07/09/23 PREPARE YOURSELF FOR WORSHIP AND SERVICE

07/09/23 PREPARE YOURSELF FOR WORSHIP AND SERVICE

I went over to The Net House to take care of some things this evening. While I was there I took advantage of the opportunity to pray for myself and our church folks. I am blessed beyond words and I want to always be a blessing to others.

Part of my prayer is that each believer comes in the spirit of love, submission and self denial because that is the requirement for worshiping in spirit and in truth.

My back-up prayer is that those who do not come in the Spirit will humbly surrender to the Holy Spirit and die to self. To fail in this area is to fail God, self, family, church and the lost, to whom God wants to send you.

We cannot make anyone conform to the likeness and the will of God but we can pray for them. However, we can determine our own spiritual condition when we gather with the local body. In fact, we have the opportunity on Saturday night and Sunday morning to prepare our hearts and minds. It is a double insult to God if we neglect proper preparation and then fail to come into His presence in the fullness of the blessing.

I know the enemy is working in people's lives to keep us from following Christ fully and to keep us from worshiping Him in the beauty of holiness.

Prepare yourself tonight for a glorious time tomorrow. 

James 4:8 KJV
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.