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In the End, At The End of The Day
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV)
I've said, and I've heard it said, in the end, or at the end of the day we pray this will bring you glory. The intent is that after everything is said in done the task we have undertaken will bring Glory to God. Which is a noble and desirable intention It is where our hearts should be in all we do. If we do whatever we do honestly and excellently it will bring honor and glory to God.
But I don't think that is what is intended in this verse. I don't think God wants us to glorify Him with the products of our efforts. I believe He wants us to Glorify Him in the process. He is not asking us to glorify Him at the end of our lives. Does He want us to say when we are near the end of our time God I want to Glorify you for all you have done throughout my life? That is what "in the end at the end of the day" means. It means when everything is said and done.
Is that what God wants to hear us say. When you reach the end of a project or endeavor is it then that you say thanks for your help. Let me acknowledge you now that it is over. Does God want to hear how He has blessed you at the end? How He has inspired you motivated you helped you at the end? Is that what glorifying God means? Here is the reality if you wait until the end of the day to glorify God you will forget when it was that He help you through the day.
You can not do "whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" if you are not Glorifying God in the process. You can not do anything to the glory of God if He is not in it in the beginning in the middle and at the end. If He is not in it from beginning to end, you are missing it. If you want to be selfish about this, Think of it this way. The more you glorify Him, the more He will bless you. Well, you might say I don't want to be selfish, your immaturity is showing. God will only bless those who bless Him. Selfish or not if you glorify God he will bless you one can't go without the other.
If you want the blessing of God in your life, Glorify Him. To glorify God is to involve Him in the process not just to acknowledge Him in the end. You want His attention Glorify Him. You want His blessing Glorify Him. You want a closer relationship with Him glorify Him. If you start with glory and you proceed in glory, you will receive His glory.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
In the End, At The End of The Day
Friday, August 25, 2017
I Am Sending You
Thursday, June 22, 2017
One Body
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Endless Possibilities
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Endless Possibilities
12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 1 Corinthians 2 12-13
There is a space, a divide between us who believe in Christ and those who don't. We who do, can hear and understand what God has said and is saying. those that don't, though hearing can not comprehend what the Lord has said and is saying. The bridge that reaches across that divide is the Spirit of God He is the one that opens our minds to understand the call, will, purpose, glory, love, and sovereignty of God. Without the Spirit of God, the world is left lost abandon and confused because it can never understand the way the world works. They're missing the most vital part, the Spirit of God which makes the world make sense. Without it we are, but a mass of humanity headed for our inevitable self-destruction. The Spirit of God opens our minds to the reality of a future with a God of boundless, endless beautiful possibilities.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Glory To God
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If what I have written or said has inspired, motivated or otherwise benefited you. I want you to know it is God in me that has allowed me to do anything that may be of profit to you. The wisdom I have shared comes from God who provides wisdom to all who ask. It is through God that I and able to do what I do and it is He who deserves the Glory. Simply stated I want to give God the glory for all He has done in my life.
Monday, March 6, 2017
For This Very Purpose
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For This Very Purpose
“For the
Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you
up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in
all the earth.””
Romans 9:17 NKJV
You
may think I will have nothing to do with God, you may even believe God
does not exist. The truth is you have no say in the matter. God is not
affected by your erroneous beliefs. God is going to use you to carry out
His purposes with your permission or not. In every situation exist the
opportunity to glorify God. In the end, he will be Glorified, and you
will be an instrument He uses to bring Him glory. This prophecy will be
fulfilled, 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father. Philippians 2:10-11 (KJV)
Friday, January 27, 2017
From Glory to Glory
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From Glory to Glory
Monday, January 23, 2017
This Day
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This Day
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24
This day is not another day to complete the unfinished task of yesterday. This day is not the day to plan for the wonderful dreams of your heart. This is not the day to rejoice in the victories of your life. This is the day you get a new opportunity to experience the never-ending always fulfilling love of God. This is the day you get to know the wondrous, glory, mercy and presence of God. The reason to rejoice this day is because the Lord is God, He is alive and interested in you.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
From Every Tribe
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From Every Tribe
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"Revelation 7:9-10
The day is coming when all the world past and present, from every village and city, people will come forth to recognize the salvation of the Lord. The world in its vast diversity will proclaim the glory God.
Monday, December 26, 2016
Partakers
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Partakers
3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
These two verses are about what God has done for you, enabling you and I to be free from reaping the rewards of sin. He grants us life, allowed us to know Him, then calls us to His glory and excellence. If you look at it, it is stated in the past tense, this has already been done for you. "Called," past tense, "granted," past tense, "having escaped from" past tense, what he is stating in these two verses has already been done for you. Then it is left to us to "partake," we must take action to receive what has already been given us. We must take action to receive "His precious and very great promises," "divine nature" and be free from the sinful corruption of this world.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Self Destruction
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Self Destruction
“Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.”
Jeremiah 17:5 ESV
We as a nation have become this man, we have replaced "in God we trust" with our own rights of self-determination. We have said in our hearts I am the master of my domain. We have turned our hearts away from God and substituted Him with an image of ourselves. We glory in out strength and intellect; we have gloried in our accomplishments. We have placed ourselves before God, and we are cursed.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Useful Gifts
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Useful Gifts
As each has
received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's
varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever
serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order
that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him
belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1Peter 4:10-11
The
question has never been, do you have a gift? Peter states it as
something that has occurred. He is saying, use your gift to the glory of
God. Do not sit around waiting for a bolt of lightning to hit you and
ignite your life. It is up to you to ignite the fire that will bring the
gifts in your life to full fruition.
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Speaking of Jesus
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Speaking of Jesus
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. Romans 11:36
We exist because of Him for Him, and we are sustained by Him. This is why we glorify Him.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Worship
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Worship
All the angels
stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures,
and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, Revelation
7:11 (NKJV)
What an honor, what a joy , it must be, to be
allowed to worship God in His presence. We who belong to Him will
someday be among the angels ,elders and living creatures that will fall
before Him and worship Him. Can you see it?
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Desires of The Heart
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Desires of The Heart
Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4
Full Definition of delight
- 1 : a high degree of gratification : joy; also : extreme satisfaction
- 2 : something that gives great pleasure <her performance was a delight>
- 3 archaic : the power of affording pleasure
Friday, March 25, 2016
Believe, Salvation, Life
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Believe, Salvation, Life
15
And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to
the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved,
but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:15-16
Jesus put it very plainly, simply, believe in me and be saved. The gospel (good news) is Jesus.