Scriptural references for:
Glorify God
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Glorify God

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Let your light so shine that others will see it and glorify God.
Mat 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

To every man God has given a little light.
Rom 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Pro 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

He can choose whether to walk in it or to walk in the darkness of self desire.
Jhn 3:19-21
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Every child was born innocent and desires the nurturing of love.
Every man, no matter how wicked, was once an innocent child.
He chose the pathway of darkness over the pathway of light.

Jhn 12:36
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
2Pe 2:19-21
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

There is far more wisdom in the way of little children than in the self proclaimed wisdom of over educated adults.
Mat 21:16
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Unless you become like a little child you cannot appreciate the things of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Luk 18:17
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

The Divine Light abundantly shines through the faces of little children.
Mat 18:10
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.