Give God the Glory, Glory!

Sure, it's almost midnight. Sure, I should get to bed, but I had an "epiphany" if you want to call it that, tonight. As I was writing a letter to a friend I realized how selfish I can be at times. I don't do things to bring God glory! I do them because it's what I want to do. Something that I'll be working on is doing ALL things to bring glory to God. If it ain't glorifying my Father, I surely ain't gonna do it! 😜 but let's be serious, we get caught up in life, not the now life, but the future life. We wonder what we're going to do when we're older, college, career, am I going to get married and have children, or will I be called to singleness? We get so caught up in the future that we forget to slow down, relax and give God the glory! He's got a plan for our live's and in the mean time, live in the now, thank God for your blessings, ask God for help through the burdens, and do all things to bring glory and Honor to our Father! After all it should be what our hearts long to do! That should be our purpose in life!
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Rise and shine and give God the Glory, Glory!!
Or shall I say, Good night, sleep tight, and give God the glory, glory!
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Romans 11:36
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
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There's nothing worth more that will ever come close, No thing can compare, You're our living hope, Your presence, Lord. I've tasted and seen of the sweetest of loves. Where my heart becomes free and my shame is undone
Your presence, Lord
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here
Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere
Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for
To be overcome by Your presence, Lord. Let us become more aware of Your presence. Let us experience the glory of Your goodness.
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[Holy Spirit- Bryan & Katie Torwalt] 🌄

My Chains Are Gone!

My chains are GONE!
My debt is PAID!
My life is WHOLE!
All Because of that very special thing Christ did on that crooked cross I like to call the mercy tree.

My chains are gone, because He broke them!

My debt is paid, because He loves me.

My life is Whole, because He is the giver of life!

On a hill called Calvary
There stands an endless mercy tree
Every broken weary soul
Find your rest and be made whole

Stripes of blood that stain its frame
Shed to wash away our shame
From the scars, pure love released
Salvation by the mercy tree

In the sky between two thieves
Hung the blameless prince of peace
Bruised and battered, scarred and scorned
Sacred head pierced by our thorns “It is finished,” was His cry
The perfect Lamb was crucified
His sacrifice, our victory
Our Savior chose the mercy tree!

Death Has died and Love has won!
Hallelujah
Jesus Christ has overcome!
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I wanted to share this because it's an example of of the victory we have through Christ! This "poem" has a piece of the song Mercy tree in it, by Anthony Evans!

We aren't defined by our sins after we accept Christ, we are made new! Our chains have been broken and our sin has been paid for! Stop living like you're just a sinner and start living like you are Child of God!

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Defining yourself by sin, is only going to make you stumble more!
Yes we are still sinners but no, that is not our definition anymore! We are saved through the blood Christ shed for us on that tree a few thousand years ago!

Romans 5:7-9
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

Accept the forgiveness you asked God for and the forgiveness He graciously gave you! Accept it, live it, and cherish it! You are a child of the most High!

1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.”