Worship

"It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow."Calvin Coolidge

This has been very true in my life. I would go to church because it was the thing to do on Sundays. I could see my friends and talk about all the things that went on last week. I would get my weekly sermon in then I was good to go. Someone told me to look at my life and see if I was more holy than I was a year ago. I started looking at my life and did not see any growth because I was not truly worshiping God, I was going through the motions. That was three years ago and I thank God for what He is doing in my life. I like meeting my fellow Christians at church but my main reason for going is to praise and glorify God. When you go to church for that nothing else matters. It doesn't matter who is preaching, who is sitting next to me, what someone said about somebody, what somebody did to somebody, you get the idea. When we focus on God ,He will grow us, He will provide the increase. When you run into problems today focus on the only one that can truly help you, Jesus Christ. Don't make God a option in your life, make Him the reason for living.

Steps

"To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping." Megiddo Message

We have all heard this many times in our lives. The problem is we don't do it. We want to jump over everything in between to get to the prize. We want things right now and if we don't get them we give up. In life we go through many trials and hardships. Do we stop and give up on life and God when something bad comes our way or do we keep pushing forward. It may be baby steps for a while but you must keep moving forward. Philippians 3:1414 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.Everything in a Christians life will not be good. But we take these small steps everyday knowing that our goal is to live our lives for Christ so that one day we may be like Paul and say these words.2 Timothy 4:7-87 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.Today, fight the good fight, stand up for Christ, keep walking forward, and live differently from the world.

Less of Us

I do not believe you can do much good without having a great deal taken out of yourselves; and when men are so very particular and careful about themselves, and will only serve God if it does not cost them anything, I believe that no earthly good can come of that. Charles Spurgeon

We see this so much in today's time. People like the idea of going to heaven but don't like the idea of following Christ. People love the things of the world so much that they don't open their eyes to the glorious things of Christ. Jesus offers us eternal life with Him if we repent from our sinful life and trust in Him to save us. We must give up our old lives and die to self and live for Christ. Being a Christian is not easy, we are faced with trials and temptations every day. Some people want just enough Jesus to get into heaven, it doesn't work that way. We are to give Him our all, because He gave us His all.