1. GOD CREATED ALL THINGS.
"For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come,let us bow down in
worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care."
Psalm 95:1-7
2. GOD'S CREATION DECLARES HIS GLORY.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."
Psalm 19:1-6
3. GOD IS EVIDENT THROUGH CREATION AND HIS WISDOM AND POWER ARE SEEN THROUGH NATURE.
"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse."
Romans 1:20
4. GOD COMMANDS US TO CARE FOR CREATION—IT'S PART OF WHAT WE WERE CREATED FOR.
"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.' So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."
Genesis 1:26-31
5. THROUGH REFLECTION ON CREATION, WE ARE BETTER POSITIONED TO HEAR "THE VOICE OF GOD" AND CAN BREAK THE SPIRITUAL STRONGHOLDS OF MATERIALISM, CONSUMERISM, GREED, LAZINESS, IDOLATRY, AND A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT.
"Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: 'There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying."
Hosea 4:1-3
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