Worship

Nina

 Here I go again! Oh well, I thought this DD was good, for me. In the Name of Jesus Kinda Good!!! Maybe it will be good for you. If not, leave me a comment, I'll pray for me and you.

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Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased . . . you . . . are being built up a spiritual house . . . to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ" (Heb_13:15-16 and 1Pe_2:5).
    To me this implies, that we are to forever, be praising God for all the good things that come our way. The lips are to give thanks to His Name. At the same time, for the words of our mouth to line up with our actions, we are to do good and share with those to whom the Lord has sent us to help. We are not to be silent about who it is, that is responsible for our actions. We do not take credit for all we do, but in the name of Jesus we are to give him the credit, for sending us to do such things. We must speak up, as well as help another, and give thanks to Him from whom all blessings flow.
    I know when I give things, I have sometimes, just not mentioned why I do such deeds. When I do this, I "interfere with God.” This puts me up on a pedestal instead of keeping the Lord at the Center of the Universe, we live, eat and breathe within. I sometimes think I am to share quietly, because of his words to ‘do good and share,’ but I forget that the people to whom I am sent, need to hear the words of Praise to our Father, that go along with it. For the Lord says, “if I be lifted up I will draw all men night unto me."

  Now I believe that I lose an opportunity, to witness to the Lord’s saving Grace. I lose the opportunity to tell the people that the Lord sent me to help them. I truly ask His forgiveness for such actions.This ought not to be the way I operate. When someone receives help, they are vulnerable to the words of the Lord, in such a way that one can reach them, with the Gospel. At other times, they are not so vulnerable, especially when they become self sufficient and do not realize, their good fortune comes from the Father of Lights above, but think they pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps, thereby becoming cocky.
    We know when we do things the Father’s way, He is well pleased with us. Every single day should be an opportunity, for an act of Worship on our parts, in some way. WORSHIPING GOD DAILY IS A GOAL WITH A DATE ON IT. Especially when it is an act of Sacrifice on our parts to help others. It is nothing to share out of our abundance, it indeed is something to share out of our need. BUT, ABUNDANCE IS NOT WRONG, SO ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT IS GOD WHO GIVES THE INCREASE OF ABUNDANCE FOR US TO USE FOR OTHERS, NOT JUST OURSELVES. But by the same token, God is pleased with such sacrifices that cost us something. Although we should always keep in mind, that ‘OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE.’ That does not imply we are not to sacrifice, just that we are to be in an act of contrite submission to our Heavenly Father, first and foremost. Then we are in a better state of mind to be submissive to Sacrificial Giving. There is order in God’s Kingdom.
    This all leads us to a recognition, that we as Christians are a Spiritual House built up for the Father’s good will. We have a purpose, to do the Will of God. And since God is a Spirit we must learn to come to him in Spirit and in Truth. He desires such as we, to be his building blocks for a Spiritual House which is an inclusion, into His New Jerusalem, Jesus being the Cornerstone. We are to be His living letters, his Jewels. 
    We in no way, should think God is a building here on Earth, no matter how ornate or simple the place of Worship be. We do know though, Worshipers gather to Praise the Lord, within the confines of said Buildings, but it is not the only way to Worship God. WE NEED TO REALIZE, the Worshipers are the SPIRITUAL BUILDING and where ever they are, whether in a corporate assembly of believers or out amongst the dirty throng of peoples to whom the Lord has sent us two by two, we are to know, that God is pleased with us, no matter how, where, or with whom we choose to Worship. For He says, where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them. A couple can be in a Worship Service together, as long as Jesus is the reason for the Season. Some people think Church attendance is where it is at. It is not there at all. It gives us ALL THE FALSE HOPE, that by looking good on Sunday, we are Ok for the rest of the week. This is not true. A lot of people are gathered together without the Lord's Presence. MAKE SURE GOD IS PRESENT, who ever you are! THINGS OUGHT TO BE HAPPENING IN LOVE! Gathering in His Name implies, following His line upon line, precept upon precept. We are to follow his precepts if we desire to be right with each other and our fellow man.

Better to leave your gifts at the Altar and be reconciled with your brother.  Then Worship where and when and how, God allows you to SEE HIM, and HEAR HIM. True Worship is within the Soul and Spirit of the Believer, and it truly is between THEM AND GOD. As it was with Able.Cain did not qualify. So if fishing on a lake bed, gets you closer to the Father then by all means, do so. Who am I to judge between you and your maker. God does that. HE is able to figure out who is righteous in their hearts and who is not.  And according to the verse below, it appears a righteous man, LIVES BY FAITH, IN GOD! And as Christians, we should be able to discern spiritual things here on Earth, a little judgment here, a little judgment there, since we judge Angels in Heaven! This tells me, yes, I will be judged by the same measure, I judge. But if I am judging according to God's standard, it ought to be ok, to say, this is right, or this is wrong. AND FAITH IN GOD IS NEVER WRONG!

But he does say, we need to ‘assemble ourselves together, ....especially as you see the day approaching.’ So if one knows God’s Word, one will want to be with another believer while he is fishing, or going to Church. So if one falls, the other can lift him up. Woe to the man who is alone. I ain't saying he can't Worship alone, but I am saying, there are all kinds of things that vie for his attention, and it is improbable that he can overcome them. But even the word has an answer for that, BE OF GOOD CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD. THEY OVERCAME THE WORLD BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY AND THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. So it does happen!

But, I think if I was wandering around this world alone, I would want to have Jesus name foremost in my Vocabulary. So according to this Word of God. One can Worship God Alone. GOD LOVES WORSHIP!!!

SO DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE WHO DON'T GO TO CHURCH! THEY MAY BE CLOSER TO GOD THAN YOU THINK!!!

Instead of CHURCH GOERS asking you, to join them, 'YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE ASKING THEM TO JOIN YOU IN A FELLOWSHIP INSIDE YOUR HOME, OR AT THE LAKE!
OR BETTER YET, IF THEY ASK YOU TO JOIN THEIR WEEKLY CONGREGATIONAL MEETING, JOIN UP WITH UM, THAT MAY BE THE EXACT PLACE GOD IS SENDING YOU TO.

BETTER YET, JUST DO WHAT GOD SAYS. HE'S YOUR GUIDE. BUT BETTER DO IT IN FAITH!

.By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.  (Heb_11:4)

Love Nina

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