In Ephesians 1: 15-16 Paul says, "For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers."
How many people have we not stopped giving thanks for?
Today is a day for thankfulness; a national day where we all stop and give thanks. But isn't this not Biblical? ONE day we stop to give thanks. Paul says he has not stopped giving thanks! For at least one day today, lets see if we can go a whole day without ceasing to give thanks for all God has done for us. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Starting a Blog
Hello! A few of my dear Christian friends keep blogs about what they learn from God. I started contemplating the reason for blogging and thought that even if no one reads it, it can help organize my thoughts about what I am learning from God. I mean, really, the point of learning from God is so that I can share with others and what better way to share with others than to practice with a blog? If my thoughts are organized here, then when someone on the street asks me what I'm learning, I don't have to come up with some strained answer. So, here goes!
I will be blogging through Ephesians for a while since I am just starting to study the book.
Ephesians 1:3-14:
The part of this passage that God really threw at me was from verses 12 and 14- where Paul says we are to be "for the praise of his glory," and "to the praise of his glory." I am created FOR the praise of his glory!? That is what I was made for?
God prepared my heart to receive this yesterday when I was listening to a podcast by Matt Chandler. He was talking about how we are placed where we are by God to bring him glory. And now, today, I learn that I am FOR his praise!? How cool. This means that where I work (school teacher) is FOR His praise. Where I live (with a family) is FOR his praise. My relationship is FOR his praise. This puts my life into perspective. Am I doing anything in those areas of my life that are not for His praise? If so, then I am in direct disobedience to my purpose.
Knowing that my creation was for His praise gives me new motivation. Through sanctification, my life increasingly needs to look more like His--and TO the praise of His glory.
Thanks be to God for His Word!
I will be blogging through Ephesians for a while since I am just starting to study the book.
Ephesians 1:3-14:
The part of this passage that God really threw at me was from verses 12 and 14- where Paul says we are to be "for the praise of his glory," and "to the praise of his glory." I am created FOR the praise of his glory!? That is what I was made for?
God prepared my heart to receive this yesterday when I was listening to a podcast by Matt Chandler. He was talking about how we are placed where we are by God to bring him glory. And now, today, I learn that I am FOR his praise!? How cool. This means that where I work (school teacher) is FOR His praise. Where I live (with a family) is FOR his praise. My relationship is FOR his praise. This puts my life into perspective. Am I doing anything in those areas of my life that are not for His praise? If so, then I am in direct disobedience to my purpose.
Knowing that my creation was for His praise gives me new motivation. Through sanctification, my life increasingly needs to look more like His--and TO the praise of His glory.
Thanks be to God for His Word!
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