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Wonder(ˈwəndər)cause of astonishment or admiration.

Psalm 8:1-6 (NIV) 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? 5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet… 
"It's one thing to be lost Wondering about God another to be lost in the Wonder of God."

Have we lost our Wonder?

You won't meet God on google.

We stopped imagining.
Ephesians 3:14-21 (NIV) 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. 

A God of Wonders
  1. He is Wonderful -Wonder filled. 
"The First part of wonder is wo…"
Psalm 8:1(NIV) O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

 Holy

Exodus 15:11 (NIV) "Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you-- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

"When we try to simplify him we minimize his power in our life."

2. What he makes is Wonderful
Psalm 8:3 (NIV) .When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place.

Psalm 19:1 (NIV) The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Psalm 139:14 (NIV) 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 

3. His works are Wonderful

Our hope is connected to our ability to wonder.

God does good things!
Psalm 119:68 (NLT) You are good and do only good.
-Miracles, Signs, and Wonders
Acts 2:43 (NLT) A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. 


The Wonderful Gospel:
Psalm 8:4 (NIV) What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)  God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.