Category Archives: Honouring God
Open Eyes
Ps. 34:12 “Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous? 13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies! 14 Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.”
It is not enough to pride in yourself that you do not tell lies. Listening to lies is equally as dangerous because the spirit of delusion is lurking in the corner waiting for an open door.
First Love – New Love!
As God Intends
Prov.19:18 (GNT) “Discipline your children while they are young enough to learn. If you don’t, you are helping them destroy themselves”
Parenting worthy of honour is only possible when you see yourself how God has placed you. Becoming a parent means you are representing God in your child’s life.
Parenting
Isa.40:11 “He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.”
Effective parenting only happens within the confines of sufficiency, wisdom, and love. Abuse begins when authority is misused outside of these lines. Read the rest of this entry
Phase I
Ex.20:12 “Honour your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”
Honour your father and mother means give way to their person and have regard for them. I have come to discover that this translates to different things in different phases of life.
Chabod
Supreme
1 Chron.29:11 [KJV] “Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all”
In organizations, sometimes people use the boss’ name to get things done. Similarly, in churches people use “Pastor said…” as a prefix to their sentence just because they want to get the advantage, even though pastor did not say that.
Nothing Compares
Philip.2:9 [KJV] “Wherefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which Is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth”
People misuse the Name of God first by commonizing it, second by distorted claims and, third by hypocritical claims. The fourth way people misuse God’s Name is through presumptuous claims such as, “The Lord told me… or God said…”.
Be Careful
Ex.20:7 “You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.”
The third way that we misuse the Name of God is through hypocritical claims. A lot of church people are hypocritical. There are paedophile priests that say, “God bless you” on Sunday, then they abuse young boys on Monday – it is so hypocritical!
Accept & Adore
Ex.20:5 “You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods… 6 But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me …” [with emphasis]
The truth is that attempting to shape a person to suit your fantasy can be very offensive. Attempting to reshape God to suit your fantasy is offensive to Him. Read the rest of this entry
