worship - SE Members Blog post - syndication express2024-03-29T02:08:42Zhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/worshipIsaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes to heaven and see. Who has created these things...https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/isaiah-40-26-lift-up-your-eyes-to-heaven-and-see-who-has-created2017-12-31T14:23:27.000Z2017-12-31T14:23:27.000ZSusan Bostonhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/SusanBoston<div><h2 style="text-align:center;"> Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes to heaven and see. Who has created these things...</h2><h2 style="text-align:center;">If not God then who?</h2><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><div style="text-align:center;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iY7dTDnI44g/Wkjjy5M0ivI/AAAAAAAAKXA/fxZbrUlNuQ8Ff8qwaUUewMbUsN-7aJn5ACLcBGAs/s1600/7403150-3x2-700x467.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iY7dTDnI44g/Wkjjy5M0ivI/AAAAAAAAKXA/fxZbrUlNuQ8Ff8qwaUUewMbUsN-7aJn5ACLcBGAs/s320/7403150-3x2-700x467.jpg" width="320" alt="7403150-3x2-700x467.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">This Sunday morning I am looking for the person that is not sure what they believe about God and Religion. Is this person you? If it is I hope you will take a minuet and read the rest...</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">It's not hard to find those that believe in God you see them all the time because they are not ashamed to speak out, they have their religion. But what about those that don't know what to believe? These are the people that question or doubt that there is a God. Then you have those that do believe in God but they can't totally agree with any one religion. Many times these are the people that feel they should go to a church but can't because in each religion there are things they agree with and then there are those things they don't agree with and again these are the people I want to reach out to this morning.</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">The Universe to me is the church. It doesn't take much when you look at things like the picture up there to start to believe that yes there is a God and he is a good God. When you look at this picture how else can you explain the wonders in the Universe other than a supreme being? Regardless of what different religions call their (God), the ultimate wonder of our Universe tells your soul there is an Alpha and Omega. Hundreds of thousands of years ago people did not have these pictures or even have a clue there was something beyond the place they lived yet they believed. Now we are privy to what is far from Earth and still some don't believe. This baffles me that one can look at the beauties of the Universe and have any question at all of there being a God.</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WC3YZPUsXGA/WkjviI7IvCI/AAAAAAAAKXU/PsNk3a4ItYcribs-eF5tJShHVl8OdAJwACLcBGAs/s1600/Worlds-Most-Beautiful-Places-1.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WC3YZPUsXGA/WkjviI7IvCI/AAAAAAAAKXU/PsNk3a4ItYcribs-eF5tJShHVl8OdAJwACLcBGAs/s320/Worlds-Most-Beautiful-Places-1.jpg" width="320" alt="Worlds-Most-Beautiful-Places-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H8FUgMOr93Q/WkjvohlP_5I/AAAAAAAAKXY/zztFZrSldlwUNpwiOzIJnHS4WJWaSWJdACLcBGAs/s1600/the-most-beautiful-gardens-all-over-the-world-wallpapers-1920x1080.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H8FUgMOr93Q/WkjvohlP_5I/AAAAAAAAKXY/zztFZrSldlwUNpwiOzIJnHS4WJWaSWJdACLcBGAs/s320/the-most-beautiful-gardens-all-over-the-world-wallpapers-1920x1080.jpg" width="320" alt="the-most-beautiful-gardens-all-over-the-world-wallpapers-1920x1080.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">If you are one of the people that I am seeking this morning and you at times feel you should be in church on Sundays and Wednesdays but can't find the right religion for you I suggest you look to the World around you and above you for all that you see is the spiritual wonder that is your religion. You my friend (are) the church. The building where people gather is not the church it's just a building the church is within those people, it's within you.</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">No matter where you are, no matter what you are doing you can pray and that prayer goes straight to God's ear. The things that you pass up everyday the tress, grass, sun, moon, stars and all that lives, all that is beautiful is where God lives mostly he lives in your heart.</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">All God needs to enter your heart is an opening of faith the size of a Mustered Seed. Are you now wondering if you have that much faith? Well you are reading this aren't you?</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">May you bless all those lives you touch each day,</span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:large;">Susan </span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div></div>The Fiery Furnace of Afflictionhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-fiery-furnace-of-affliction2016-12-19T20:59:56.000Z2016-12-19T20:59:56.000ZJimmie Gosehttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/JimmieGose<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.BuildAWealthEmpire.com" target="_blank"><strong><span><img class="Affliction alignnone" title="Affliction" src="http://www.buildawealthempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Lighthouse-1024x768.jpg" alt="Affliction" width="377" height="283" /></span></strong></a></p><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong>The Fiery Furnace of Affliction</strong></span></h2><p style="text-align:center;"> <span class="font-size-3"> Yesterday, my family and I found ourselves, once again, in a new church. We’ve been searching for a place to worship permanently in our new city and it’s been a long four month road for us. We’ve found a few places and have met many quality people along the way, but our options here just do not have the feel of home and we’re still undecided. Being uncomfortable has become somewhat of a norm for us lately and so the fiery furnace of affliction licks its flames at our hearts. Affliction is meant in no sense of the physical nature, but more so in the sense of our spiritual and mental natures. Long story short, I believe God is testing us… What will we do? How will we respond? Will we Trust Him in faith? Because He is omniscient, He knows all things and how we will respond already: today and tomorrow. Meanwhile, it is our lot to seek and trust Him, knowing that we will plan our course and He will determine our steps.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-3"> I read something today by Paul David Tripp in my morning devotional called, “New Morning Mercies.” His words spoke to me profoundly. Tripp writes in the beginning of the December 19 devotional, “I know that, like me, you want the present to be a more comfortable destination, but it isn’t that. It’s an uncomfortable preparation for a comfortable destination.” The reading this morning was a lightning bolt moment for me and it carried over from our worship time yesterday. You know that God has His ways of speaking to us through others and especially through His Word, the Bible, and by His Spirit, our Great Teacher. This morning was no different and my eyes and ears were attentive. Thank God! The frustrations of our struggles are only temporary and He has not left us alone to endure them on our own. Believers have His Spirit, His promises, His presence, and the universal church. What more could we ask for? We have our families and friends and much more. So I tell you in the fiery furnace of affliction, whatever your furnace may be, be encouraged and count your help and supply carefully. My family and I are doing the same.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-3">If you got value from this blog, please share it and subscribe to my blog site. Also if you like connecting with people like me online, feel free to send me a Facebook friend request. You can reach me at <a href="http://www.Facebook.com/jimmie.gose.1"> Jimmie Gose</a>. 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