according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground,
and wild animals, each according to its kind...
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.
God blessed them them and said to them,
"Be fruitful and increase in number;
fill the earth and subdue it...
God saw all that he had made and it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning - the sixth day.
Genesis 1:24-26
God's creation on the sixth day is something very special. Everything else he created from day one to day 5 was all set for his last creation, the man. Everything was ready for a man to live. Truly a God of Love! And not only that, always remember that God has made us in his own image. When God sees us, he sees a reflection of himself.
and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and
moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds,
and every winged bird according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and
fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."
And there was evening, and there was morning - the fifth day.
Genesis 1:20-23
God had made water, soil, air, plants and fruits for food. He created the sun to give light and warmth. Now God created the birds in the sky and the fishes in the ocean, the Earth’s first inhabitants and commanded them to multiply. God’s Word was fulfilled exactly the way He said.
and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,
and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth."
And it was so. God made two great lights - the greater light to govern the day and
the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,
to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness.
And God saw that it was good.
And there was evening, and there was morning - the fourth day.
Haven't you thought that God created light on the first day of creation? Yes he did but these are specific lights. What he did on the fourth day is to separate the day from the night. He gave us something specific to mark the days with, to help us keep track of the days, years and seasons.
Can you imagine a world where we didn’t have any darkness? And a total darkness? And because of this he made the moon and the stars for the night.
God was very good indeed!
On the third day, God said, "Let the water beneath the sky be gathered into seas."
Then the water began to move.
There were all sorts of seas,
lakes,
and
rivers.
This formed dry land.
On the land,
there were tall mountains.
There were deep valleys.
God called the dry land earth
God said, "Let the earth give all grass, and plant, and every sort of fruit with seeds inside the fruit and plants so there will be more."
God was pleased.
Thanks God for these wonderful creations, the seas, the rivers, the trees, the colorful plants. There are no words good enough to thank you for all of these. Just thank you for everything! Should we all thank God for all his masterpiece?
On the second day, God said, "Let the vapors separate to form the sky above and the oceans below.
This made the sky above.
This made the air we breathe.
God looked at what He had done.
God was pleased.
Thanks God for the beautiful oceans and seas.
God entrusted us all his creations. And what are we doing? These creations are at risk from human activities.
Population growth, coastal fisheries, excessive domestic and agricultural waste pouring into ocean waters, poor land-use practices and over-exploitation of reef resources, with practices such as harvesting with dynamite and poison.
The earth and the sky were all dark.
They were one big shapeless mass.
God said, " Let there be light."
The light appeared!
He divided the light from the darkness.
He let it shine for a while then it became dark again.
He called the light daytime
He called the dark nighttime.
This was the first day.
God was pleased.When God created the universe, did he plan it all or did he do it at once? Are there sketches, timetables, paper trails and more?
Did he miss something? Because God is perfect, all his ideas are perfectly done.
Whatever our guess, let's thank God we are part of his perfect creations!
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The 10 Commandments is God's Revelation in the Old Testament found at Exodus, Chapter 20. They were given directly by God to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai after He had delivered them from slavery in Egypt.
"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God…
ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'
THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'
FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'
FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'
SIX: 'You shall not murder.'
SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'
EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'
NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'
TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'
Think how wonderful to live in the world given by our Holy God if these 10 commandments are being obeyed by each and everyone of us. No crimes, no worries.
Our Daily Bread
