The Transforming Word of God

Have you caught the excitement of worshiping God? That joy you feel after sitting still before Him, after meditating on who He is and all His benefits? The total surrender and trust that comes from reveling in the greatness, the glory, the majesty of our God, our Creator, our Savior? So why should we anticipate boredom in an eternity of worship? Of course, we will have our tasks on the new earth that God is going to create for us, but everything we do will be worshipful. How exciting is that? Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. Revelation 21:1 The book of Revelation gives us a glimpse of what our worship will be about. First we see from John's vision that God is worshiped because He existed in His holiness as Lord God Almighty from eternity past, through the present and into eternity to come. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Revelatio...

I try to find time each morning to simply worship God before laying my supplications before Him. I've always had certain passages I have turned to as aids, but I decided I need to refresh and expand my worship time.  This morning, I decided to begin with a list of the names of God. That began because last night I jotted down some thoughts about who God is, about who Jesus is, and the contrasts that exist in the word pictures of Scripture.           He is the King who is also the Servant           He is the Shepherd who is also the Lamb           He is the Creator who took on the created, becoming a man           He is the Judge who is also the Mediator           He is the Judge who is also the Friend         ...

This morning as I sat down to pray and spend time with God, I had planned to pray through one of my favorite Psalms. But my Bible was open to Isaiah 43 where I had been reviewing the first three verses I previously memorized while walking through cancer and I was somehow drawn to that chapter once again. Three verses stood out to me: Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made. Isaiah 43:7 The people whom I formed for Myself  that they might declare my praise. Isaiah 43:21 I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. Isaiah 43:25 Because I am God's child, I am called by His name. United with Christ, I am a Christian. Therefore, God created me for His glory.  It struck me that so many of our prayers are self-centered rather than God-centered. When I pray for my grandson, for my friend's son, and another friends son-in-law, how do I pray? Why do I pra...