Tag: Worship
A good story almost always requires a villain. Everyone loves to detest and blame that guy who is despicable. And what is easier to despise than a creep motivated by pure greed? In movies, a hero commonly struggles against a filthy rich tycoon or… Continue Reading “Choosing to Avoid Avarice”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 1%, 7 Deadly Sins, Appetite, Avarice, covet, Covetousness, Cupidity, Desire, Empowerment, Excess, Faith, Finances, Financial Security, generosity, Generous, Give, Give to the Poor, Gold, greed, Greediness, Hope, Idolatry, In God We Trust, Investment Portfolio, Investments, love, Love of Money, lust, Mammon, Material Wealth, miserly, Money, Money and Power, Money Worship, Neediness, Needy, Poor, Poverty, Power, Provision, Rich, Riches, Self Sufficient, Selfishness, Silver, sin, Sinful, Spiritual Wealth, Sticky Fingers, Stinginess, Stock Exchange, The 1%, The Man, The Rich, Treasure, Treasure in Heaven, Trust God, Value, Wall Street, Wealth, Wealthy, Worship
Posted on December 23, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Christmas music! I love pretty much all of it. Both the sacred and secular songs stir something and pull me in. I find beauty (read last week’s post) in almost every melody. And while it is fun to “deck the halls,” “jingle bells,” and… Continue Reading “Choosing to Adore Him”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Adore Him, Advent, Away in the Manger, Baby Jesus, Carolers, Celebration, Choirs, Christmas, Christmas Carols, Christmas Day, Christmas Songs, December 25th, Emmanuel, Faith, Gifts, God With Us, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Holiday Season, Holidays, Humility, Incarnation, Jesus, Joy, Joy to the World, Merry Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, Peace on Earth, Season Greetings, The Word Became Flesh, We Three Kings, What Child is This?, Worship, Yuletide
Posted on September 2, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Regardless of the secularism that is woven into our present-day culture, we are a generation of worshipers. We tend to revere whatever makes us feel good. And that can cover a broad spectrum of deities. Whether they be the gods of food, money, or… Continue Reading “Choosing to NOT Make Myself Into a God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 10 Commandments, 1st Commandment, deities, deity, False gods, Final Word, First Commandment, gods, Humility, I am a god, Idolatry, Idols, love, Love well, Loving God, many gods, My place, myself a god, No submission, Pride, self, Submit, Worship, Worshipping myself
It’s been used as a joke, but there are some very funny images to support it as a reality. Do humans resemble their pets? In attitude and temperament? Even in their looks? It appears the answer is a strong YES! This phenomenon, particularly with… Continue Reading “Choosing a Different Look”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appearances, Biblical truth, choices, Choose, Hating sin, Idolatry, Idols, Living for God, Living for Jesus, Looking like my pet, love, Loving God, Loving Jesus, Loving things, My model, My pet looks like me, sin, Spiritual Blindness, True Discipleship, True Worship, What I look like, What I love, Who I follow, Worship, Worshiping the Wrong Thing
Some stories in the Bible have struck me as unfair, and at times I have found myself sympathizing with the “bad guy.” Take for example the parable of the three servants who received money from their master to invest while he was gone (Matthew… Continue Reading “Choosing a Transparent Heart”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bad Attitude, Cain and Abel, Fake Worship, First Murder, For No Reason, God's Justice, God's Ways, Hard Heart, Heart, Humility, No Apparent Reason, No Pretending, Obedience, Pride, Pure Heart, Real Worship, Righteousness, Soft Heart, Stoney Heart, Tender Heart, Transparent Heart, True Worship, Unfair, Worship
Regardless of the secularism that is woven into our present-day culture, we are a generation of worshipers. We tend to revere whatever makes us feel good. And that can cover a broad spectrum of deities. Whether they be the gods of food, money, or… Continue Reading “Choosing to Have No Other Gods”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 10 Commandments, False gods, False Worship, First Commandment, Idol Worship, Idolatry, Idols, Love God with all your heart, No other gods, One true God, Only One God, Pride, Repent, Repentence, Self Centered, The god of self, The Greatest Commandment, There is one God and you are not Him, Worship
It’s been used as a joke, but there are some very funny images to support it as a reality. Do humans often resemble their pets? In attitude and temperament? Even in their looks? It appears that the answer is a strong YES! This phenomenon,… Continue Reading “Choosing What I Look Like”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Beauty, Character of God, Idolatry, Idols, Looking like my Heavenly Father, Looking like my pet, Looking like my spouse, Loving God, Loving things, Resembling God, Worship
Posted on January 30, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Some stories in the Bible have struck me as unfair, and at times I have found myself sympathizing with the “bad guy.” Take for example the parable of the three servants who received money from their master to invest while he was gone (Matthew… Continue Reading “Choosing a Soft Heart in Worship”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Cain and Abel, Hard Heart, Humble Heart, Jesus is Lord, Obedience, Pride, Prideful, Resisting God, Right Worship, Soft Heart, Submission to God, True Worship, Trust, Worship, Worship from the heart
Posted on November 21, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I am afflicted with a condition that I understand many men have. I often cannot see what is right in front of my face. The can of soup I’m looking for in the pantry mysteriously disappears when I go to retrieve it. I’m perplexed… Continue Reading “Choosing a Thankful Heart”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Enter His Courts with Thanksgiving, Focus, Give Praise, grateful, gratitude, Heart Focus, Humble Heart, Humility, Open Eyes, Open Heart, Praise, Rejoice, Thankful, Thankful Heart, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Turkey, Worship
Posted on November 14, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was in Lhasa, Tibet the first time I saw someone physically bow in worship to a statue. The Buddhist temple was filled with smoky incense, and dozens of people prostrated before a grinning image. Sunday-school stories of the ancient Israelites giving offerings to… Continue Reading “Choosing Real Love”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: A good future, Artificial Love, Character of God, Choosing the Highest Good, Confused Love, Enduring Love, Faith, Faithfulness of God, God, God is Good, God Is Love, God's Goodness, Holy Love, Hope, Idol Worship, Idolatry, Idolatry of love, love, Love is God, Love you till I don't, Never ending Love, Pure Love, The Father's Love, The highest good, Tough Love, Unconditional Love, Unfailing Love, Worship
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