Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.
—Hebrews 13:15
The Bible teaches that you must acknowledge and glorify God and offer up a sacrifice of praise regardless of what you may be going through. Perhaps you have been experiencing a time of trouble in your life, and you have been praying and trusting God to meet the need…but nothing has changed. While you are waiting for the answer is a perfect time to offer a sacrifice of praise.
It is easy to praise God when everything is going well, but when you acknowledge and glorify Him in the midst of a troubling situation, that is a sacrifice—and it does not go unnoticed. So offer a sacrifice of praise as you spend time with God at the end of your day.
The Choice between God and Money
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
Luke 16:13
Jesus could have correctly said that it is impossible to both serve God and the devil at the same time. He could have said that we could not serve both God and the world. Each of those statements is true, but that is not the truth that Jesus chose to highlight. The distinction that He drew was that it is impossible for us to both serve God and serve money. Money is not an evil in and of itself, but the desire and love of money lead to all kinds of sin.
There are two kinds of love for money that lead us to serve wealth rather than serving God. The first is the love for money itself—a desire to accumulate large sums to provide security or status. The second is the love for the things that money buys. We live in a consumer society where value and worth are measured by having the latest toys, the newest gadgets, the best houses and cars, and the best of everything. Neither of these wrong approaches to money is limited to the rich. The poor are just as susceptible to this snare as the wealthy.
Paul warned Timothy of the dangers of falling in love with either money or the things that money can buy and he had seen firsthand the damage that serving money does to those who had formerly been dedicated to God’s work. “For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica…” (2 Timothy 4:10). The deceitfulness of money is that it promises we can serve it while still serving God, but that is false.
Luke 16:13
Jesus could have correctly said that it is impossible to both serve God and the devil at the same time. He could have said that we could not serve both God and the world. Each of those statements is true, but that is not the truth that Jesus chose to highlight. The distinction that He drew was that it is impossible for us to both serve God and serve money. Money is not an evil in and of itself, but the desire and love of money lead to all kinds of sin.
There are two kinds of love for money that lead us to serve wealth rather than serving God. The first is the love for money itself—a desire to accumulate large sums to provide security or status. The second is the love for the things that money buys. We live in a consumer society where value and worth are measured by having the latest toys, the newest gadgets, the best houses and cars, and the best of everything. Neither of these wrong approaches to money is limited to the rich. The poor are just as susceptible to this snare as the wealthy.
Paul warned Timothy of the dangers of falling in love with either money or the things that money can buy and he had seen firsthand the damage that serving money does to those who had formerly been dedicated to God’s work. “For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica…” (2 Timothy 4:10). The deceitfulness of money is that it promises we can serve it while still serving God, but that is false.
Today’s Growth Principle:
If we love God as we should, there will be no room for money to rule on the throne of our hearts.
Offer a Sacrifice of Praise
by Joyce Meyer - posted July 10, 2016Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.
—Hebrews 13:15
The Bible teaches that you must acknowledge and glorify God and offer up a sacrifice of praise regardless of what you may be going through. Perhaps you have been experiencing a time of trouble in your life, and you have been praying and trusting God to meet the need…but nothing has changed. While you are waiting for the answer is a perfect time to offer a sacrifice of praise.
It is easy to praise God when everything is going well, but when you acknowledge and glorify Him in the midst of a troubling situation, that is a sacrifice—and it does not go unnoticed. So offer a sacrifice of praise as you spend time with God at the end of your day.
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