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1. Pray for the Hmong Bua people of China. This unreached people group has a population of 62,000, of which only 1.6 % are evangelical Christians. They practice ethnic religions.
2. Pray that the body of Christ would truly understand the role of worship in our relationship with Christ.
3. Pray for the missionaries spread across the globe. Pray that God would give them strength to persevere on the mission to which he has called them. Pray for people to step up and provide support for these laborers.
1. Pray for the Kheng people of Bhutan.
2. Pray for your enemies.
3. Pray for a national return to Christ and His teachings.
4. Pray for the persecuted Christians in other countries, that they may remain strong in Christ and His love.
I know, I know, it has been awhile since the last time I posted something. But here I am, posting something again. This one doesn’t have to do with any particular revelation, or something superb, just something simple, at least to me.
The other day, I was at One Voice, actually it was a couple of weeks ago. As the worship was proceeding, I just stood their and looked around. observing the people there. There were those with their hands in the pocket, appearing as if they had something better to do, those who were silent and praying, and those who were worshiping with all of their being. As I observed this act of love, and adoration, something struck me. I thought, “What an awesome, special relationship we have with God!” Now this may sound rather obvious, but let me put it into context.
All of these other religions out there have some form or another of god, regardless of whether they acknowledge it. And the majority have some form of worship towards this god. So now the question asked is, what is my point? Well looking at a lot of these religions and their forms of worship we see that the worship is out of respect, and that it should be, but it is also out of obligation AND to some degree fear. A fear that the person may be struck dead, not fulfill the laws of god, not get to a certain level of heaven, etc. But then when I look at Christians, and our worship, I notice something very different. I notice a key element the others are missing, and that is LOVE. The other religions lack this love for their god. Why is this? I believe it is because of the relational element we have with Jesus Christ. We don’t exist merely as pawns to try and please our Creator, or we get eternally punished. We were meant to have a relationship with our Creator. God designed it that way from the beginning with Adam and Eve. It was the sin that destroyed this beautiful relationship and the sacrifice of Christ on the cross that restored it. And here we are in our worship, giving thanks for that. Giving our all for that. Showing our love, the best we can, for that. That is what impressed me. The fact that we have a relationship with God, in which we can give back love, in which we can show love, in which we can give our lives for His glory. Tell me, what other religion has this awe and intimacy. So, next time, when worshiping ,think about not the act, but, rather I guess I would say the significance of this. What does worship show? What does our worship show? Does our worship show fear or love?
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