Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  Romans 13:7  NLT  “Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and import duties, and give respect and honor to all to whom it is due.” Honor is something that seems to be alluding us in 2020 and in the generation that we live.  I remember a time when people honored or kept their word.  I remember people who would be kind and honor people.  These might be people who are older, people are in authority or countless others. It is important that we learn to honor others.  The verse above simply says to give to those who deserve it.  Many, and I mean many, people around you and me deserve to be honored. Who will you honor today? Psalms 29:2  NLT  “Give honor to the LORD for the glory of his name…” Honor God.  That is where it starts.  In fact when we honor God we will hear Him guide us to honor others. 1 Corinthians 12:23  NASB “…those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant h...

1 Peter 5:6   NASB Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, Have you ever had a problem hearing?   There are many reasons why a person cannot hear, but today we focus on only one of those.   It could be called pride or even hypocrisy.   A good description would be the inability to hear because your chosen attitude doesn’t allow you to hear what is being shared. Does that make sense to you?   It does to me.   I have found this in my own life when I am talking to a person that I have little or no respect for.   This could be because I believe the person speaking is inferior to me.   This really is a big deal. In last Sunday’s message in our series Love Your Neighbor we talked about the need to see others as greater than ourselves.   Pride doesn’t allow this.   Prejudice doesn’t allow this.   In fact most of human thinking says we should do all we can to get...