Bud-and-Flourish

  Photo by  Ben White  on  Unsplash 1 Peter 1:13-16 NKJV 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

Amos 5:21-24 21  “I hate, I despise your religious festivals;    your assemblies are a stench to me. 22  22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,   I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,      I will have no regard for them. 23  23 Away with the noise of your songs!      I will not listen to the music of your harps. 24  24 But let justice roll on like a river,      righteousness like a never-failing stream! God is Love but, His love is not without standards.  We cannot worship God any kind of way and expect Him to accept it.  More than the location of where we worship is how we worship.  The heart of the worshiper is what matters most to God right along with worshiping God according to His standard.   John 4:19-24 NKJV Putting on a mask, pretending to be someone we are not is extremely off putting to ...