Prayer
– Lord God, You are awesome and I worship and adore You with all my heart,
soul, mind, and strength. You are worthy of all the praise from heavenly beings…and
all of creation. Is my worship pleasing to You? Open my eyes and my heart to
see how to give You more glory.
For
God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in
truth." John
4:24 NLT
Rise Above.
Worship the Lord...in Spirit and in Truth.
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Meditate in spirit and in truth.
Worship is a spiritual thing. Jesus
spoke to the Samaritan women at the well about worshipping in Spirit and in
Truth.
“But the time
is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in
spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that
way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in
truth.” John 4:23-24.
Jesus
also repeated the Old Testament teaching that one must love God with all their
heart, soul, mind, and strength.
And
you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all
your strength. Deuteronomy
6:5 (NLT)
And you must
love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and
all your strength. Mark
12:30 (NLT)
Heart. Soul. Mind. Strength. Powerfully linked together. That is the essence of spirit. We all have a spiritual component. When we are “born again” and believe in Jesus, the Son of God, as our personal Lord and Savior, this spiritual part of us is activated to become part of a spiritual family of God—which will rule, reign, and live eternally with Him in the New Jerusalem.
All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God--the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name. Revelation 3:12 (NLT)
Maybe it is time
for you to wake up spiritually, either to begin a spiritual relationship with
God—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—or to renew and refresh that relationship.
Has it gotten cold or stale? Wake up. The time is coming when you will want to have
a close relationship with the Lord God.
Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God. Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief. Revelation 3:2-3
Don’t wait until it is too late. Choose now to hit the Reset button in your spirit.
Verses of Salvation ~ As for us, we can't help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation—a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth. He called you to salvation when we told you the Good News; now you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 NLT
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