Passion for Praise: 'God's Guarantee Bring Us to Praise Him!'

Friday, August 7, 2026

The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.
— Ephesians 1:14

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Illustration of Ephesians 1:14 — The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

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Passion for Praise is a daily devotional consisting of a passage of Scripture that emphasizes praise to our God.

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