AN OUTWARD SHOW OF AN INNER TRUTH .* *Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD (Psalm 134:2).* Have you ever wondered why oftentimes, people look towards the sky when we say, “Let us pray?” It’s actually an outward show of an inner truth, of something spiritual, because the Father isn’t in the sky but inside us; He lives in you. So, don’t get confused by the motions and outward expressions and gesticulations.  *Psalm 141:2* says, *“Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”* When David, a prophet of God, wrote this, he was well acquainted with the priesthood ministry of the Old Testament in the old tabernacle. He spoke prophetically and likened the evening sacrifice in the Old Testament to the lifting of our hands in worship today.  Also, the Bible says, *“Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD”* *(Psalm 134:2).* The Apostle Paul reiterated the same thing; he understood the imp

A WHOLE NEW BEGINNING WITH GOD   God proves Himself at the beginning of new phases of life. SCRIPTURE: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God proves Himself at the beginning of new phases of life. I welcome you to the first day of this new month of September 2021. We thank God for His faithfulness in our lives from the beginning of the year till date.  In this new month, God is going to give you a new beginning in life. You might have lost many privileges and opportunities but God is ready to give you a fresh beginning for a total recovery and restoration in Jesus’ Name.  The Scripture makes it clear that we serve the God of new beginnings (Gen. 1:1). We serve the God of new things (Isa. 43:19).  He is the God who proves Himself at the beginning of new pha