What amuses God? - Amusement - TouchPoints

Psalm 18:19He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.

Psalm 149:4The Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

Zephaniah 3:17The Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.

God takes great joy in his people.

Deuteronomy 30:10“The Lord your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.”

Psalm 37:23The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.

Psalm 147:11No, the Lord’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.

God delights in those who trust him and obey him.

Jeremiah 9:24“Those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

God delights in justice and righteousness.

Proverbs 15:8The Lord . . . delights in the prayers of the upright.

God enjoys hearing our prayers.

Proverbs 11:1The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights.

Proverbs 11:20The Lord detests people with crooked hearts, but he delights in those with integrity.

Proverbs 12:22The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in those who tell the truth.

Proverbs 15:26The Lord detests evil plans, but he delights in pure words.

God delights in our reflection of his character.

2 Samuel 6:5, 14David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. . . . And David danced before the Lord with all his might, wearing a priestly garment.

1 Chronicles 13:8David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

Psalm 22:3Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

Psalm 30:4Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name.

Psalm 33:3Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.

Psalm 57:9I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations.

Psalm 68:4Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord—rejoice in his presence!

Psalm 69:30Then I will praise God’s name with singing, and I will honor him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 98:4-6Shout to the Lord, all the earth; break out in praise and sing for joy! Sing your praise to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and melodious song, with trumpets and the sound of the ram’s horn. Make a joyful symphony before the Lord, the King!

Psalm 135:3Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; celebrate his lovely name with music.

Psalm 150:3-6Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp! Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Revelation 5:11-14Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders. And they sang in a mighty chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered—to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.” And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.” And the four living beings said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb.

God delights in our words and songs of praise to him.

Deuteronomy 30:9-10“The Lord your God will then make you successful in everything you do. He will give you many children and numerous livestock, and he will cause your fields to produce abundant harvests, for the Lord will again delight in being good to you as he was to your ancestors. The Lord your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.”

Jeremiah 32:41I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.

Luke 12:32“So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.”

Colossians 1:27God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.

God enjoys doing good for his people and blessing them with “the riches and glory of Christ.”

Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 17-18, 21, 25God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. . . . God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good. . . . The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good. . . . God set these lights in the sky to light the earth, to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. . . . So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good. . . . God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

Revelation 4:11“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

God created everything for his pleasure.

Leviticus 23:4“In addition to the Sabbath, these are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.”

Revelation 19:7, 9“Let us be glad and rejoice, and let us give honor to him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself. . . .” And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he added, “These are true words that come from God.”

God enjoys righteous celebrations!

Luke 15:7, 10, 32“There is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away! . . . there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents. . . . We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!”

Nothing makes God smile like a repentant sinner.