God’s Word

2 Corinthians 7: 1

Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

Thoughts on This Verse....

God has blessed us with so many wonderful promises. He has secured them through the sending of his Son "to conquer death and bring life and immortality to life." He will "transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body." He will take us home to be with him eternally, but until that day, he will live inside us and reveal himself to us. He will make us more than conquerors and will not allow anything to separate us from his love. So what should our response be? Yes, sure we should offer him praise. But, we must not limit our praise to words. God wants our lives to be pure, staying away from what is evil, vile, putrid, and corrupt. He wants us to do this, not so we can claim some moral superiority, but so that we can show him our adoration and reverence. In our desire to offer God praise, let's not forget that one of the greatest ways to praise him is to seek him in purity and holiness

Obedience

Rest in this – it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call or whatever you want to call it. It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond, or what have you.   Jim Elliot

The will of God for your life is simply that you submit yourself to Him each day and say, “Father, Your will for today is mine. Your pleasure for today is mine. Your work for today is mine. I trust You to be God. You lead me today and I will follow.”   Kay Arthur

It will not do to say that you have no special call to go to China. With these facts before you and with the command of the Lord Jesus to go and preach the gospel to every creature, you need rather to ascertain whether you have a special call to stay at home.   Hudson Taylor

Quotes

* When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work.~George Bernard Shaw

* If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.~Cavett Robert

* Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people.~Barbara Bush

Worship

Dare we look upon what John saw: representatives from every nation, tribe, people and language, declaring their praises together with a loud voice… overwhelmed with gratitude for this majestic King who had made them into a united kingdom! If we can see that, we can see our destination. The heavenly vision is that of worshipers of many different stripes who are more conscious of the greatness of Christ Jesus than of their cultural distinctions.  Gerrit Gustafson