Categories: Praise, Spiritual Growth, Worship | Permalink. Father, we stand in awe and amazement of You. And what makes this so amazing for prayer is that he virtually invites us to load him down with our burdens: “Do not be anxious about anything, but . Humility is that virtue that calls us out of our pride and calls us to imitate our Lord in his service and love of others through compassion. Make your plans His plans. Father, please let Your ears be attentive to our prayer for we desire to honor Your Name. Like Tobiah, keep your prayer simple and begin with praise! Yet, Scripture informs us that all of mankind has failed to honor God … You are the only wise God who now speaks to us individually by Your Holy Spirit. My home is in Heaven. Remove their stony hearts and give them new hearts that are submissive to You. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Human beings have glory because we are created in the image of the One who is all-glorious (Genesis 1:27). The same way you practice your game is the same way you should be in the Bible and prayer. Train your heart and spiritual ears to be open to hearing His gentle whisper. let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6). We can also hallow or revere His name, which is how Jesus showed the disciples how they ought to pray (Matt 6:9), and we can also do so by giving honor to the elderly man or woman, as God says in Deuteronomy 19:32, “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your … “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. We honor God by expressing our willingness to be still in His presence. We rejoice in the knowledge that You are the seal of our salvation! Lord Jesus, we thank You for being our Advocate who pleads our case before the Father. Bowing down is one way to honor God with your whole body. Holy Spirit, we exalt You as the One who comforts, teaches, guides and empowers. God has glory because He is infinitely valuable. Jesus’ custom was “rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed” (Mark 1:35). Use songs of praise and thanksgiving to enter into His gates Invite the Holy Spirit to empower your prayers and consecration tonight Tell God that you chose to be a vessel of honor this year and beyond O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.” The psalmist also wrote, “O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Psalm 63:1). Worship God in His Holiness. See 1 Corinthians 6:18-20. We will praise You as long as we live. • Make sure your actions, like Tobiah’s and Sarah’s, are “for a noble purpose.” Noble purposes are those that honor God. Write down some of those changes and begin to praise God for the transformations that He is making in your life: _______________________________________________________________________________________________. Change ). Reflections of the Heart: This is the ______ day of the Omer. Worship is a broad category that includes every act which honors God as God. You loved us before the foundation of the world was created. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Here are five ways that you can honor God today: Honor God with your time –How are you using the precious time you have been given to glorify God? On more than one occasion, “Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God” (Luke 6:12), and it was the psalmist who wrote, “On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night” (Psalm 63:6) and “When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted” (Psalm 77:2). ID: 1496426 Language: English School subject: Religious Studies, Writing Grade/level: 4 Age: 8-10 Main content: Honoring God Other contents: Teach Me How To Pray Add to my workbooks (0) Embed in my website or blog Add to Google Classroom Add to Microsoft Teams We have seen You in Your sanctuary and have gazed upon Your power and glory. Prayer To Honor God. We confess that we will keep Your commandments, walk in Your ways and honor You. By faith, we wait with joyful hearts to … I offer myself fully to You—spirit, mind and body. Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Verse 9: Jesus says we should give honor to God and His name. Lord, remind all of us of those persons we need to forgive; and please help us to forgive. Forgive those parents for not teaching their children to honor and fear You. Scripture References for the Written Text (NKJV & NLT):  Hebrews 11:3, Job 38:8, Revelation 4:8, Psalm 42:1, Psalm 63:1-2,4, Deuteronomy 6:2, John 14:6, I John 2:1-2, John 14:15, Ephesians 5:1-2,13, Romans 8:11, II Thessalonians 2:13, Ezekiel 36:26, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 6:13, I Timothy 6:15-16, I Timothy 3:16, Philippians 2:9, ______________________________________________________________________________. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Forgive people who know You, as Savior, and have a form of godliness, but deny Your power. I believe when we pray for the things that are in line with the heart of God in a bold way powerful things can & will happen. "Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed," Proverbs … “Cast all your anxieties on him . God will never honor our worship if there is even a hint of sin in our life. It should be obvious that praise and worship are very similar to one another. This shows just how important He is to us, and by doing so, we honor God by praying to Him. Enable me to treat your servants well and respect them so that I can receive your blessings. See Matthew 25:14-30. If you've not thought much about it lately ' … As a Church Family, we will imitate You by living lives that are filled with love. We will find every reason not to practice contemplative prayer: things must be done, phone calls must be made, worries crowd our thoughts. Forgive those persons for worshipping You half-heartedly. We say that we will show our love for You by keeping Your commandments. . A Prayer to Keep God First This New Year Dear God, Thank you that you make all things new. How can we honor the Lord? To You, Jesus, the one whose Name is above every name, we bless You. How can we honor the Lord? Holy Spirit, continue to teach us how to love You, Jesus, our Brother, and our Father, God. Holy Spirit, we welcome You into our public and private lives. True worship is summarized in Revelation 5:13 as being directed to “him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb,” giving “blessing and honor and glory and might” to our God.. Second, we should note that worship comes from an older English word, worthship. Bow down means to bend or kneel especially in submission. Heavenly Father, You are the Creator of the Universe; by Your Word, You framed the world. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The Prayers of the People Honoring God in Creation, Forms 1, 2, and 3, accord with the rubrics for the Prayers of the People (BCP, 359) and may be used for any celebration of the Eucharist or among the intercessions at the Daily Office. 24 October 2012 by prayerwvumc Leave a comment, A Prayer of Honor to God (Father), Jesus Christ (Savior) and Holy Spirit (Sustainer). Verse 12: We are to pray and ask for forgiveness for our sins, and for others who have wronged us. When we do, we show God that we cannot go a day without seeking to speak to Him. Thank You for being the sacrifice that atones for our sins and the sins of the whole world. Inquiring FIRST of God before we pray and begin believing about a certain matter is a clear demonstration on our part that we desire to honor God. Bowing down. He declared, “You are my God, and I will praise you; you are my God, and I will exalt you” (Psalm 118:28). Honor God with your talents – These are your God-given gifts and abilities. • Be of clean heart. This is the ______ day of the Omer. Pray to Honor God’s Servants. Our first love is remembered because the “eye” is focused on Christ. Isaiah wrote, “My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. As we do this, we expect to have long life. David wrote in Psalm 5:2-3, “Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. The transforming power of the Holy Spirit begins from the inside out. Let's pray these words together and get our eyes off our worldly troubles and on our heavenly Father who deserves our praise! God is a gentleman and not a brute. ( Log Out /  Your faith is determined by an inward choice, not by outward obedience to rules. By faith, we wait with joyful hearts to celebrate the sending of Your Holy Spirit. Prayer for Honoring Others. Think about how your life has changed since you said “yes” to God. ( Log Out /  Your promises are still in effect. God is holy so we must be holy (1 Peter 1:16). . Verse 11: We are to pray for daily provision. To Glorify God In view of God’s mercy, I offer my body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is my spiritual act of worship. Before you engage on the field, engage your heart and mind on God. Make me a vessel of honor. You are an awesome God. When we come to God in worship, we must be careful to examine our hearts if there is any offensive way that displeases the Lord (Psalms 139:24). In Jesus’ Name, Amen. Do not let me disrespect you and your servants, so that I would not be punished. Again, the psalmist writes, “O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch” (Psalm 5:3). We can honor Jesus with a gift as well. If we call on Him, He will answer us and honor us. Thank you for all that you've allowed into our lives this past year, the good along with the hard things, which have reminded us how much we need you and rely on … Praise, on the other hand, is verbal worship. You alone have immortality and dwell in the light, which no man can approach. You are righteous in all Your ways. We acknowledge that it is You, Holy Spirit, who sanctifies us and makes us holy through our belief in the truth. I’m not saying I have it all figured out or there is some magic formula in prayer. The seasons continue to change and the rainbow still adorns the sky. Plan some act of service, some good deeds with which to honor God in this Advent season. Please remind each of us of the many things that God does for us daily and help us to spend more time in praise and adoration. Great is Your faithfulness to us and to all men. . To You, O God, belongs honor and power everlasting. Certainly we can honor Him with our substance or what we have been blessed with (Prov 3:9). Honoring God: Teach Me How to Pray Write a personal prayer. Father, forgive us for acts of sinfulness such as: pride, rebellion, disobedience, selfishness, hatred, stealing, lying, homosexuality, adultery, fornication, and idolatry. Jesus knew how important prayer was, and if the Son of God sought to be in continual fellowship with God, how much more important is it for us to do the same thing? Remember to allow God to respond to your prayer. We praise You, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us by Jesus Christ, our eternal Redeemer and Savior, and commanded us to count the Omer. Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from the evil one. God wants us to cry out to Him both day and night and acknowledge our need for Him continually. A Confession of Sin against God’s Creation and A Litany for the Planet are especially suitable for use in ( Log Out /  Remind them that when we serve others, we are serving Jesus. Original image source: cc-by-sa Hernán Piñera modifications: overlay texture, added text, cropped image. Verse 10: We are to pray for His Kingdom to come, and for His will to be done, that there would be a heavenly or godly presence here on earth. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Touch the hearts of those who do not fear You and cause them to love You with all their hearts, souls, and strength. Abba, Father, you … For there is no … The third group God calls us to honor is pastors and church leaders. The honor owed to God is perfect and infinite since He is perfectly and infinitely honorable (1 Peter 1:16; Revelation 4:8). But they aren’t quite the same. If you want to be good at something, practice is a must. Your Word declares Your Glory. You are a good and mighty God, Whose great compassion and tender mercies are new every morning. I’m just traveling through this world. To Jesus, who was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the Holy Spirit; seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory. Humility is what helps us to see the bigger picture of who we are. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness” (Isaiah 26:9). Our flesh does not like to be trained and controlled. We can also hallow or revere His name, which is how Jesus showed the disciples how they ought to pray (Matt 6:9), and we can also do so by giving honor to the elderly man or woman, as God says in Deuteronomy 19:32, “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.” There are also ways that we can honor God in prayer because prayer does honor God, or at least it should. To glorify God is to honor Him for who He really is. We glorify God when we demonstrate through … I choose to set the standard and do my very best. Holy Spirit, cause us to hunger and thirst for Your righteousness so that we will be filled. Praise is honoring God with our words. Teach us how to revere Your Holy Name in true holiness. I make myself available to You, fit and ready for any good work. Help us to walk in the spirit of humility and to think more of others than we do ourselves. We praise You, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us by Jesus Christ, our eternal Redeemer and Savior, and commanded us to count the Omer. Please touch the hearts of those who do not adore the Lord, and help them to love Him with all their hearts, souls, and strength. Thank You for sending Your Holy Spirit to sustain us on earth. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! We honor God by seeking Him in prayer in the morning, in the night watches, and in the noon hour because we admit our need for Him. We proclaim that You are our God and we earnestly search for You. Invite the children to share the ways in which we can honor Jesus. We join in with the heavenly hosts and cry out holy, holy, holy are You, the Lord God, the Almighty; the One who always was, who is and who is still to come. Honoring God Through Prayer 1 Fri / 0 Comments / in Past Events, Prayer / by Robby Wright God is honored through prayer because our will and strength are intentionally given to His glory. I want to be a vessel fitted, ready, filled and useful for the glory of God. We confess that we will keep Your statutes and teach them to our children all the days of their lives. Blessed are You, the only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. Fill us with comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of the Father’s will so that we may conduct our lives in a manner worthy of Christ. Father, please teach me how to honor you and respect your servants. This takes patience and perseverance, because we live in a hectic, noisy world but it is absolutely worth it. We declare as You empower us and work within us we will do the Father’s good will and pleasure. As the deer longs for streams of water, we Your children long for You. Father, I purge myself of everything displeasing to You. True Christian worship has only one target audience: The glorious God enthroned in heaven. When I begin my day, the first thing I do is pray to God because I want to give Him the first portion of my day and show Him that He is of first importance in my life. Triune Father, we honor You and thank You for Your wonderful plan of salvation. Honor Your Church Leaders. I believe God does honor bold prayers because it shows our faith, our trust & our willingness to put all our hope in Him. For us to present ourselves as living sacrifices to the honor of God is no more than duty dictates (Luke 17:10). Developing a discipline takes perseverance. Add to Favorites. God is the ultimate life source and He is who has blessed men and women with their talents in sports. Ask the children to honor Jesus with the gift of a special prayer. Father, I choose to honor You in all that I do. Thank You for redeeming and reconciling us back to You, through Your Son, Jesus Christ. When you develop a foundation of honoring God in the quiet places of your life, it provides the momentum for honoring God in the more public parts of your journey. Honor God with your temple – This means your body. Scripture References for the Written Text (NKJV & NLT), November 8: A Presidential Election Day Prayer, October 29: A Prayer of Wisdom and Direction for the United States Presidential Elections, October 7: A Prayer of Love for God and Our Neighbor, October 5: A Prayer for Hope and Healing in America. S/he has presented himself/herself whole and truly to God with everything, and that’s how to honor God with your body first. 1 . Psalm 91:15 tells us that God wants to honor you. We are children of God who have been given the very gift of life and existence. See Psalms 144:4, Isaiah 58:13-14, and Colossians 4:5. 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