What is worship? That is a huge question and this article will not seek to adequately answer it here, but may be it will leads us to think more clearly about what worship is. Worship is more than a song. Worship is more than a part of a worship service. Worship is more than a worship service. Worship is living a life that brings God glory. Certainly we can give God glory in a worship service on Sunday morning, but that is only part of worship. Another important part of worshipping God takes place when we are at home and walking through our daily lives. Listen to these words from Amanda Yates as she learns some lessons of how to relate to other people through the process of worshipping God at home through her personal bible reading a prayer.
I wanted to share with you some hard lessons I have learned over the past couple of weeks. I have been trying to find a teaching job since I graduated last year and I have been unable to find one. Recently, God brought to my attention a scripture. Psalm 37:4 "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. I have been trying to do that. I have been reading my bible and meditating over his word and spending alot of time praying. One thing that God showed me was that everyone else has been praying fervently for a job for me and I have been praying lazily. Which is why I have been praying and reading more. Next, God showed me that I should be pleasing him and not looking for acceptance and accolades from others. I have had to pray and work through that alot. Then, he showed me that no matter what happens at work or what I may face I need to work unto him and work hard everyday doing what is right for him. Finally, the last one today was one of the hardest. I have felt conviction for gossiping and sharing too much information with others. I have heard his rebuke and continued to tell things about myself that should not have been shared with others. A friend prayed for me a few weeks ago that God would heal my past hurts and that the meditations of my heart and the words from my mouth would be pleasing to him. Today as I was doing my Bible study I received a text. A friend, who had told me things about her sons ex-girlfriend who also happens to have a mother who works at our school, was mad because the mother found out. The mother of the young lady was very upset and told my friend that I told someone else she said these things. I talked to my husband and I prayed. My husband told me to go to the person/persons I offended and make it right and take whatever they dished out to me. I prayed and I did that. I do not remember what all I said because it was awhile ago that I said things or rather asked about things I had heard. I spoke with the young girls mother and apologized for speaking and asking about things about her daughter without knowing her. I apologized perfusely. The saddest part is that I know this young lady and she is kind, beautiful and a joy to be around. She has encouraged me and my daughter. My heart is broken that something I repeated could ever have harmed her. The mother accepted my apology but she is mad at the person who told me these things because I guess I was not the only one she told nor was this the first incident. I have apologized to all parties involved that I could speak to. I have asked forgiveness, but yet again this was a hard lesson. So these are my lessons over the past few weeks.
1. NEVER GOSSIP
2. DON'T PREJUDGE PEOPLE
3. USE YOUR
4. BE JOYFUL, KIND, LOVING, COMPASSIONATE AND BE A JOY TO BE AROUND
5. GIVE TO OTHERS WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART
6. DON'T TELL PEOPLE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT YOURSELF OR OTHERS
7. WORK UNTO THE LORD
8. PRAISE GOD WHEN HE TEACHES YOU AND LISTEN WHEN HE REBUKES YOU
9. TRUST YOUR HUSBAND, GOD GAVE HIM TO ME FOR A REASON LISTEN TO HIS WISE COUNSEL
10. DELIGHT IN THE LORD YOUR GOD AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. LET THE MEDITATIONS OF YOUR HEART AND MOUTH PLEASE THE LORD. DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU. DO NOT LET YOUR RIGHT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR LEFT IS DOING. SEEK GODLY COUNSEL AND WORK UNTO THE LORD!!
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