The heart of worship is surrender! “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?” Romans 12:1 (NLT) … [Read more…]
The smile of God is the goal of your life! “May the Lord smile on you …” Numbers 6:25 (NLT) Since pleasing God is the first purpose of your life, your most important task is to discover how to do that. “Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.” Ephesians 5:10 (Msg) Five … [Read more…]
You were planned for God’s pleasure! “You created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created.” Revelation 4:11 (NLT) The moment you were born into the world, God was there as an unseen witness, smiling at your birth. He wanted you alive, and your arrival gave him great pleasure. God … [Read more…]
It is all for him! “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus … [Read more…]
Life on earth is a temporary assignment! “Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered, and that my life is fleeing away.” Psalm 39:4 (NLT) To make the best use of your life, you must never forget two truths: – First, compared with eternity, life … [Read more…]
The way you see your life shapes your life! The way you view life is your life metaphor. It’s your description of how life works and what you expect from it; it influences your life more than you realize and determines your expectations, values, relationships, goals, and priorities. To fulfill the purposes God has for … [Read more…]
This life is not all there is! “God has…planted eternity in the human heart.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT) Life on earth is just the dress rehearsal before the real production. You will spend far more time on the other side of death—in eternity—than you will here. This life is preparation for the next. You have an … [Read more…]
Everyone’s life is driven by something! “I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy.” Ecclesiastes 4:4 (LB) What is the driving force in your life? Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. There are five great benefits of … [Read more…]
You are not an accident! Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it. God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes. He … [Read more…]
It’s not about you! “For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, …everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.” Colossians 1:16 (Msg) “It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone’s life is in his power.” Job 12:10 (TEV) You were made for God, not vice versa, … [Read more…]