Monthly Archives: September 2010

Praising God is Good!

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It is good to praise God, to worship Him and thank Him for all His goodness to us. Psalm 103 (GNB) starts with the cry, “Praise the Lord, my soul! All my being, praise his holy name.”

David here speaks to his soul and reminds himself that his worship of God must be wholehearted. Every part of his being, including his emotions should be involved in his praise of God. It’s not just his lips that are praising God but all of him, every part.

Do I praise God like that? Does my whole being truly sing praises to Him? Do I involve my emotions in worshipping God? Or do I just go through the motions?

“Lord help us to truly praise you like David did, with all of our hearts.”

Heed the Warnings

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Yesterday the sermon we heard was taken from Luke 16:19-31 which is about the Rich Man and Lazarus.

One point that struck me from the message was that God gives us warnings from His Word and it is important that we heed these warnings. Sadly in this story it seemed that the rich man knew his brothers would not heed the warnings from the Scriptures.

“Father help us always to heed the warnings from your Word and obey them wholeheartedly”

Protecting Our Souls

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Whenever I switch on my computer at home one of the first things I do is to update my Internet Security software with the latest virus definitions that have been released. I have also just received a reminder from Adobe that my Flash Player needs updating, which I did. Additionally I received notification that the latest Windows Updates needed to be installed too!

I expect that at some stage whilst I’m on the web I will get told by Firefox that there are some new releases of the various plug-ins that I use which I need to download and install. I might even find that Firefox have released an updated version of their browser which upgrades itself automatically. And finally if I decide to use my email software I could find that it is automatically upgrading itself.

Any computer security expert will tell you that it’s essential to ensure that you do all of the above if you want to keep your PC protected. And whilst I 100% agree with that to be honest it can be very time consuming, especially when your computer starts to get older and slower. However it is certainly worth investing the time.

I wonder though do we put as much time and effect into protecting our souls as we do our computers? Do we consider prayer, Bible reading, worshipping God, confessing our sins and attending church to be important activities or do we only do them if we have the time or feel like it? They need to be disciplines that we all undertake daily.

I would never neglect or undervalue the importance of protecting my computer but to my shame I have not always shown the same commitment to protecting my soul.

“Dear Lord help us to see the importance of protecting our souls and to never neglect spending time in your presence. Amen”

Getting Rid of The Cobwebs

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The other day I was sitting at my computer when for some reason I decided to switch on the light and suddenly noticed a big cobweb by the side of our television.  Now I’m not sure how long the cobweb had been there but all the time the light was not on it remained invisible to me. Once however I saw the light the cobweb reached the end of its life!

It occured to me that there is a spiritual lesson for us to learn here. When we expose the light of Christ to our life we will see sin that needs to be destroyed.  If we bring our sin to the light of Christ and ask for His forgiveness and turn from our wrong ways we will know the joy of His cleansing touch.

Sometimes bringing sin to the light can be painful. We may not want to admit what we have done and would prefer that it remained hidden. However the more we allow the light into our hearts the more cobwebs we can see destroyed!