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Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
Psalm 47:1, ESV
We must acknowledge that God is good, and He has saved us from our sins.
That is worth celebrating!
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:15, ESV
We must acknowledge that Jesus is the second Person of the Trinity, the Son of God who is God, or we do not have God in our life.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7, ESV
Our Ggod has given us everything we need to change our world: Himself. Through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
Let us seek Him, and ask for His power to move through us to bring the Kingdom of heaven to earth.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2, ESV
We want to change the world, but God calls us to start with our own hearts and minds, seeking His heart and mind in our lives.
Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust. Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
Isaiah 40:15-17, ESV
At Advent, we look back at why Jesus had to come, that He came, and then that He will come again.
Our sins have stacked up to heaven, deeper and more vile than we could know.
We think that our sin is basically nothing, but we are so good and important.
Our sin is greater than we think, having separated us from the God of the universe.
Even our scientists can see and admit that on our little planet in this vast universe we are insignificant, our planet comparable to an electron in an atom.
Compared to God, we are even smaller, still thinking we can do anything that can appease His wrath for our sin.
Our planet barely registers as dust on the scales of God’s justice.
We are like nothing.
We therefore prepare ourselves by admitting we don’t understand as much as we think we do, turning to our Creator and Savior who makes us worthy.
May we seek the Lord who has no reason to consider us, yet He still loves us and saves us.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:33, ESV
We want to change the world, but it only happens when we seek the kingdom and righteousness of God in our own life and let Him move through us.
praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints
Ephesians 6:18, ESV
We help change the world when we start in prayer to our Lord and lift up all who share the gospel. (Which should be all of us!)
A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Isaiah 40:6-8, ESV
At Advent, we look back at why Jesus had to come, that He came, and then that He will come again.
Our sins have stacked up to heaven, deeper and more vile than we could know.
Sin is the act of willfully separating from God, putting something between God and ourselves, weakening ourselves from the inside out as we cut ourselves off from the source of life.
And God will let us have what we want. (Romans 1:20-32)
Therefore, we internally die continually, and the only hope is a long life to stave off the eternal death and suffering.
All because we choose our sin over God and His Word.
We therefore prepare ourselves by investigating His eternal Word through reading the Scriptures and trusting in the Son.
We may still suffer in this world, but we have the hope of eternal life in New bodies with our Lord forever.
May we seek the Lord who gives us life, preparing ourselves by seeking His Word.
“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6, ESV
We have been sent into the world to change it for God in the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
May we worship Him in confidence knowing He goes before and with us to accomplish this good work.
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
Psalm 95:6, ESV
To change the world, we have to start with ourselves.
How should we start?
Let us worship our Maker and Savior!
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