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God created us to glorify him by enjoying him forever. But how do we fulfill that purpose in the little things, in the small moments, in the day to day?

How do we glorify God in the little, day-by-day things? The question comes up today. “Pastor John, hello! My name is Trent. I’ve begun reading your book ‘Desiring God,’ and I understand now what you mean by Christian Hedonism. How wonderful it is to know that God commands our supreme happiness and joy in him! Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10:31, ‘Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.’ How can I give the Lord glory by enjoying him through food? Is it by knowing that the food for that day was provided for me by him and it’s OK to enjoy it? Or another example would be happiness when our children do well in school. I’m just wondering how to be happy in the Lord in the right way to bring him the most glory. How do I do all things to glorify God?”

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  1. Jesus said this: "By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples." John 15:8 – Jesus did not say by this and other things. He did not say by these things. He said by this alone! Now if our every day moments and intentions have any other agenda then you and I are not glorifying God the Father. Jesus taught and demonstrated the abiding relationship that anchors this statement in John 15:8. Jesus built these men into His disciples to glorify His Father. Then commanded them and us to " make disciples of all nations ", Matthew 28:18-20 – bearing much fruit for the kingdom of God. John 3:22 reveals Jesus's strategy for making disciples. After these things, Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea and there He was spending time with them and baptizing. This phrase " spending time with" is anchored by the Greek word ( Diatribo ), it's full meaning is " to rub into". So Jesus was going about His everyday walk, preaching the gospel and baptizing converts, yet He was spending the vast majority of His time rubbing Himself into these 12 disciples. This marked the entirety of His ministry while amongst us.

  6. I Will Take My People OUT OF

    10/7/05 From The Lord, Our God and Savior
    The Word of The Lord Spoken to Timothy
    For the Churches of Men, and For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear

    Thus says The Lord: Churches of men, you do always twist the Scriptures! You cease not from adding to and taking away from the Word of God, as you continue to stand firm upon your own cracked foundations which your forefathers laid! – Foundation upon foundation throughout your generations, built ever higher according to the pride and vanity of men, an arrogance which has no equal!
    How long shall you contend with Me? How long shall you pervert the Truth? Churches of men, shall I lie to My prophets and give them false testimony?! Or did you think I have ceased from making My plans known, that I have altogether turned back from sending them? Certainly not! For I am The Lord, and I do not change! Therefore, let every cracked foundation crumble and every house fall with a great crash! Let the glory of man be turned backward, until the pride of man is bowed down and the arrogance of man is utterly humiliated! For The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day, as it is written.[1]

    Thus says The Lord: Humble yourselves, O churches of arrogance, and pray that you are not left standing upon the earth in bewilderment and tears, in the day I gather up My treasured ones and steal away My elect, those counted worthy to escape all these things which shall soon come to pass, the first to stand in the presence of The Son of Man, the first to be sheltered from My fury. Behold, the angels of Heaven shall ascend and descend upon The Son of Man, until the harvest is made complete.
    Therefore, again I say to you, humble yourselves! For pride has blinded your eyes and arrogance has stopped your ears! REPENT! And pray double for those YOU have led from the Truth! For you preach and teach in the name of another messiah, a false christ who looks nothing like Me, a molded image which you have shaped to fit your own corrupt doctrines and perverse traditions, polluting My name and My glory as you continue to twist and segregate the Scriptures to your own hurt! Says The Lord.

    Therefore, blessed are those who
    Come out from among them…

    Blessed are those who obey God rather than men…

    Blessed are those who place their trust
    In The Son of God, striving always to walk
    In His ways and keep His commandments;
    They shall surely be taken out of this place…

    Yet woe to all those who disobey The Son,
    Woe to all who turn aside from The Way
    And forsake The Commandments,
    For the wrath of God remains upon them.

    https://www.thevolumesoftruth.com/I_Will_Take_My_People_OUT_OF

  8. I have always seen this verse about doing all to the glory of God as a call to enter into a relational conversation with Him about the activities of life…
    I glorify God by talking to Him about all that I do, or intend to do, and listening to what He says.
    My body is His Spirit's temple so I want to know what makes Him happy and comfortable in here, does He see a need in His temple for a particular food or drink, does His temple need sleep, rest or exercise? Will He be pleased if I listen to a certain song or dance in a particular way? What does life look like in relationship with God in every aspect of my life??
    To glorify Him, in need to listen to what He says is going to bring Him glory and then do that ❤ rather than making my own choices on what I do with my body (which is actually His temple) or my life (which I actually gave up at salvation & now live for & through & to Him) and then asking Him to bless my self willed decisions.
    When I can't hear Him on a matter, I tell Him that even though I'm lost without Him I'm going to do my best to make a choice to please Him; sometimes He just says He wants to know what I would like in a given situation ❤ because He loves me and values my individuality & preferences too.

  11. Obedience to the Church creaded by the Apostles for our Salvation and the Salvation of all man kind!
    Before the coming of Lord Jesus and the creation of His Church as a therapeutic institution from SIN, the devil had the authority to take ~all souls~ to Hades including the righteous ones like all all of the prophets of the Old Testament. After the creation of His Church, those Baptized that become UNITED with God [Galatians 3:27] were now able at death to go through a “judgment before the Judgment” hearing known as ~Toll Houses~ that will determine the "waiting place" between Paradise (the presence of God Logos) and Hades till His Second Coming.
    Orthodox Afterlife: The 20 Toll Houses

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuKzcPwKuqY
    "You can not come to where I am going with sins”. [John 8:21]
    THE CHURCH CREADED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT 2000 YERS AGO UNCHANGED IS THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH TODAY!

    Ierotheos Metropolitan of Naupaktos about Greek Orthodox Baptism

    “Through the "rite of birth in God", holy baptism, man's nous (mind) is illuminated, freed from slavery to sin and the devil, and it is united with God.

    What Is the Orthodox Church? – Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95P744siC7U&feature=youtu.be

    The word Salvation means "salvation from death" and the word "death" means the eternal separation of man from God!?

    God bless

  12. Dear Father, Dear Lord,

        You are of goodness and you are of love and you created me in your own likeness and image. I want to be just like you Lord, to walk with you, to love you, and to always be with you. I know I’m not a good person. I’m a sinner and I’ve done so many negative things in my life that I’m extremely ashamed of. So I’m begging for your forgiveness. I want you to forgive me and to continue guiding me in the right path no matter how many times I mess up. Because you are my Lord and my savior and I believe that you died on the cross for me so that I may have eternal life. I confess with my mouth Father, that Jesus is your Son, and he died for me. Today, I repent of all my sins and I will dedicate my entire life to serving and worshipping you Lord and you only. I now declare myself blessed in Jesus’ Holy name and that I am reborn again and cleansed by the blood of Jesus. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, thank you Father, thank you Lord. Thank you so much for saving me. Amen.

  15. Stop using the Banks, stop believing liars, stop being so selfish and gullible. Satan rules this earth, every time you use evil companies to make a living you are feeding evil.. Stop allowing evil to rule this earth. You have allowed evil to rule. unless you humans serve justice to the evil ruling this earth, you can never glorify God…ever.

  16. Obidence is better than sacrifice. But we love our traditions more than the WORD OF GOD 1 403 830b 4124 False teachers dont teach last ch of Isaih, and Malachai and Zeckb14 FEAST OF TABERNACLES 3X HIS HIGH ANNUAL SABBATHS 3x and NO mor Canninite ( pagan sun worship and pagan xmas Jer 10:3 pagan xmas tree ) we are taught twisted words. Dont do what we should do and do evenbwhat wecare told NOT to. 1 403 830 4124 saved by grace unto obidiance.

  18. Be True to GOD,be True to Yourself,be True to Your Neighbor and to People Around You and Don't Think Evil to Anyone.Be HIS LOVE to All People Around the World and Be Prayerful for Their Goodness in Life,… and Be Merciful as HE is MERCIFUL, and Be Kind even to the Evil as HE is KIND to the Evil.

  19. A piece from an amazing new autobiography titled: Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within   https://amzn.to/356Ia5W

    Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence – the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future – right down to the minutest particles of dust – each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration.
    ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter – I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist. For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects – including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars – none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach into the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses.
    To break it down – Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists – including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them – our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant – our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma – and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory – whenever we experience or express our emotions – or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing. 
    The second law – Renge – Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho – these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlie all spiritual and physical existence.
    The final and third part of the tri-combination – Kyo, is the Law which allows Myoho to integrate with Renge – or vice verse. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter – as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication – perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists.
    Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us – all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux – constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment of time than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ – the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation – rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge – and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents.
    Nam, or Namu – which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’. On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives – as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives – even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances – turn them into positive ones – or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are – regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect – the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication. For example, the levels of difference could be compared to between making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, or producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always to respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything.

    NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result from any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self – this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things – such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things in a conventional way – rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within – including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need.
    Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time – to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life – including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream – already exists within us.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR5DdqjMxgA

  22. How I, glorified GOD. To me, is like am looking at my self in a mirror. Like if my soul come out of my body with a book to check all my wrongs and to turn them in to right. in order to give THE LORD HIS GLORY. God is love.

  23. How glorify God,do what's right acts 10v35 not preaching 2peter 2v1 lots of false understands untruths, waiting for Jesus comes 1corinthians 13v9 and 10 ,until the holy spirit comes.

  26. I have to tell you that if the only reason God made humans is so we can "give him glory" or worship him, we don't have much of a purpose. This stuff makes God out to be nothing but the ultimate version of Donald Trump. Doesn't the thought that God, being the greatest being there is, would also have to know that for himself? Why would such a being care one bit about how much humans glorify him? How could humans possibly add anything to an already perfect and infinite being?

  27. [The Worship God Accepts] https://youtu.be/EK4hqIrLLNs Have you ever thought that your worship, sermons and all your time in church might not be accepted by God? If He doesnt' accept your worship then you are worshipping idols!You must hear the Truth as the Truth to understand God's will! Don't be deceived but hear what the Spirit says to to the churches.

  33. HOLY COW! How can anyone worship the demonic Bible storybook characters, god creature and Jesus? This hideous believe is exactly why there has been so much evil throughout the world's history. Run as fast as you can from this pagan faith.

  36. If you know anyone who has not repented and turned to god, speak the truth to them today. All are sinners, condemed for breaking his commandments. Jesus has redeemed all who believe in him, in his life, in his sacrifice for us, in his resurrection and in his coming glory to judge the living and the dead. Time is running out, if you love God and you love your neighbour you must act on that love. Overcome your fears. Present the gospel to them and pray that God opens their eyes and hearts to the truth

  38. https://youtu.be/e-lMX8HS_8U
    Did the Bible always seem logical and does it ever make sense? Can you actually understand when reading the Bible? “The Bible is a mystery," and "written in the tongue the language of the kingdom of heaven." The spiritual thoughts must be discerned with spiritual words by interpreting the Bible with the Bible. But all things that were instead taught with the teachings of men are destined to perish with use.

  39. Glorify Love (god) by appreciating this paradise planet lifeboat and the miraculous works of fine art called life that inhabit it.

    Because Love (god) spent billions of years creating this paradise planet lifeboat so that her miraculous works of fine art called life have a beautiful place to be.

    Love didn't spend so much time creating this paradise planet lifeboat to be depreciated, hated, polluted and destroyed in a brief moment by alien vampires (greed) and thier ignorance (hate).

  41. May God hold me and my entire families tightly and expected that my parents and grandparents spirits were all in the home of God and assists us here on earth to believe Jesus Christ more and more. May Jesus Christ gift us with firm faith on Him forever until the end of our days. Amen

  42. https://youtu.be/Ad4Sr3z_Wy8
    The COVID-19 has been spreading across the world, and countless people are suffering but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Do you think this is coincidence? The Scripture even says that people will faint from fear of the things which are coming upon the world. The day in which God brings His punishment upon this earth is this age because of the evil that people have committed in the church. Hear what the Spirit says to the churches and return to the Truth!!

  43. Resurrection is a hoax that conveniently occurs in the past & easily fools the gullible suckers. If Jesus had Godly powers, he'd still be living on earth doing miracles. Hoaxer Christian writers created the “resurrection & ascendance to heaven” hoax by making up a fake empty tomb story & fake eyewitnesses/testimonials.

  47. You may also read the "Present with Religion", a book for free on the Global Truth Project. The book is about the truth of life and it shows the full picture of life for the first time so that you may stop being deceived by the world and be able to follow the steps of Jesus and other prophets to Heaven. Knowing the truth is the key factor to our salvation.We must know the whole truth and live in it with our whole heart and change ourselves according to it in order to be saved! There is no other way to our salvation. With knowing the real truth there comes the true repentance which is changing our minds and also there comes the true obediance to God' s law and finally our sanctification which is a life- long process.And God in His mercy will give us His wonderful grace which is time and ability to change but only if we conform to Him.Only in this way may we obtain our eternal salvation.There is nothing more important and serious to do in this fallen world as our eternal fate depends on it. So we must find this narrow path that leads to God and do it quickly and stay on it till the end no matter what in order to be saved.

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