 61:3; Ac 2:46–47; Jas 5:13

Prayerfulness

James 5:13 LEB
Is anyone among you suffering misfortune? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praise.
See also Mt 14:23; Mt 26:41; Ro 8:26; 1 Th 5:17

Reverence

Psalm 5:7 LEB
But as for me, through the abundance of your steadfast love I will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.
See also Ne 5:15; Mal 2:5; Mal 4:2; Eph 5:21; Heb 12:28; 1 Pe 3:1–2

Watchfulness

Colossians 4:2 LEB
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,
See also Lk 12:37–38; 1 Th 5:6–8; 1 Pe 5:8

Hope

Job 13:15 LEB
Look, though he kill me, I will hope in him; however, I will defend my ways before him.
See also Ps 25:5; Is 40:31; Mic 7:7; Ro 4:18

Love

Deuteronomy 6:5 LEB
And you shall love Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your might.
See also Dt 30:6; Ps 18:1; Ps 116:1; Jn 21:15–17

Holiness

Heb 12:14; 1 Pe 1:15–16
See also Dt 7:6; Dt 14:1–2; Ro 12:1–2; 1 Co 5:7–8; Col 3:2

Awesome respect

Ecclesiastes 12:13 LEB
Now that all has been heard, here is the final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
See also Dt 10:12–13; Pr 1:7; Pr 9:10; Je 5:22; Ac 9:31; Re 14:7

Repentance

2 Corinthians 7:10 LEB
For grief according to the will of God brings about a repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.
See also Job 42:6; Eze 14:6; Ac 2:38; Ac 17:30

Humility

Isaiah 66:2 LEB
And my hand has made all these things, and all these came to be,” declares Yahweh, “but I look to this one: to the humble and the contrite of spirit and the one frightened at my word.
See also Ezr 8:21; Jas 4:10; 1 Pe 5:6

Self-denial

Matthew 16:24 LEB
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Submission

James 4:7 LEB
Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
See also Job 22:21; Ro 8:7; Ro 10:3
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