Have you been wondering what your purpose is? There it is...worship God. That's what we are called to do in our time here on Earth.
Not feeling it? Don't worry...he will place the desire to worship Him in your heart...
Jeremiah 32:40 -- And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me. I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.
Jeremiah 33:3 -- Call to me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.
How amazing.
Jeremiah 32:38 -- They will be my people and I will be their God.
So much time is spent wishing and hoping for a perfect love story...planning your ideal wedding...looking for the right guy, but I think we forget the REAL love story is already written on these pages...
1 John 4:10 -- This is real love-- not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
1 John 4:16-17 -- We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgement, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
1 John 4:19 -- We love each other because he loved us first.
Jesus Christ died for our sins.
Isaiah 53:5 -- But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
That is love. God is love.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 -- Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.
Ecclesiastes is such a wonderful reminder of how short our time here on Earth is and just how meaningless we can allow it to be. This book will humble you right up.
Ecclesiastes 7:13 -- Accept the way God does things, for who can straighten what he has made crooked? Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life.
Lately I have found two methods of prayer to be very beneficial. The first method includes prayers of thanksgiving. Rather than allowing myself to ramble on to God about all the things that I would like for him to do, I decided (or force myself?) to thank him for all the things that he has given me. Each time I'm surprised at how long and detailed the list is and how thankful I truly am for all of it! The second method includes prayers of who He is. This will never fail to put me in my place. When I begin to doubt that he is sovereign or that he is powerful enough to do what he says he will do...praying who he is only makes me sit in awe of how little I know and yet how smart I think I am.
1 Peter 5:6 -- So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
I don't know about you but sometimes I start to think I'm way better than I really am. I get so distracted by how awesome I think I am that I forget how great God is. It's disappointing really, but the truth is...that's why Jesus died. He died because I can't do this on my own and he knew that, but he still loves me. He still loves you.
I recently came across this picture and it captured my heart pretty deeply...
God has never and will never regret dying for our sins. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). If it were necessary, he would die for our sins again tomorrow. His love will never be understood by our frail human minds, but that's the beauty of it.
2 Corinthians 12:9 -- But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
No matter what we do, who we have been, where we are going, how often we mess up...Jesus Christ loves us just the same. He wants us to draw close to Him. He wants us to surrender our hearts and lives to him.
He has given us one heart and one purpose: to worship him forever.
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