South Lakeshore Christian Church
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Visit Us
    • Who We Are
    • What we Believe
    • Contact Us
    • Directions
  • Media
    • Events
    • Pastor's Blog
    • Sermons
  • Ministry
    • Life Groups
    • Family Ministry
    • Missions
    • Narcotics Anonymous
  • Giving

May 15th, 2020

5/15/2020

 
 A singing Friday to all,
The words in 1Chronicles 16:23-25 exhort us: [Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of His salvation from day to day. Declare HIs glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and He is to be feared above all gods.] Those words do not seem to indicate that we are only to do so in moments when we feel good, are in need of nothing, or are having what we would define as a good day. The words indicate this is something to be done every day.

This scripture came to mind as I read an article in which different churches provided input as to how they were dealing with the virus and the church.  One pastor encouraged the reader to pray more for our ministry than our misery. The point of his input was that our prayers should not be about quality of life but about how we are using our lives to glorify God.  He made the statement, "if we redefine the good life as simply glorifying God, then life will never be bad." The premise of his statement being that if we defined good life by our health, wealth or prosperity, many of us are not having a good life right now.  I went to bed mulling over his words and asked myself about the focus of my prayers and realized I did not do as well as I should praying for our ministry as our misery.  I trust in God, I embrace the Biblical principle of utter dependence on Him. What this means is that many of my prayers are for our needs. The needs of our church body, the needs of the school, the need for wisdom and discernment in my lesson and sermon preparation. These are not bad things and should be a part of our prayers. However, where I had to face inadequacy was in the answer to the question, "How often is my prayer simply for the opportunity to glorify Him?"

Paul writes in Romans 11:36 [For from Him and through Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen.]  Peter tells us in 1Peter 4:10-11 [As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves as one who serves by the strength that God provides.--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.]  To Him belong glory forever. Each and every day!  Let our actions, our thoughts, our very prayers be first about how we can glorify His name in the day we find ourselves in, regardless of other external factors. 

Have a wonderful day glorifying Him,
Vic

Comments are closed.

    Author

    Victor DeLeon

    Archives

    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    July 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    April 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

1740 South 84th Street, Tacoma, WA 98444    Phone: 253-535-3811    Email: [email protected]
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Visit Us
    • Who We Are
    • What we Believe
    • Contact Us
    • Directions
  • Media
    • Events
    • Pastor's Blog
    • Sermons
  • Ministry
    • Life Groups
    • Family Ministry
    • Missions
    • Narcotics Anonymous
  • Giving