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Glory

1 Peter 4.7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.

8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.

10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.

11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

from Hope Again by Charles Swindoll: "In everything, God gets the glory. How many church conflicts could be resolved if God's glory were everybody's goal? How many egos would be put in their place if God's glory--not human glory--were at stake? How much extremism would be avoided if we did all for the greater glory of God?

"But that's so basic," you may say, "Why even spend time on it?" Because without that, your teaching becomes drudgery, your helping leads to burnout, your evangelism becomes either frenetic or self-glorifying.

When we keep His glory uppermost in our minds, it's amazing how much else falls into place. Since he gets the glory, we're more comfortable leaving the results with Him in His time. Since He gets the glory, our umbrella of love expands over others. Since He gets the glory, it's easier for us to show hospitality to others, for we're ultimately serving Him. Since He gets the glory, exercising our gifts in not a pain but a privilege. The benefits are endless when the glory goes to God!

Dear Father, we want to glorify You in all that we do. Forgive us for wavering from this great goal. Help us as we love, serve and extend ourselves to others. Help those who are hurting. We ask this in the name of Christ, the Glorious One. Amen.

John 5.14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 

15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Only God can know HOW our prayers WORK but we believe HE answers. Please write me to add names to the prayer list and to report changes in status.

Let us be thankful and prayerful!

Love
Brad Forgy