What does it mean to declare the glory of God? From the two great themes of the Psalms we find the two stanzas of our international anthem: praise God for what he has done; praise God for who he is. To declare God’s glory among the nations we number his marvelous works and bless his name! We may have come to God singing “Just As I Am,” but we are sent to the nations singing “How Great Thou Art!” (Edmund Clowney)

David’s Psalm of Praise. It is David’s, David’s very own, David’s favorite. It is David’s Praise just as another (Psalm 86) is David’s Prayer. It is altogether praise, and praise pitched in a high key. David had blessed God many a time in other Psalms, but this he regarded as his peculiar, his crown jewel of praise. Certainly David’s praise is the best of praise, for it is that of a man of experience, of sincerity, of calm deliberation, and of intense warmth of heart. It is not for anyone of us to render David’s praise, for David only could do that; but we may take David’s Psalm as a model, and aim at making our own personal adoration as much like it as possible: we shall be long before we equal our model. Let each Christian reader present his own praise unto the Lord, and call it by his own name. What a wealth of varied praise will thus be presented through Christ Jesus! (Charles Spurgeon)

Jesus is uncontainable. John 21:25 states, “Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.” Today we’ll conclude The Gospel According to John. Three years don’t seem enough for a book so large, for a savior so vast, for miracles so monumental, and for a salvation so glorious. How could we ever cover it all? Simply, we can’t and that’s why we worship Jesus. There are no words to exhaustively describe him, there’s no art to fully picture him, there’s no song to melodically interpret him. Simply, he’s uncontainable!

Food, fellowship, and faithfulness. These three words capture the heart of the firsts 19 verse of John’s 21st chapter. Meals, friendship, and Jesus are a wonderful combination. Here we see a fallen friend restored, a clear plan given, and a hope building. Every meal is an opportunity for us to give God glory and seek opportunities for his glory to be made known!

We can have peace because we know the resurrection of Jesus is true and the promise of resurrection is extended to those who love Him and have been loved by him. The resurrection of Jesus established a peace that overcomes doubt, empowers our mission, and proclaims the message to all nations!

The resurrection of Christ is the most important article of our faith, and without it the hope of eternal life is extinguished.” These words from the great reformer, John Calvin, remind us of the importance of understanding the work of Jesus. In these verses John shows us a pictures of several individuals. What’s most shocking is John includes himself and you too!

Jesus demands a radical response by his people. May our aims, ambitions, and desires be focused on knowing him and making him known. May the praise of every nation ring out in the honor of Jesus and the Glory of God the Father.

Funerals are painful and cemeteries are reminders of what once was and what will be. Jesus is placed in a borrowed tomb and in the process two familiar, yet distant, characters show up. Joe and Nick no longer being captive to the glory of men go public with their faith and honor Jesus by giving him a proper burial. The once miracle-working Savior is laid in a tomb reverently, carefully, and openly. Fear now being cast aside, these men give to Jesus in his death what he called them to give during his life