GOD’S PREFERED WORSHIP Poem Devotional

October 24________________________________________
But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.
-John 4:23(NLT)
GOD’S PREFERED WORSHIP
A poem and essay by ILMA
Are you bringing the Lord all the praise?
Is it a kind of worship that focuses on his grace?
God prefers you to worship him in spirit and truth
He values those who allow His word to take root.
God is looking for those who will worship Him this way
He doesn’t care about religion; he wants you to pray
Pray in the spirit at all times and on every occasion
Obey and follow his will to overcome temptation.
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Some Christians don’t know how to worship God, so they concoct their own way of doing so. I used to do my own religious rituals before I became born again. I went to hear mass, prayed to different saints and Mary, received sacraments, prayed novenas and the rosary for four decades. What I didn’t do was to pray in the spirit at all times and in truth. I knew at some moments in my life that I was led by the Spirit but I didn’t always follow what I was led to do. I didn’t know the truth. I thank God that He freed me now and I can worship him in truth and spirit.
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PRAYER
Thank you Lord for your truth and setting me free.
REFLECTION
Why do you think God prefer to be worshiped in spirit and in truth?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

TRUE WORSHIP Poem Devotional

October 21
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I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. – Romans 12:1(NLT)
TRUE WORSHIP
A poem and essay by ILMA
The only way you can worship truly
Is by giving your body to God openly
Let your life be a holy sacrifice to the Lord
Do not let the world corrupt you; seek his word.
Your mind, body, heart take part in true worship
It seeks God’s will and follows his Spirit
Never forget to honor the Lord fully
It will give him all the praise and the glory.
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Many years of my life were not really lived to honor the Lord. I was ignorant of what true worship was. Guidance to a holy life was not something that I was provided for. Instead, worldly ways were the norm as I was growing up. When I committed my life to Jesus at age seven, I was too young to be left unsupervised to figure out what a holy life was.
The bible tells us that true worship is giving our bodies to God as a grateful response to what he has done for us. He gave us his one and only Son as a living sacrifice so we can be freed from sin. Live a life of true worship.
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PRAYER
Lord, take my whole being so I can praise you with it.
REFLECTION
How can you manifest true worship in your Christian life?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com