I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
The chorus of this song is reminding me that all I do in my life, it is meant for the glory of God in the highest, to worship Him with every aspect of my life.
I've been forgetting that. In my busy-ness, the end goal of why I do all that I do sort of slipped under the table.
In reading a research article for class, do I do it for You Lord?
When I spend an hour at work, giving a test, do I do it for You Lord?
In playing frisbee with friends and seeing it as a time of fellowship, do I do it for You Lord?
Every word and action that I direct towards my girlfriend, a beautiful daughter of Yours, do I do it for You Lord?
I have to confess, I'm at a point where all these things I don't do with a heart of worship. Mixed in there is a heart of selfish desires, a heart of anger, a heart of fear, a heart of idolization, a heart of pride, a heart of independence and not dependence on You Lord...
Colossians 3 is giving me a refreshing view:
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things...Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry...Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him...Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
This part of the chapter emphasized itself to me:
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him...Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men
Lord, on Your strength and by Your grace, please get me back to the heart of worshiping You Jesus. In all I do.
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10.11.2009
3.06.2009
a good team "slogan" for believers
So, lots of teams, universities, and corporations have mottos or slogans by which act as a backdrop for what the team aspires to or intends to do. It serves as a centerpiece for a group of individuals who collectively move towards something for a specific purpose.
My high school basketball's motto was: MT-XE. Mental Toughness. Extra Effort. Yes, I know, Extra does not start with an X.
The San Antonio Spurs have this as their locker room motto: "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before."– Jacob August Riis
There are many others out there.
In terms of that, I think Scripture provides a great motto and then some for a group of believers who gather together in community:
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:12-17 NIV)
My high school basketball's motto was: MT-XE. Mental Toughness. Extra Effort. Yes, I know, Extra does not start with an X.
The San Antonio Spurs have this as their locker room motto: "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before."– Jacob August Riis
There are many others out there.
In terms of that, I think Scripture provides a great motto and then some for a group of believers who gather together in community:
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:12-17 NIV)
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