| Dearest Heavenly Father, You are so awesome and beautiful, mysterious and wonderful, marvelous and pure. Lord Jesus, take us by the hand and lead us into an attitude of worship in every area of our lives. Father, sometimes we think worship consists of 20-30 minutes of song before a message or Bible study, but God, you would desire that we give you every part of our lives as a act of worship. Help us to grow and mature so that we can live and love in a constant state of worship. May all that we do be as if we were doing it just for you. Lord, help us to feel the immediate presence of your Holy Spirit before us. May you be welcome in each and every room in our home and in our heart. Lord, saturate our lives with the sweet aroma of love and peace. May we all join hands and lift our eyes to the Heavens and know that you sacrificed it all for us. May we set down our own desires and our own will and hand the reigns of our life over to you and give you all control. May we live in reverence and respect for you, may we not be ashamed to show that reverence, may we declare your mighty works in our lives. May we bold and brave for you, may we stand on the solid ground of love and peace for all of your people. May we raise our children to love the works of your hands, even every people, tribe and nation that you created. Lord, help us not to hate, but to love. Help us train our children the sacrificial love that you demonstrated for us. Help us to teach them not to exalt themselves over any other, not to think more highly of themselves, but to humbly go and give everything they have to spread your message of love and forgivenness. May we build our lives around you, may we build our children in your love, may we demonstrate to them who you are by the way we live, God. We woship you now, in our every thought and deed. Be with us Lord, as we seek to glorify your name to all the nations, starting in our own home. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen! Ladies, may I ask you to consider the images of Israel and the temple? Think about what it took to create that place, the opposition, the pain, the loss, and the glory when it was complete. Think about the desolation that exists today by things that do not belong there. Much the same, it is often like that with nutrition as you eat to build the temple that is growing within you. Remember, the Bible says that our bodies are like the Temple of the Lord, and we should treat them with respect. As you help to build this little temple within you, examine what in your diet does not belong. What is of value and what will be harmful. Let every bite you consume be like an act of worship to the Lord. This is a great way to begin to expand our concept of worship from just singing songs and lifting hands, to actions in every area of our lives. Use this time of pregnancy to exercise your attitude of worship in other ways. Sacrifice, acts of love, exhalting Him, sharing the message, and hearing from others what he would have you to know are all ways we can increase our stamina and health when it comes to worship. Be radical, gang. Seek the Holy Spirit and the filling of your internal cup so that it is overflowing so that you have it within you to go and fulfill this attitude of non-stop worship. Be bursting with health and love from the inside that is given to you by our Lord, and then spread it to others. Live so that you might hear your Lord say to you when you stand before him one day, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" Be radical for Him! |
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