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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Worship

Psalms 29:2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness

In the dictionary the definition of worship is "reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred." Sometimes I think in the modern era of the Christian church, we pay to much attention to the music side of worship. Now please dont misunderstand what i am saying here. Worship is so much more than just singing a song on sunday morning that sounds good. Worship is a way of life. Worshiping God thru music is only one way we can worship Him. Worshiping God can literally bring us into the throne room of heaven. After all, one of the reasons God created us was so we could worship Him. But we can worship God thru the way we live our lives. We can worship Him thru our relationships with others, thru the music we listen to, and thru the choices we make. We can even worship God at our jobs believe it or not!!!


Worshiping God is a honor. Think about it. We have direct access 24/7 to the very God who made the whole entire universe. Thats amazing!!! In everything we do we can worship God.
God Bless,
David

Monday, July 16, 2012

Lukewarm


Revelation 3:15-16

New International Version (NIV)
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.


Blah!!! I dont know about you but one of my pet peeves is lukewarm drinks. Lukewarm soda is disgusting! Cold soda on the other hand, is a different story. That can actually have a purpose. Now usually when somebody describes something as lukewarm, they are usually talking about a liquid or something like that. But today I am going to be talking about the Lukewarm Christian. I know a little bit about this since that described me for a little bit. It sucks!! and the thing is its so easy to become lukewarm in our walk with Jesus. All we have to do is back off from God for just a little bit and Wham, the next thing you know you dont seem to have the same fire that you used to have. We become complacent and think that we are good with God and can skip a quiet time or two with Him. Ive been in that place where Satan tries to get you to back off from God and go back to the things (problems) that you used to be involved in. This past week i was at youth camp and i realized that i was settling for average. But as the verse above clearly states, God doesnt want our average. God wants your all!!! Spend time with Him. God loves you and wants to know you more. He can set a fire in you that will make you hot for Him! But a fire wont be able to burn for a long time with just one spark and one piece of wood. The fire has to be continually fed. So if you are already on fire for God, please dont settle for less. continue to feed you fire for God, and He will do mighty things thru you. And if today you find yourself being lukewarm or cold, dont give up. God wants to set you on fire. You may have to make a few sacrifces with your time or other things, but believe me, its worth it.

God Bless,

David