The Overwhelming Importance of Christians Worshipping Jehovah God Sincerely in Spirit and in Truth!

19 Sep 2026 Leave a comment

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Today’s Scrip-Bit   19 September 2026   John 4:24.

John 4:24.        God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

And then it was our lazy-day Saturday, a somewhat cloudy and windy day, and I’m late in starting the Bit because I’ve been enjoying my lazy-day Saturday portion. (smile) Yes, if I don’t laze around in the morning, it certainly won’t happen in the afternoon, after I write the Bit, because by then the household has come alive and things get moving. So, in light of all that, let’s offer up our Lazy-Day Saturday Prayer, in all sincerity and truth.

As one strong voice ‘Lord, I want to be with You now. Please slow my thoughts and quiet my soul. Let my muscles relax, my breath deepen. You are here with me – Your peace and LOVE are present. I marvel to think You can’t be contained, that Your LOVE both surrounds and fills me. Thank You for this tenderness, Lord. I praise You for Your unceasing nearness. Increase my awareness of You today, that I may know You all the more. Amen!’ 

Oh friends, I do hope that our prayer was filled with sincerity and truth, really seeking greater intimacy with our heavenly Father, so that it can be answered with God’s calm and peace overtaking our souls and bodies. For as Jesus said to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well: ‘God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.’ (John 4:24) And what does that mean? Basically, it stresses that’s God nature is spiritual rather than physical.

Or as this Overview explains in more depth: First of all, it means being Rooted in God’s Word: Worshiping in truth means honoring God according to His actual character, nature, and revelation as revealed in Scripture, rather than human imagination or popular trends. Then it’s Free from Falsehood: It rejects idolatry, hypocrisy, and distorted views of God. And finally it’s Aligned with Reality: It requires knowing the truth—specifically Jesus Christ, who declared, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6) — and responding to that reality with a genuine life.’

Then the Overview further breaks it down into ‘The Balance of Spirit and Truth. Saying that as per In Spirit: Worship comes from the inner self, driven by the Holy Spirit and heartfelt LOVE rather than just external routines or empty rituals. Then, per In Truth: Worship is guided and grounded by sound doctrine and biblical reality. And as per Together: Spirit without truth leads to shallow emotion, while truth without spirit leads to rigid legalism. Combining both brings true honor to God.’

Yes my people, we need to be serious about worshipping our great God Jehovah. It takes diligence, time, energy and learning the Word, so we can apply it properly, from our inner man, with spiritual truth, not with man-made tradition and/or religious legalism, which tend to water down and devalue our worship. That leads us to where Bruh Paul is talking to the Corinthians about the veil that Moses  covered His face with, when He came down from Mt. Sinai with the Ten Commandments, because his face was so bright from being in God’s presence, and the people were afraid to come near to him. (Ex. 34:29 -35).

Bruh Paul therefore writes: ‘For if that which is done away (is passing away) was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness (boldness) of speech: And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to (look steadily at) the end of that which is abolished (is passing away): But their minds were blinded (made dull): for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, When Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it (one) shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.’ (2 Cor. 3:11-17)

And what does all of that mean? The scholars offer these explanations. ‘And not as Moses: What follows is an allegorization of the account given in Exodus 34:29-35 (interpreting a literal text to reveal a hidden, symbolic, or spiritual meaning). The veil was not intended to hide the glory but to obscure it. The people saw his brightness, but not directly. Not only did this veil actually conceal the full brightness of the glory, but it also concealed the end of that which was abolished (passing away). The transience (briefness) of the glory that accompanied the Old Covenant was not evident to the children of Israel. And for Paul this has typical significance, because the veil was still upon their hearts’

And until they turned to the Lord, they would forever be blinded by that veil, for turning to the Lord brings liberty, brings freedom from the blind hearts. As Jesus so wisely noted to the Jews who believed in Him. ‘If ye continue (abide) in my word, then ye are my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 4:31-32) Yes my brethren, knowing the truth of God’s word won’t make you sinless, but blameless. It will free you from the power, from the bondage of sin. As Bruh Paul writes in Romans. ‘For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.’ (Rom. 6:14)

And turning back to the scholars mentioning the significance to Bruh Paul of the veil still being on the hearts of the Jews, we see that significance when he writes in 1 Corinthians: ‘For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of God is stronger than men.’ (1 Cor. 1:22-25)

Oh my people, the blindness, the stumbling block, the obscurity, the veil; anything that prevents us from seeing God’s true glory, has passed away, and His glory is now on full display, for all those who sincerely turn to Him in Spirit and in Truth. Let’s ponder these words today and make sure that the veil has been removed from our eyes and also our hearts. Much LOVE!

…the question is…are we sincerely worshipping God…in spirit and in truth…

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The Importance of Knowing that One Cannot Always be Spiritual, But God should be in Every Aspect of our Lives!

11 Jun 2026 Leave a comment

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Today’s Scrip-Bit   11 June 2026   2 Corinthians 3:17.

2 Corinthians 3:17.        ‘Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.’

And then it was Thursday, our penultimate day of the work week, and unfortunately too many of our minds are focused on Friday and the weekend rather than on Thursday and what challenges it presents. But that’s the siren call of Friday and the weekend, (smile) so difficult to ignore, especially when it keeps on tantalizingly calling our names. However, we need to develop the discipline to not look forward too much to Friday and the weekend, and concentrate on the day before us, if we want to be successful.

Anyway, today, we’re going to look at a very interesting poem from our One Year Book of Bible Promises with writings by Ruth Harms Calkin. All right, I understand, all of them are very interesting…but this one is also amusing, neither do I remember sharing it, as if I ever remember sharing any. (smile)  However, it’s simply titled ‘Feeling Spiritual.’ Like many more of us ought to be. So please read with me:

 ‘Lord, I keep remembering Our happy time last night – Just You and me In the quiet of our family room. I had been reading a devotional book Very “spiritual” Very inspirational So challenging I doubted that I’d ever reach the goal. Suddenly the book felt heavy Sentences twirled Words collided And with all my valiant effort I simply could not feel “spiritual.” Then, glancing at a Charlie Brown book I thought I heard You say “Let’s read it together – You and me.” I was delighted. We read and laughed and read and laughed… And just as we finished the last page You said what I needed most to hear: “Never worry about feeling ‘spiritual.’ Just share everything with me.”

Oh friends, that’s why our God is so great and wonderful! He would like us to be spiritual, but being spiritual is not everything. However, He does desire to share everything with us. He wants to be totally involved in our lives. Whatever we’re doing He wants to be included in it, because that makes Him feel wanted and desired and a part of our lives, and enjoying the intimacy with us He so dearly desires. Besides, He cannot do His best for us unless He’s involved in every aspect of our lives.

And I hope that that poem causes some of us to lighten up and stop trying to be this big, holy, spiritual person, behaving as though we have the whole weight of the world on our shoulders, because we don’t. Life was made for living and once you have God, first and foremost in your life, you will be fine. You don’t have to behave like the Pharisees of old and put on all the hypocritical airs and graces of being spiritual and godly. For God knows who we really are.

Remember what He told Samuel when He sent him to anoint a king from Jesse’s house and Samuel looked on the fine appearance of the eldest son Eliab and assumed he was the one? ‘For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.’ (1 Sam. 16:7b)

So friends, it’s time we stop trying to hide from the Lord, for He knows all that we’ll ever think, say or do. Remember He’s the one who created us, who formed us in our mother’s womb, and put His breath of life in us. So it’s foolish to try and fool Him. But many of us still try to do it. And when we do, like a wise and LOVING but disappointed Father, He just shakes His head and sadly chuckles at our unwise attempt to fool Him.

And interestingly enough the Bible verse for the poem comes from the pen of Bruh Paul, where in talking to the Corinthians about the Glory of God, he states: ‘Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.’ (2 Cor. 3:17) In other words, wherever the Spirit of God is, there’s freedom, you don’t have to worry. And since the Spirit of God indwells each believer, then we’re free, we don’t have to trouble ourselves because sometimes we don’t feel particularly spiritual, because the Lord is right there with us…always and forever.

As Bruh Paul say in Galatians: ‘Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.’ (Gal. 5:1) And as the scholars explain: ‘The verse could be rendered: “For freedom Christ freed us. therefore stand fast, and do not again be subject to a yoke of bondage.”  The “freedom” in view is freedom from the law, here called “a yoke of bondage.” Paul wants the Galatians ( as well as us) to “stand fast,” that is, retain their spiritual freedom.’

And that’s exactly what we also need to do my faithful brethren; don’t let the law coax us back into its bondage, for we know the truth about it, and when we  know the truth, as Jesus says: ‘And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.’ (John 8:32) And when Jesus says it, then that’s it, full stop! (smile)

Now let’s declare and thus activate our undeserved Thursday Blessings which the Lord has generously bestowed on us to help do our earthly work. As one strong and sincere voice: ‘I declare that I am blessed with God’s supernatural wisdom and receive clear direction for my life! I declare today that I am blessed with creativity, courage, talent and abundance! I am blessed with a strong will, self-control and self-discipline! 

I am blessed with a great family, good friends, good health, faith, favour and fulfillment! I am blessed with success, supernatural strength, promotion and divine protection! I am blessed with a compassionate heart and a positive outlook on life! I declare that any curse or negative word that’s ever been spoken over me is broken right now in the name of Jesus! I declare that everything I put my hands to, will prosper and succeed! I declare it today and every day! Amen!’ 

And with that declaration we’ve become obliged to go out and use those undeserved blessings to help others, just as generously as the Lord shared them with us, so that they too can come to know and LOVE Him like we do! Much LOVE!

…sometimes we get so caught up in our spirituality…that we lose the freedom Christ died for us to have…

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