Take My Life and Let it Be (Hymn)

Verse 1:
Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Verse 2:
Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
Swift and beautiful for Thee.

Verse 3:
Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.
Filled with messages from Thee.

Verse 4:
Take my silver and my gold:
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect, and use
Ev'ry pow'r as Thou shalt choose.
Ev'ry pow'r as Thou shalt choose.

Verse 5:
Take my will, and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
It shall be Thy royal throne.

Verse 6:
Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself, and I will be,
Ever, only, all for Thee.
Ever, only, all for Thee.

Words: Frances R. Havergal 1874.

God's New Jerusalem

Revelation 21 15-27 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick.The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass. I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

David's Time Has Come

^{1 Samuel 15:27-28
27} As Samuel turned to go, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. ²⁸ So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

The time of Saul has passed. Truth and righteousness has left Saul for he has sought after other things. Now the new king arises in purity. The mantel is being passed to the righteous and those who are wicked are no longer reigning.

^{Isaiah 5:20
20}Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Don't be deceived between what is truth and what is lie. Saul and his kingdom have passed. David is rising up and the Lord is coming.

The ministry of David has come forth. A movement has been started and nothing can stop it.
Life and light are moving. Truth is coming. The house of God is moving.

It's time to choose. Choose where you stand. It's time to pick sides. There is a battle raging; two sides, two groups. Light and dark. The house of God is moving and if you don't join in what is happening now you might miss the call for your life.

Don't wait to choose. Let the choices you make now be what gets you into the life that you've been called to. Look at the life of Samuel and understand this: he didn't wait! He didn't wait 'til he was twenty to follow the Lord. He sought after him when he was young. Don't wait!

God is moving today, the ministry of David has come forth, but you can miss it.
You can miss your calling. So I urge you: don't wait!

"True courage is not he absence of fear, it is refusing to allow fear to control your actions."

"You can't get success without risking failure."

-Brett and Alex Harris

Great Faith

"Great Faith is the product of Great Fights. Great Testimonies are the outcome of Great Tests. Great Triumphs can only come from Great Trials."

-Alex and Brett Harris

For the Glory of God

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

This verse is basically telling us that everything we do should be done for Gods glory, because as Jadon said earlier we were created to worship God, in the big and important thins, but also in the small seemingly insignificant things. I would like to focus right now on the small things.

All of us have chores around the house, and so often we do them because we are forced to, with an attitude that does not glorify God. It is often really hard to do little things for God because no one notices, or we feel that we could be doing more important things with our time. We read about missionaries who followed God with everything they had. To us their lives and all the things they do for God are exciting and inspiring. We find ourselves wishing that God would use us right now in a world changing way, and maybe some day He will, but as for right now you are part of your family ministry that is equipping you and helping you develop a servant’s heart. Whether you are in the ministry of dinner dished or serving your dog its breakfast, God sees it. No matter how insignificant the job may feel, God is glorified when we do it for Him.

In the beginning of Matthew 6 we are warned not to do things for people so that they can admire and look up to us, but in secret when only God knows about it. It is difficult to be cheerful when we are doing tedious chores, but when we do it to praise God we are showing that we truly have faith in him.

James 2:17

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action is dead.

I am expecting that this is all review, but I just want to encourage you do all things, great and small, to God to give Him glory. The next time you are doing small things around the house, ask yourself what your motivation is.

Made to Worship (WNP)

We were made to praise God.
We are made to worship God with everything in us.
Worship is in itself not a thing that you only do on Sundays at church.

Worship is a lifestyle and a action that you make every day.
As Christian and we are called to live a life of worship.
That means that everything we do should be unto the glory of God.

Lifting up your hands and singing is what most of us think of as worship.
But really that not even the half f it.
We express worship through our actions.
That means living righteous lives.

Which means that if your not living a righteous life than how can you really worship God in full.
When we worship, we present our praise to God, so if your giving God a "present," don't you want it to be a good and clean one instead of a dirty and bad present.
When I worship and when I live, I want to give God my best and my first.

So that means that we will be known by our works. If we do not live righteous lives than how can we be seen as people of God? And how can we worship God if we do not obey Him?

1 John 3:10
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.

So by the actions of people we can know if they are children of God and if they are actually worshiping God.

John 14:15
"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."

We can't bring to God false praise. If we say that we love God and yet our actions prove otherwise than would you say that we love God or not?
Actions do speak louder than words. And the action can either prove or disprove the words.

So bringing this all back to the original point.
We were made to worship.
We can't bring God false praise.
And we have to live a life of worship. Worshiping God through everything that we do.

Its time to worship God in full.
Its time to praise Him with our lives and choices.
Its time to bring honor to the name of Jesus Christ.
~Jadon Singer Lasley*