Attitudes, positive to God
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· 5 viewsScripture identifies a range of positive attitudes towards God, which believers are encouraged to adopt.
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Trust
Trust
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
See also Ro 15:13; Jn 14:1; Ps 20:7; Ps 25:1–2; Ps 40:4; Ps 56:11
Faith
Faith
When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.
See also Mt 9:2; Heb 11:1–39
Thankfulness
Thankfulness
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
See also 1 Ch 16:34; Ps 100:4; Eph 5:20; Mt 14:19; Php 4:6; Col 2:7; Ps 35:18
Praise
Praise
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
See also Is 42:10; Is 61:3; Ps 148:1–5; Ac 2:46–47; Ezr 3:11; Ps 150:1–6; Jas 5:13
Prayerfulness
Prayerfulness
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
See also Mt 14:23; Ro 8:26; Mt 26:41; 1 Th 5:17
Reverence
Reverence
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in the fear of you.
See also Mal 4:2; Mal 2:5; Eph 5:21; Ne 5:15; Heb 12:28; 1 Pe 3:1–2
Watchfulness
Watchfulness
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
See also 1 Th 5:6–8; 1 Pe 5:8; Lk 12:37–38
Hope
Hope
Though he slay me, I will hope in him;
yet I will argue my ways to his face.
See also Ro 4:18; Ps 25:5; Is 40:31; Mic 7:7
Love
Love
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
See also Dt 30:6; Ps 18:1; Jn 21:15–17; Ps 116:1
Holiness
Holiness
Heb 12:14; 1 Pe 1:15–16
See also Dt 7:6; Ro 12:1–2; Dt 14:1–2; 1 Co 5:7–8; Col 3:2
Awesome respect
Awesome respect
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
See also Ac 9:31; Re 14:7; Dt 10:12–13; Pr 1:7; Pr 9:10; Je 5:22
Repentance
Repentance
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
See also Ac 2:38; Ac 17:30; Job 42:6; Eze 14:6
Humility
Humility
All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
See also 1 Pe 5:6; Ezr 8:21; Jas 4:10
Self-denial
Self-denial
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Submission
Submission
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
See also Ro 10:3; Ro 8:7; Job 22:21