~ Worship ~
Series
Note
~ A constant reality is that it takes effort to develop and maintain good
habits. Unfortunately; we effortlessly develop bad habits.
To
combat this fact of mankind’s fallen nature requires consistent effort. This is
why personal discipline is vitally important. Simply stated the bottom-line is
that to fulfill our responsibility to become increasingly Christ-like we must
exercise continual discipline.
Scripture
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“Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies
a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual
service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the
will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans
12:1-2 nasu)
Comments
~ 1) Worship is not just singing praise songs. Worship does not occur only in a
church building. Properly understood and practiced worship is a 24/7/365
occupation.
2) As your Creator
and sustainer of your life He deserves your worship. “He [Jesus] is the
image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all
things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things
were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him
all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the
preeminence” (Colossians 1:15-18).
3) As your Savior
He deserves your worship. “No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down
from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” (John
3:13-17).
Resource
~ If you would appreciate help in finding and doing God’s will
for you then consider the book: “GOD’S DESIRE: How To Please God” by
Robert Lloyd Russell, eBook ISBN: 978-1393211785, ASIN: B08H4F619W, or print edition ISBN: 979-8223962915.
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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Bible Version:
Quotations are from the NKJV unless otherwise noted. Emphasis is added.
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