Glorifying God-A Practical Handbook - A Free Course

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Day 1 - Part 1

What is it really like to glorify God with our lives? All Christians should have a burning desire to know the answer to this question, seeing that it is our "chief end" or main purpose to glorify God. Scripture tells us:

But how do we do this? Practically speaking, how does a Christian "ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name"? How do we "do it all for the glory of God?" What does it mean to "honor God with your body"?

Thomas Watson states that glorifying God consists in at least four things:

1. appreciation,


2. adoration,


3. affection, and


4. subjection.

It is the practical outworking of these four truths that I am seeking to learn and present in this handbook, so that you and I together would have a very clear understanding of how to "ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name" and how to "do it all for the glory of God", being careful to "honor God with our bodies."

In this course, I will present ten ways by which Christians may glorify God, and then offer suggestions on how to apply these truths. These ten truths are practical and convicting, hard-hitting and encouraging. They have the potential to change our lives, to set us apart from sin, to mold us into the image of Jesus Christ, and to provide assurance that our lives are not wasted but, rather, are spent in the worthy pursuit of honoring God.

Before we continue on, I want to ...

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