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| "There are three levels of faith—little faith that says, 'God can.' Great faith that says, 'God will.' Perfect faith that says, 'God has done it.' Every eye has not seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him. Jesus declared, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." A cheerful look brings joy to the heart so obey God, and leave all the consequences to Him." -danlukey
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| good sermon transcript:
http://www.ucg.org/sermons/transcripts/200802_gods-love-in-you.htm
do you have God's love in you?
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| possibly one of his best entries by danlukey
Reflection of
attitude
In Isaiah 58:1-12, the people of Israel
are rebuked by God through the prophet Isaiah for giving “lip service” to Him
and for living for themselves and not truly worshipping God. We live in a
consumer culture society. Our society has a mentality that if you accumulate
certain material things, your life is better. This promotes superficiality. And
this leads many people who go to church, only do so because they feel it is an
obligation. Certain people go to church only to avoid feeling guilty. In the
book of Isaiah, the people appear to be worshipping God by fasting and using
the day of Sabbath for worship, but God is not pleased with all this. In verse
2 of this passage, it says: “Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple
every day and seem delighted to hear my laws. You would almost think this was a
righteous nation that would never abandon its God. They love to make a show of
coming to me and asking me to take action on their behalf.”
When we come to the Lord, our desire should be to align our
hearts with God. We have to meet God where He is and not make God meet us where
we are. Our desire should be for God’s will be done even it means for our will
to be crushed. We have to practice justice rather than injustice. Genuine worship
of God involves how you treat others and how often you think about meeting the
needs of others. In verse 4 of this passage, it says: “What good is fasting
when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get
you anywhere with me.” We have to beware of superficial worship with our words
and attitudes. We cannot fall into the trap of praising God every Sunday and do
superficial things and only fool ourselves into thinking we are doing it for
God when we only have ulterior motives.
Authentic worship leads us to be aligned with God. We have
to practice the heart of God and ignore the enemy’s temptations because the
power of God is in us. We cannot just worship God at our convenience. This will
only lead us to fall. But when you yield your heart to Him, you will experience
His power. When we meet with God, we develop a compassion for others. We need
to open our eyes to the needs of others. While our own needs are important and
can’t be ignored, we cannot live to serve only ourselves without any regard for
other people. Obedience to God is more than just prayer and worship. Genuine
worship comes every day with how well we practice what Christ teaches us.
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