{"id":2702,"date":"2021-04-17T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T18:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2021-04-17T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T18:25:26","slug":"devotion-john-37-8-more-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"Devotion         John 3:7-8           More Of You"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yiv8579617095ydp469ae09cWordSection1\">\n<p class=\"yiv8579617095ydp469ae09cMsoNoSpacing\"><b>John 3:7-8\u00a0<\/b>&#8211;\u00a0<i>But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss\u00a0for the sake of Christ.\u00a08\u00a0What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing\u00a0Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ<\/i><span class=\"yiv8579617095ydp469ae09ctext\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>Oh Lord God Almighty,<\/div>\n<div>The One, the Only,<\/div>\n<div>Triune God!<\/div>\n<div>I cry out to You,<\/div>\n<div>I need to know You<\/div>\n<div>So much better<\/div>\n<div>Than I do.<\/div>\n<div>My God, who loves me,<\/div>\n<div>Whom I love,<\/div>\n<div>My knowledge is faint,<\/div>\n<div>When I regard<\/div>\n<div>The whole of You,<\/div>\n<div>My knowledge is scant.<\/div>\n<div>Yet not so small as to be<\/div>\n<div>Unnoticed by You.<\/div>\n<div>This is what I know,<\/div>\n<div>And it brings my craving,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I know that what I know<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Is not enough.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Lord to know You better<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I must heed Your Spirit,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I must listen as Your Spirit<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Gives me learning,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">As fast as I can take it in.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Still what I know is little,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Yet, knowing little about you,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Is powerful beyond comprehension.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Because of who You are,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Who You are,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Is what I want to know<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Greater than I do.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Oh Lord God,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Expand me so that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">There is room to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Receive more of You.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">My hunger for You Lord God<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Is insatiable.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">More of You,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">More about You,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Is what I need.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The more I know of You,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The greater my faith.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The greater my faith,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The less I doubt,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The less I doubt,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I become a clear channel<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">For You To flow into me<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">And through me,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">As you desire.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Lord God, please Lord,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">More of You<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Is my greatest plea<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Lord God<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">More of You,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Much more of You!<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv8579617095ydp469ae09cyiv9875227054ydp3c51a361msonospacing\"><b>Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8579617095ydp469ae09cyiv9875227054ydp3c51a361msonospacing\"><b>Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8579617095ydp469ae09cyiv9875227054ydp3c51a361msonospacing\"><b>Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8579617095ydp469ae09cyiv9875227054ydp3c51a361msonospacing\"><b>Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 3:7-8\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss\u00a0for the sake of Christ.\u00a08\u00a0What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing\u00a0Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. 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