Greg Violi. A Place for His Glory. Honouring each other

The Urgent call to .....Humble

In 2 Chronicles 7:14 we read that when the judgment of God comes on an area because of their pride, for ALL evils come out of a heart that is proud and therefore pride is the root cause of all sins and wickedness and so therefore when God judges a people and the Word is CLEAR that HE will forever be the JUST JUDGE of ALL the EARTH and PRIDE WILL ALWAYS be under the hand of GOD'S JUSTICE: then if His people who are called by His name will HUMBLE themselves and pray and seek his face and then turn from their wicked ways (that pride has caused). Then he will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and HEAL their land. BELOVED, do we want to see our land healed?? Then we must do the very first requirement that God is asking: we must humble ourselves under his mighty hand! The main reason that there is so much judgment in our world today is that the church has NOT humbled!! This is a loving rebuke and I include myself- it is TIME to HUMBLE ourselves!! If I have wronged my spouse- I must humble. If I have wronged my parents- Ii must humble. if I have wronged anyone, then I must humble!! beloved, let us humble before our holy and pure God!
Greg Violi

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			Honoring one another

			For most of my life I never really understood how much God desires us to honor one another. I thought it was almost a virtue to dishonor people and that somehow by dishonoring people, this would give God more honor. Well, I now see that God deserves all the honor, but the One who deserves all honor has chosen to bestow honor and glory on His creation by making them in His image and likeness and by dying for them on the cross and by finally taking some to be His very Bride for eternity. 1 Cor. 12:24 says God bestows more abundant honor on the part of the body that has any lack. 1 Pet. 2:17 says, "we are to honor all people." We are told to honor weaker vessels. (1 Pet. 3:7) Wives are to be especially honored because they are a weaker vessel. (weaker and not lesser) We are to honor those in authority.(1 Pet. 2:17) In honoring we are to prefer others above ourselves. (Romans. 12:10) We are to honor parents (Exod. 20:12) We are to honor elders (Lev. 19:32). In a sense, when I honor something in someone, I am honoring God; because "every good and perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights." (James 1:17a) So, whatever is honorable and whatever is worthy and whatever is worthy of praise has to be something that the Perfect One has done inside that person. Is there any true beauty or goodness apart from the very personality of God? All goodness comes from Him. (Psalm 16:2) The more that I have entered into God's heart, the more that I am able to see God's handiwork within His creation! The Greek word used for honor means to value, to esteem, to prize, to not take lightly and to ascribe worth. People down through the ages have suffered greatly due to another's dishonor of them as a person. Could I hate, rape, scream at, murder, or take advantage of someone that I was honoring from the inside of my heart? It is only those individuals that we dishonor that we abuse and mistrust! The story goes that a man went to a garage sale and bought an old rusty motorcycle for $35.00. Several months later this man discovered that this old, rusty motorcycle was originally made for Elvis Presley and therefore it was worth a whole lot of money! The value of the motorcycle was not in the fact of its present condition, but in the truth of the one it was originally designed for. Mankind was originally designed for the most amazing and powerful and Royal Being in the entire universe and it is this destiny and purpose that has placed tremendous value and worth on every one of His creation. My prayer for this year is that I will not see the old, rusty, sinful vessel; but instead I will see the vessel made for God's pleasure and through the grace of His Son will be restored to its true dignity and worth. After the restoration one one's dignity and worth, he will then fulfill his eternal purpose as a creature of honor and glory. (Psalm 8:5) May our meditation on the birth of the Christ-Child in human flesh help us to see that our Creator desires to restore all that was lost in the garden in the fall of man. Greg Violi Back to the top










	The Urgent call to .....Humble In 2 Chronicles 7:14 we read that when the judgment of God comes on an area because of their pride, for ALL evils come out of a heart that is proud and therefore pride is the root cause of all sins and wickedness and so therefore when God judges a people and the Word is CLEAR that HE will forever be the JUST JUDGE of ALL the EARTH and PRIDE WILL ALWAYS be under the hand of GOD'S JUSTICE: then if His people who are called by His name will HUMBLE themselves and pray and seek his face and then turn from their wicked ways (that pride has caused). Then he will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and HEAL their land. BELOVED, do we want to see our land healed?? Then we must do the very first requirement that God is asking: we must humble ourselves under his mighty hand! The main reason that there is so much judgment in our world today is that the church has NOT humbled!! This is a loving rebuke and I include myself- it is TIME to HUMBLE ourselves!! If I have wronged my spouse- I must humble. If I have wronged my parents- Ii must humble. if I have wronged anyone, then I must humble!! beloved, let us humble before our holy and pure God! Greg Violi Back to the top