Aegina retreat 2022
God is the source of life for all human beings.
We are nothing but a product of God. He owns us we owe HIM our entire life.
No man or woman should brag about his or her talents, brilliance, achievements, physical looks or the good things that we acquire in this life
The Greek meaning of the word glory is ‘glore’ meaning renown, famous splendor, majesty, glamor.
There are many biblical scriptures supporting that God raised us to his glory. The word Glory here will include but not limited to worshipping God. Adoration. honor, magnify , Pleasure In.
Everything about our life should revolve around God.
The bible tells us in Genesis 1:1 That in the beginning it was God. In John 1: 1 The word of God tells us that in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.
From creation, Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Jeremiah 1 : Jeremiah 1:4-5 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Isaiah 43 : 1
God is the beginning and the end. He is God ! He is the Alpha and Omega. Nothing in your life will succeed without HIM.
Human minds are easily distracted by the scientific achievements, success and breakthroughs that we make. We think it is our own effort , brilliance and achievements.
God demands nothing from us except worship and Glory !
All Glory should be ascribed to God at whatever stage of our lives.
At no time should man thump his / her chest and say, aha! . It is my ingenuity.
Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
We ought to thank God at every step of our lives.
We can show our love, our allegiance and loyalty to God by worshipping him.
Making God famous. When people as us about our achievements and successes, we should never forget to say that “ The hand of God has done ALL these for us“. “ It is our God ! ”
Our lifestyles should reflect honor and respect to God.
Our source of strength should be passed down to our children and other generations to come.
It is clear that by our own flesh we achieve nothing. Psalms 124:1 – 6 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Our family lifestyles, activities, gatherings, programs, Ceremonies, feasts and festivals should have time allocations for God in the program.
Our curriculum and syllabus from Kindergarten school to University should glorify God.
Our financial budgets and planning should involve God.
Our time management should glorify God. A day has 24 hours. We should allocate God time in our daily, weekly, monthly and annual schedules.
Those who have glorified God in the Bible and our present times have been counted as righteous. Their generations will continue to enjoy covenant benefits from God for generations to come.
The King Solomon the preacher in the book of Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. …..We can learn from this verse that whatever we do we must remember that one time we shall stand before the judgement seat of God.
Our Master Jesus says that his meat is to do the will of the father who sent him. John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
This means that our meat should be to glorify God.
One may ask, how do I glorify God ? We are lucky to have all the answers in the bible. For example, serving God thorough evangelism, supporting ministers of the Gospel by funding their ministries, teaching of Sunday School, Building Cities of refuge for street children and singing still glorifies God.
In conclusion the guiding scripture is from Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
ALTER CALL
Today we must pray together for our love and zeal of God to be restored in our heats. We should not a lukewarm church that is neither hot nor cold lest we be spewed out.
Worship song that leads people to a brief prayer session where people will pledge their allegiance to God. Those who feel discouraged to ask God for renewal of strength.
