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Worship in Spirit and in truth

“You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be his worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:24

  I’ve had discussion after discussion recently about why studying the Bible in context is important. I mean I just finished an e-course on it, so I kinda love the topic. But, today I read an old story that I have read a million times. The story of the Samaritan woman at the well and once again I was FLOORED by a new TRUTH.

  I have never noticed what Jesus says to the woman AFTER he confronts her sin and offers her living water that will quench her thirst for eternity.

     She asks Jesus about WHERE she is supposed to worship. She is caught up in an argument that the Samaritans and Jews had been having. The big argument between them is the location of the Chosen place to worship. Where am I supposed to worship? What is the RIGHT answer? Essentially she is asking is my lifestyle right? Is the way I worship right?
  Instead, Jesus tells her, “…true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be his worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship I’m must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24)
     They go hand in hand. As Jesus said to the Samaritan woman in this passage, we must worship in, “spirit and truth.”

     Although the Samaritan woman would have been expecting a Messiah, they rejected the rest of the Old Testament besides the first 5 books of the Bible, the Mosaic Pentateuch, so her understanding would be limited. They had their own place of worship and they didn’t associate with the Jews. Yet, Jesus stopped to minister to this Samaritan woman because he cares and loves for everyone. But, what does he tell her? He tells her that soon we will worship in BOTH Spirit and Truth.

     As a baby Christian, my Faith was based mostly off my emotional experiences. I had an emotional connection to the Word of God, and I felt the Spirit continually working, this was not wrong, but I didn’t know much about the truth. I was still growing and learning in the Father, as I’ve continued to grow, I see the same old passages becoming clearer, and every time I look at the passages the truth is more evident to me. As I’ve grown, the more I realize that the Spirit and Truth go together, I am led by the Spirit with urges and convictions INTO truth and truth leads me to the Spirit.

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I’ve had to ask myself this question more than o

I’ve had to ask myself this question more than once.

When I was a young believer, I used to make myself the center of every story. But, as I grew and matured in Bible Study I began to see Him at the center of every story.

Once I offset myself from the center of the story, I was able to realize that other people weren’t the main character either... With the gospel in perspective, we learn to celebrate what God is doing THROUGH and FOR others so that HE may be glorified.

If we truly believe that we want the message of Jesus to reach the nations, we must support the work of others. We are a body of believers. Their gain for the gospel does not mean our loss, instead it means we all gain. Tag a friend or ministry that you believe is doing a great job at sharing the gospel. One of them will win a $50! #chasingsacred

We spend most of our lives asking, and demanding t

We spend most of our lives asking, and demanding that the circumstances, people, and things in our lives change. But, when they do, we question it.

You and I might have the faith to ask for change, but do we have the faith to believe it once it’s done? Do we declare it finished? Or, are we bent on drudging up old stuff?

25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” (John 9:25-26)

As I was reading in John 9 about the Blind man who was given sight by Jesus, I was convicted. We see the radical conversion, the miracle that Jesus performs and then the section title after that in my Bible was, “The Pharisees Investigate the Healing.” How often do I spend more time investigating the work Christ has done in others lives than celebrating it?

I remember when my oldest went from the most difficult child in the world to a professing believer that had made huge strides in every area of his life, I asked myself, “Is this too good to be true?” I remember many instances in our marriage where one of us changed, and we were slow to receive that change.
Victory should be celebrated, let’s stop investigating whether Jesus has truly made the blind see, and instead, give him the glory for it! We are all here to change, may we strive to worship him when we do. #chasingsacred

Did you READ this in the App this morning!? We hav

Did you READ this in the App this morning!? We have spent the ENTIRE year building our beautiful dream home. My husband, a builder, has taken this endeavor very seriously. Similarly, David desired to build a home—for God! He asked in faith if he could build a house for the Ark of the Covenant.(2 Samuel 7:12-16)

But, God declined. He had a much better idea, and promised David an even greater display of His splendor. David might have given all that he had, and offered all that he knew, and yet God had an even better plan. God in his infinite wisdom knew what to do. Faith says that everything we do is for the fulfillment of these promises of glory, and in this case God prophesied an even better home than the one David could have designed or built. David desired to build a house for God, and instead God turned it around as if to say, “No, I will build a house for YOU, child!” In 2 Samuel 7:12-16 we see a promise from God that is often referred to as the Davidic Covenant. This promise not only applies to David’s descendant Solomon, who does end up building a temple for God, but also to Jesus Christ who establishes the everlasting kingdom that is promised. The Holy Spirit’s eternal home.
Imagine David asking God if he could build a temple for Him, and God denying him, letting Solomon build the temple instead, and then deciding that the ultimate fulfillment would be that WE would be the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, so that wherever we went, God could be with us, and IN us as His dwelling place. With the coming of Jesus came the fulfillment of this new everlasting kingdom.

Sometimes I think that, like David, we can be SO focused on what we can do for God that we miss it: the beauty in the way that He operates. We are so focused on the here and now, building a kingdom here on earth for Him, that we forget to worship Him for what He has already done, and all the ways in which He is already fulfilling what was long ago promised. We are caught up in the ‘do’ and forget to worship for the DONE. We so earnestly want to make a temple for Him that we forget to just praise Him for what He has already done... the rest is on the APP!!!

There has to be a place for all these things. Ther

There has to be a place for all these things.
There has to be a place, I repeat to myself for the umpteenth time today. On the shelf, or maybe in the drawer, I mutter to myself.

I re-arrange and adjust.. I move things around for the 100th time. In the process of decluttering and fixing my kids messes, I return things to their rightful places. Their rightful, most accessible, and useful places. The knives to the kitchen, the scotch tape to the drawer, the flowers on the mantle, and many many more.

There has to be a place for all these people. I’m sure. God didn’t do it willy nilly. He knew what was in store. Perched upon the mantle for everyone to see, hidden in the drawer but useful as can be. Collecting dust on the shelf or a picture we can adore, or blunt from all its usefulness, I really want that more.

There has to be a place for all THESE people, no junk drawer to behold, I really hope you know, your journey will unfold.

As a proclaimed utensil, hidden in the drawer, I once bemoaned my future cause I really wanted more. I wanted to be the picture, the one right on the wall, the one so big that it looked like it might fall. But, instead I’ve found my usefulness right here in the drawer, a tool to feed the hungry and very little more.

I hope you know you’re special, and you’re a vessel, too! You’re usefulness doesn’t mean visibility, I once thought that, too. No instead, you’re right where you belong. A beautiful creation to behold. You’ve been placed there intentionally because he knows what’s in store.

Lord, I’m sorry that I complain about being a utensil and living in the drawer. I don’t want to be less useful, I really want you more. The next time I see the blender or the knife that is so sharp, I’ll remember what you told me about living on the shelf.
There is a place for all these people, it’s intentional as can be. God knows where each one goes and places them where he can see. #chasingsacred

Cozy is where you are mama. I remember the first

Cozy is where you are mama.

I remember the first time that I realized that my upbringing was going to be completely different than my kids. I bawled.

I ran into a Thai food restaurant in a small town in New Hampshire. I grabbed Satay. (Chicken on a stick) I started feeding it to my kids and as I watched them eating the chicken I started to cry. They would never experience the upbringing that I had, they would never do the things I did, and it didn’t feel, “cozy” to me.

I called my mom and in true mama-bear fashion she said, “cozy is where you are.” Wherever mom and dad are makes it cozy. Cozy is what you bring to the situation.
She continued to say that her and my dad never felt, “cozy” on those hot sticky Christmas’s in Thailand but we kids did.. cause we saw it through kid eyes.
So, today if not all your ducks are in a row for Thanksgiving, or things don’t quite workout the way you imagined.. just repeat this to yourself: cozy is where you are mama. You make cozy. #chasingsacred

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