Give to the LORD the glory due His name;
Bring an offering, and come before Him.
Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!
1 Chronicles 16:29
One of the joys of being a christian is knowing that God has prepared a place for us (John 14:2) and that one day we will be in heaven with Him for all eternity long, which is an incomprehensible overwhelming amount of time to think about! But that should never be our only motivation when following Jesus. We should honor and obey Him for who He is, giving Him all the respect, honor and glory due to Him and not just because of his promises and benefits.
It is easy to forget the rules when mom and dad aren't home or when your boss is not around because as men most of us have the habit of not doing what we should be doing when an authority figure is not physically present. And when they are present we often do the right things motivated by selfish reasons - to impress them, be rewarded or maybe trying to be someone you're not to please them. That is exactly what we tend to do with God sometimes. Even though we can't see Him in person we have to be reminded that He is omnipresent and knows and sees all things. He knows who we really are behind closed doors, in our thoughts and in our hearts, there is no hiding from Him. As His children we should always give Him all the respect, honor and glory due to His name, look at what He says in this verse:
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?" says the LORD Almighty..." Malachi 1:6
One more thing, so many times we find ourselves praying, singing, saying... "Give Him all the respect, honor and glory" that sometimes we forget what it really means. So instead of me telling you what it means because I often don't do these things myself, instead of you hearing someone telling you what it means why don't you really think about it and do the research, use your bible search for keywords, go before Him in prayer and ask Him to open your eyes so you can fully understand it and put it into practice.
He has equipped us with our bibles and the Holy Spirit though Him all things are possible, and yes there will be hard times, sometimes you won't fit in or be liked because of your faith. Be glad because you are doing it all for Him! The bible tells us in Romans 5:3 to rejoice in our sufferings - easy to say right? But He doesn't expect us to do it on our own He says to cast all your worries upon Him. If your life is hard and you are facing tribulations, persecution or whatever it might be while you are giving him all the respect, honor and glory don't be weakened! He told us this would happen and that is why we should cling to Him at all times, He sees us through it all He is God!
So again, ask yourselves this question:
What does it mean to give Him all the respect, honor and glory?
Let us know!
Comments and e-mails are much appreciated =)
God Bless!
Diego <><
Trusting
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who
sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over
from death to life." John 5:24
You have crossed over to life. Now what?
A big part of our lives as believers of God's word is trusting Him. In the bible God tells us numerous times to trust in Him and we see the outcome of that throughout the bible. As man (humans) it is our nature to try to take care of everything and do what we think is right before our own eyes at the moment. I would be the first to tell you that even though I know that I know that God takes care of everything if we just trust Him, I find myself struggling in this area.
"It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man."
Psalm 118:8
Trusting in "man" can also be applied as trusting yourself by trying to do it all on your own and trying to manipulate a situation based on your own understanding and not God's knowledge. "It's ok I got this." - Sometimes without knowing it that is what we are telling God.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5
Let this be a reminder to myself and you guys that whenever you are faced with a hard situation or decision just know that in the end you can be sure that God will work everything out. Trust Him.
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me"
John 14:1
I would appreciate any input or other verses that would encourage us on this topic =)
God Bless,
Diego <><
sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over
from death to life." John 5:24
You have crossed over to life. Now what?
A big part of our lives as believers of God's word is trusting Him. In the bible God tells us numerous times to trust in Him and we see the outcome of that throughout the bible. As man (humans) it is our nature to try to take care of everything and do what we think is right before our own eyes at the moment. I would be the first to tell you that even though I know that I know that God takes care of everything if we just trust Him, I find myself struggling in this area.
"It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man."
Psalm 118:8
Trusting in "man" can also be applied as trusting yourself by trying to do it all on your own and trying to manipulate a situation based on your own understanding and not God's knowledge. "It's ok I got this." - Sometimes without knowing it that is what we are telling God.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5
Let this be a reminder to myself and you guys that whenever you are faced with a hard situation or decision just know that in the end you can be sure that God will work everything out. Trust Him.
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me"
John 14:1
I would appreciate any input or other verses that would encourage us on this topic =)
God Bless,
Diego <><
Welcome! Let's share and encourage one another =)
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:22-23
Hello guys, this is Diego writing the first blog to what I pray will be a place for us to draw near to God and each other with a true heart and share our faith as we live day by day in the Word. All this to encourage one another!
So, I was sitting on the computer last Saturday listening to worship music feeling so encouraged by it. Then I realized that most times while we're at church, a retreat or talking to another christian we have that feeling of "This is it! I will change my ways and I'll keep the fire going and read my bible everyday, follow God with all my heart and give Him my best, etc..." Only to be disappointed weeks or even a few days later after we go on with our lives facing daily challenges amongst other things realizing we didn't follow through.
On a good note to keep that fire going we always have our bibles for guidance, our Lord to trust and cast all our fears and troubles upon and one another to talk to. Now with another tool called technology we often spend quite some time online sharing e-mails and messages with each other but they don't really get posted to the public and often get forgotten about in our inbox. So here we have this blog, another tool to share our lives and testimonies with other believers through writing, commenting, reading, praying, and all of this will stay posted on the web for us and others to visit anytime.
How will it work?
To start I will probably be sharing some things with you guys blogging once or twice a week since we might not have a big audience in the beginning or maybe no audience at all, but lets be positive here lol. Jokes aside I do believe God has put this on my heart and I encourage you guys to share! And whenever you feel encouraged to write a blog post please send me an e-mail to hopewriters@gmail.com and I will make your e-mail a blog entry to be shared with others (the world wide web) - Maybe you don't have the time to write one - You can still share anything from prayer requests to praise request! EVERYONE IS WELCOME! LET US KNOW YOU ARE THERE!!! =)
Our official e-mail is hopewriters@gmail.com please shoot us an e-mail to join our mailing list so you can be notified about new posts and also if you feel encouraged to share anything, as I mentioned before.
You can also post your comment right here on the bottom of this post by clicking the comment link =) and if you have a Blogger account feel free to follow us.
Please pray that God will help this blog to grow and reach out to many lives. I am now waiting on you guys to send some entries, come on guys I know you're outhere don't leave me hanging let's get the fire going!
"But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." Hebrews 3:13
God Bless!
Diego <><
Hello guys, this is Diego writing the first blog to what I pray will be a place for us to draw near to God and each other with a true heart and share our faith as we live day by day in the Word. All this to encourage one another!
So, I was sitting on the computer last Saturday listening to worship music feeling so encouraged by it. Then I realized that most times while we're at church, a retreat or talking to another christian we have that feeling of "This is it! I will change my ways and I'll keep the fire going and read my bible everyday, follow God with all my heart and give Him my best, etc..." Only to be disappointed weeks or even a few days later after we go on with our lives facing daily challenges amongst other things realizing we didn't follow through.
On a good note to keep that fire going we always have our bibles for guidance, our Lord to trust and cast all our fears and troubles upon and one another to talk to. Now with another tool called technology we often spend quite some time online sharing e-mails and messages with each other but they don't really get posted to the public and often get forgotten about in our inbox. So here we have this blog, another tool to share our lives and testimonies with other believers through writing, commenting, reading, praying, and all of this will stay posted on the web for us and others to visit anytime.
How will it work?
To start I will probably be sharing some things with you guys blogging once or twice a week since we might not have a big audience in the beginning or maybe no audience at all, but lets be positive here lol. Jokes aside I do believe God has put this on my heart and I encourage you guys to share! And whenever you feel encouraged to write a blog post please send me an e-mail to hopewriters@gmail.com and I will make your e-mail a blog entry to be shared with others (the world wide web) - Maybe you don't have the time to write one - You can still share anything from prayer requests to praise request! EVERYONE IS WELCOME! LET US KNOW YOU ARE THERE!!! =)
Our official e-mail is hopewriters@gmail.com please shoot us an e-mail to join our mailing list so you can be notified about new posts and also if you feel encouraged to share anything, as I mentioned before.
You can also post your comment right here on the bottom of this post by clicking the comment link =) and if you have a Blogger account feel free to follow us.
Please pray that God will help this blog to grow and reach out to many lives. I am now waiting on you guys to send some entries, come on guys I know you're outhere don't leave me hanging let's get the fire going!
"But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." Hebrews 3:13
God Bless!
Diego <><
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