Worship
/in Steadfast Hope, WorshipThe story of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:1-16) gives great insight about worship. We can gain a practical understanding about worship. First, worship is doing something. It’s stopping your normal routine and intentionally doing something for the sake of worshiping the Lord. Second, it is giving something. Both Cain and Abel brought an offering to […]
Offering Our Bodies
/in Steadfast Hope“…offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” — Rom12:1 Offering our bodies as a living sacrifice means we do not live for our desires, our plans, our dreams, or ourselves. All of that is surrendered to Jesus and we live for Him. We live […]
Focus On God And His Priorities
/in Faith, Steadfast Hope“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” — Matt6:33 In the first of the Ten Commandments, God commanded the Israelites to serve Him exclusively because He was worthy of their trust, as He had proved by delivering them from Egypt. Later, just before […]