so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. 1 Thessalonians 4:12
We come together in praise and worship with the reminder that we are solely dependent on God. We are also reminded that our real praise of God is not in the songs we sing or the prayers we offer but in how we live the precious gift of life God has given to us. Let us praise the Lord of life and determine to live for his glory and the building of his kingdom.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.