In the need of PRAYER, again

Here I am, asking for prayer again. I don't know what's up, but I now have an extremely stiff and painful neck. There are a lot of colds and flu going around so maybe that's it. My hip, back and leg are still giving me pain, as well, so I ask for your continued prayer support. If, as you pray, God gives you a word for me, whether it be a word of knowledge, or wisdom, instruction or whatever, please know that I will receive it with a grateful heart.



I am enjoying the presence of the Holy Spirit as I spend time reading God's word, meditating on it, and asking Him how I can more fully "live out" the faith-walk. The other day God spoke to me about "worship." I was noticing how so many people (yes, even Christians) worship Oprah and Dr. Phil. The question came to me: "How do we know when we are worshipping someone/something?" As I pondered this question, I believe God showed me 3 things:

• We worship when we give them our time - our daily schedule is planned around their show (can't bear of miss an episode, we look forward all day to their appearing).


• We worship by how we honor them with our mouths - we speak highly of their deeds and attributes (praise them to our friends - this week I heard a fellow Christian say: "We need to be more like Oprah."), we respect them and hold them in the highest regard.


• We worship by the attention we give them with our eyes and ears - we faithfully watch their show, we focus upon them, we rush to do our personal chores/housework, etc. during advertisements so we won't miss a single word they say.

We need to get our eyes off these false/worldly saviours and turn our eyes, once again, to the true Saviour, the only Saviour. We need to look to God, to worship and honor the True and Living God (Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace).