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 ESV
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

Matthew 8:10 ESV
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

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV
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

Hebrews 13:15 ESV
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

James 5:13 ESV
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

Psalm 5:7 ESV
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

Colossians 4:2 ESV
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

Job 13:15 ESV
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

Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV
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

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

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV
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

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV
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

Isaiah 66:2 ESV
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

Matthew 16:24 ESV
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Submission

James 4:7 ESV
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
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