For from him and through him and to him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen. (Romans 11:36)
Thoughts: When we think of a New Year, and setting goals or resolutions and to live the time you have this year with meaning and purpose, how do you determine that purpose? For many in our culture they concentrate on the physical- diet, looks, health, or finances. All of these can (and ultimately will) be taken away. The main goal of human life- our primary purpose- our chief end- what we are built to do- is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. So a good question each should ask is "how can I glorify and enjoy God physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually?"
Prayer: Help me, O Lord to bring you glory forever. Help me to find my meaning, purpose, peace, and joy in reflecting your glory in my life.
The great purpose toward which each human life is drawn is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Each member of the church glorifies God by recognizing and naming His
glory, which is the manifestation and revelation of His own nature. Each member of the church enjoys God by being so united with Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit as to
become a participant in that divine nature, transformed from one degree of glory to another and escorted by Christ into the loving communion of the Trinity. So we confess our faith not
as a matter of dispassionate intellectual assent, but rather as an act by which we give God glory and announce our membership in the body of Christ. We trust that when God’s glory is so lifted up and when His nature is thus made manifest in the life of the body, the church will be a light that draws people from every tribe and tongue and nation to be reconciled to God. (Essentials, Fellowrhip
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