MIND OF TRUTH

Photo from Vickibeeching.com What does it take for God's people to truly worship Him?  I am concerned about how little we really worship our amazing, wondrous God.  I put that same concern on my own life.  It feels so difficult many times to break through and cast off all the stuff heaped upon our lives.  Its like we are seeing God through so many barriers and natural filters which give us a completely different picture of who He really is.  It takes time to strip all that away and condition our minds for worship.  It takes discipline, sacrifice, and humility.  It won't happen any other way.  It also requires us to let go of the Sunday morning formula, our own self-serving definitions of worship.  I think worship will be different if we can take our eyes off others and off circumstances, and focus solely on the Lord. I want to be free to worship the Lord.  I want to break off the chains that inhibit me and keep me distant from the Lord.  There is none like our God.  There

Are you focused? Now is the time for God's people to be focused and intent on the purposes of God. This past month, I've felt God focusing my heart, my mind, and the discernment of my spirit. Too often we fight the difficulties and seemingly impossible circumstances that come our way, but God wants to use those things to sharpen our resolve and mold us to His will. We need to yield to His hand in our lives. I fight the mental battles of fear, doubt, and trust everyday. I get up and prepare myself for battle because I will not succumb. I must rise up and say "no" to self. Early in the morning will I come to Him and present myself as a living sacrifice. I will yield to the examination of His Spirit and I will yield to the corrections and changes that will surely follow. We are in a battle, but more importantly we are on a journey.  I will fight as I walk, as I move closer to Jesus.  I will go where I am sent and do what I must to please my Lord and align the whole of my