You alone are worthy

Deuteronomy 10:21 NLT

He alone is your God, the only one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done these mighty miracles that you have seen with your own eyes.

Often I wake up with a song playing in my head and even singing parts of it. There are times that this drives Julie crazy because I keep repeating it.

It happened again today. Before I share the song I go back to something I shared yesterday. The prayer pattern I have learned from Strategic Renewal has impacted how I lead others to pray and how I pray.

There is a simple pattern when you use Scripture in prayer. It is “God is worthy” and we are need”. Keep that phrase, those two distinctions, in mind as you read Scripture and understand who God is. He truly is worthy. The Scripture declares that throughout. And our lives declare it the closer we get to God.

Then on to the song. It is sung by CeCe Winans, and the song is “Worthy of It All”. Here is part of the song (go listen to it for yourself).

All the saints and angels

They bow before Your throne

All the elders cast their crowns

Before the Lamb of God and sing

You are worthy of it all

For from You are all things

And to You are all things

You deserve the glory

God is worthy of it all. All our praise. All our lives and all of the glory. The older I get the more this is real to me. May our lives and our prayers declare the glory of God!

John 17:4 NLT

I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.

Jesus taught us and showed us how to give all the glory back to God. Your turn!

Romans 12:1 NLT

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.

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My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

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Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

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