"In Spirit and In Truth" - 2

 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24 KJV) 

  "As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it. For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you." Indeed, the "right time" is now. Today is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 6:1-2 NLT)

 Now is the time for us to stop pretending and start to get real about the power of God in our lives; if we do not, we will be missing out on something we will regret not being part of, in one way or another. I for one don't want to be counted as one that was an unworthy servant; even though I feel most of the time, that's what I am; God is my judge, He will judge rightly! 

 Start praying for those around you which are both saved and unsaved; the saved, that they would be given strength and boldness; the unsaved, that they be reconciled to God! In other words, we cannot do this on our own; it is only by God's Spirit that we can overcome, whether it is overcoming adversity or coming to God, it is always God that is working things out in us, helping us to do the right thing. 

 I really hope that we get that, because without God's help, we are helpless! As a matter of fact, we must never forget that we need His help, in whatever it is that we are involved with or dealing with; even in the simple things that we think are just average daily routines. What a difference even routine things become, when we practice asking God's blessing and guidance in even the little things. 

 This might sound silly, as I sometimes feel it myself; but there is so much I have learned by caring for my wife; little things which we take for granted, like simply changing her and bathing her, which is so routine, but at the same time, such an anointing. On the one hand, it is me changing and washing her, but on the other hand, God is changing and washing me at the same time...

"We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry. In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind. We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food. We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love. We faithfully preach the truth. God's power is working in us. We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense. We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us. We are honest, but they call us imposters. We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed. Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything." (2 Corinthians 6:3-10 NLT)