"For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD."But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.(Isaiah 66:2,NASB)

‌ God finds His home in a humble heart, He finds his home in a trembling heart. A heart humble before Him, a heart broken over sin before Him and a heart that trembles at His word. A humble heart, a trembling heart and a broken heart is what defines a true believer, it's what defines true Christians. God is looking for those who are in awe of his word, those who know his word, those who believe it and love it, those who obey; proclaim and defend it. One with a humble heart; a heart that trembles at his word is where God dwells, it is here where God lives.

‌ God comes to churches built with human hands because those with humble hearts come,When they come God also comes.

What price did Christ pay?

He bore our griefs.

He carried our sorrows.

He was pierced, chastened and scourged for us.

Verse 4 is our wrong attitude and Christ died in order that we have the right attitudes.

Verse 5 is our behavior, but Christ paid the price with His life that we have the right behaviors.

Verse 6 is our nature; Christ died that we have the right nature.

Many times as believers when we are saved and have spent weeks, months; years and decades in salvation we tend to shift the focus from the true message of the gospel which is the reason why Christ died, we tend to shift our focus from the price that Christ paid and put all our focus on what is meaningless. We focus on what God can give us and forget the precious gift He gave us.

Christ took the punishment of our sin.

We should have suffered for our sin but Christ took it away. He takes our sin and removes having paid for all.

The price that Christ paid is something every believer must ponder about and make it his foundation of salvation because it's indeed the foundation for salvation.

Christ was reviled and never reviled back. He bore our sins in His body on the cross.

The price Christ paid not many can pay.

He had no stately form or majesty that could attract anybody. Remember I told you that he grew up in a family of a humble background. His peasant upbringing, His poverty, as well as his lack of association with the aristocracy that's the all religious, political, and economic power in Jerusalem.

What price did Christ pay?

He left all glory, all honor in heaven to die for us. He chose to be called a son of a carpenter; He was born in a manger.

He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.(lsaiah 53:3, NASB)

And because he was from a family of a humble background with no social status; he was despised. He was rejected and still today many reject him. And why did they reject Christ, because he was pure holiness and they pure corruption.

Today people reject Christ not because they are forced, but because they are pure corruption and he is pure holiness. Today people reject and despise Christ because they are too selfish; deeply rooted in their own unholy practices and actions and immorality to believe the message of life.

People are too evil to turn away from their sinful lives and lusts. Believers are too eager to adapt the standards of the world deviating from the word of God and thus rejecting Christ.

When God looks at any sinner, he doesn't see his/her sins but sees the fully paid price which is his beloved Son Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 6:18 LSB

praying at all times with all prayer and petition in the Spirit, and to this end, being on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

Our prayers must be constant, specific and intense because we are watching, discerning realities and seeing things which need to be brought before the throne of God.

‌prayer must be done with perseverance.

Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of your number, a slave of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand complete and fully assured in all the will of God.

What would happen to a church if we prayed for everybody like Epaphras.

‌ All prayers must be a result of watching, do you know what's surrounding you, what's going on and who needs around you.

Prayer is a struggle; you stay with it knowing that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man prevails much. And that if you ask you will receive.

‌If the apostle Paul needed prayer, How about us. We need prayer.

Paul is a guy who wrote 13 epistles in the New testament who was tested and proven every way possible; who met every enemy and every friend triumphantly and he is pleading for people to pray for him.

We need prayer.

True worship is any and every expression of obedience, praise, honor, adoration and gratitude offered to God by a regenerate soul who knows the truth about God and loves Him.

Matthew 15:7-9

You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'"

* Substituting any human knowledge for the word of God, is taking God’s name in vain during worship.

Today we have so many possessions that they possess us.

We have stocked piles of possessions.

There have been a development of storages today

Everything that’s material that we have came from God and it comes out the creation of God.

The issue is not possession but attitude towards God.

The sin is not in the wealth but in the attitude a person gets after having much wealth. The sin is not having more but being discontent.

When you have abundance doesn’t mean that you real life which is the eternal life. Greed is idolatry; it’s worshipping the creature and not the creator

When God gives someone His word, people will hate it because it’s the truth and they can’t receive it since they are preprogrammed to believe lies.

Whoever is not of God has no capacity to believe and understand the truth that the Bible reveals.

People will call anyone speaking boldly against their sin a demon. If you told them the truth, they will say that you’re from hell.

Today the church is trying to preach the gospel not revealing and confronting the sinners what their sin is. It doesn’t have the courage to tell the person they preaching the gospel to, the true nature of their sin.

In Roman 3:10-18; it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE. THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING," "THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS; WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS; THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD, DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS, AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN. THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES."