{"id":9309,"date":"2018-08-12T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T23:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=9309"},"modified":"2018-08-03T12:55:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T11:55:12","slug":"sweet-perfume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2018\/08\/12\/sweet-perfume\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Perfume"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9309-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/August-12.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/August-12.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/August-12.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/EXO.20.4.nlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ex.20:<strong><sup>4<\/sup> <\/strong><\/a>\u201cYou must not make for yourself an <strong><u>idol<\/u><\/strong> of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/EXO.20.5.nlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0<u>You must not bow down to them or worship them<\/u><\/strong>, for I, the LORD your God, am a <strong><u>jealous<\/u><\/strong> God\u2026\u201d [with emphasis]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Idolatry suggests that God can be at man\u2019s disposal. Worship on the other hand is putting myself at God\u2019s disposal. The worship state of mind is I am here to worship You! Why have you come into God\u2019s Presence today? I am not saying it is wrong to show up in God\u2019s Presence with a prayer list or a need you want God to meet. But is worship of the Living God on the top of your list in His Presence? If it is not, then you need to repent of idolatry. I pray that your worship state of mind will be renewed today and it will be \u201cI want to worship God \u2013 my service is to worship God.\u201d Worship is not a waste of time.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to use reverse psychology on God, a lady says to God, \u201cI have been bringing this same request, this same thing and You have still not answered. If I were God and this was your request, I would have done it a long time ago.\u201d What she is saying in essence is, she is more merciful than the Most Merciful, more compassionate than the Most Compassionate. A genie may respond to that but God does not have to. The truth is you can say anything you want to say, God is I AM THAT I AM. God is secure in Himself, complete in Himself, He does not need to prove a point.<\/p>\n<p>It will surprise you to know that by God\u2019s grace, my prayer sessions are usually sixty to seventy percent worship. Sometimes, it can be as low as twenty percent or as high as ninety percent worship! I just show up before my Father and say, \u201cFather, I have just come to show up. Father, your boy is here to worship You!\u201d And I just worship and adore Him, in the beauty of holiness \u2013 all I do is worship Him. One of the things Pastors never lack is prayer points. But if I have one hour to pray, I typically would spend thirty to forty-five minutes in praise and worship. I do not know why but for some reason, it is more effective. Indulge me, let us worship God together, right now. Put down your devotional and just focus on God. Not because you do not have needs or prayer points, but just because\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Prayer [song]: In the beauty of holiness &#8211; In the splendour of Your love &#8211; God of light and awesome glory &#8211; Lord I worship You. Amen!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex.20:4 \u201cYou must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. 5\u00a0You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God\u2026\u201d [with emphasis] &nbsp; Idolatry suggests that God [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,5,10,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart","category-honouring-god","category-relationship","category-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9686,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9309\/revisions\/9686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}