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God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and he wrote them in stone. The intention of these commandments is to keep us from marveling all over the place. They direct us in the way God wants us to go.
The primary commandment in Exodus 20:3 states, “You shall have no other gods before me.” This is straight to the point. The Old Testament has numerous stories of persons melting gold and other possessions, shaping them into statues, and tagging them with a name and worshiping them.
In Matthew 4:10 Jesus says, “Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.” Jesus tells us to praise, devote, and serve only God.
We are all human. As humans, we have the power of choice. If you are like me, at times you have a tug of war among two gods—Our Creator and yourself.
When I pray, read the bible, and meditate on it is passages, I take pleasure in peace of mind and comfort. I ask God to show me his will and give me the power to carry it out. Keep me concentered on you Lord and your desires. Now I step outside. I find myself in a traffic jam, spill coffee on my trousers, as I answer my cell phone and cannot find a parking spot.
It now comes back to my world. What do I want? The bible verses I read and meditated on just a short time ago are far from my mind and heart. I am running the show. I am making the decisions. When I exclude God from my decision-making, I commonly experience disaster. I know how the scenario will turn out yet I step out and try to do it my way. God is no longer number one in my life. Look out world here I come.
When life calms down and I come to my senses, I am reminded and thankful that, one…there is a God, and two…I am not him.
God desires to be number one in our life. There are times I concede outside circumstances to push him from the top spot. I receive obligation for that decision. It is my choice where I want to place God in my life.
When Paul entered Athens (Acts 17:16-34), the Greeks worshiped as a good deal of as thirty thousand gods. The Greeks were not taking any probabilities of missing a god. They built a statue with the inscription TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Paul applied this as an opening to the one true God. He explains to his Greek audience that his God is the creator of the world and everything in it. His God is the one authority and is in finish control, while at the same time being close and personal to us.
What has God done (or is God doing) in your life, that makes him worthy of your worship? Is there something you may do this week to worship God?
Our deepest desire ought to be to keep God number one in our life because of who he is. God is the only one with the power and capacity to meet our each need. Secondly, keep God number one for what he did. God sacrificed his only son so we will take delight in eternal life with him.
34 Number Ones
2010 two CD collection from the Country superstar. Alan Jackson is celebrating the 20-year anniversary of his debut album with the release of 34 Number Ones, a career-spanning, double-disc collection featuring all 34 of Jackson’s #1 hits. With 37 songs in all, the project will likewise include two rare tracks and the new Zac Brown Band single, ‘As She’s Walking Away,’ featuring Alan Jackson. Jackson is a 16-time CMA and ACM Award winner and a Grammy-honored songwriter. His career, to date, has included sales of more than 50 million albums. Most recently, Jackson was esteemed with the ASCAP Founders Award, recognizing him for his innovative, influential, and pioneering contributions to music.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
 “The Hits, The Hat, The Heigth, and Those Country Boy Looks!”
By Terry Richard
The title of this review pretty much sums up how I feel about my favorite male country music singer, Alan Jackson. Ever since I saw him open for Randy Travis back in 1990 when “Here In The Real World” (Alan’s first #1) came out I knew Alan was destined to be not only a country music singer, but a country music superstar with staying power. He has always been a man who has never disappointed his audience with his pure country music songs, most of which he has written himself. He is widely regarded, along with Garth Brooks, for changing the face of country music in the early ’90′s, by giving country its roots back after the industry in Nashville became too pop-sounding.
In this excellent two-disc CD set fans get a complete overview of Alan’s remarkable twenty year career with every single of his remarkable 34 #1 songs along with three new singles. Highlights include “Don’t Rock The Jukebox”, “Dallas”, “Wanted”, “Chatahoochee”, “Summertime Blues”, and my favorite of all his compositions “Remember When”, a song he wrote for his wife Denise. The package also contains the healing 9 11 song “Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning?”, Alan’s masterpiece in his response to the terrorist attacks in 2001. The three new songs in the set include a remake of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” with Lee Ann Womack and “As She’s Walking Away” with the Zac Brown Band.
An amazing career set, Alan’s “34 #1′s” is not only for the ardent Alan Jackson fan, but for lovers of music who would like to own material from one of the most honored male singers in the last twenty years.
A+!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
just for money? I don’t “buy” it!
By S.W.
I can’t figure out the people who think that whenever an artist — any artist — puts out a “best-of” set, it must be purely for money because the songs are available on their albums (and on other “best-ofs”). A “best-of” can have several positive points. Sure, every artist has their die-hard fans who have all of their albums and singles, but they also have their more “casual” fans who like and have some of their stuff but not a lot of it (they might prefer a “best-of” over an album), and other die-hard fans who have most if not all of their songs but still like a good “best-of,” even if they already have at least one. Having a lot if not all of an artist’s best songs in one set is pretty handy, especially if the set has as many songs as this one does. And, when someone doesn’t have and hasn’t heard any of an artist’s songs but wants to give them a try, a “best-of” can be a good place to start. Also, some “best-ofs” are more up to date and/or better than others. If someone only has one or two “best-ofs” by a particular artist (or none at all), and there are several of them out, then there is a good selection of them for the person to decide between (if they want any of them at all). I’m not much into country music, but I consider myself a “casual” Alan Jackson fan. I had the 20-song Greatest Hits Collection that came out in ’95, but no other Alan Jackson CDs. Sure, 34 Number 1s has the songs that Greatest Hits has, but it also has 17 others, which are later songs than the ones on Greatest Hits, and for under ten bucks, it’s almost a steal, in my opinion. I don’t mind getting songs I already have if I think that a “best-of” is as good as this one; I think it’s even better than Greatest Hits. Alan Jackson is one of the very, very few country artists who have done even one or two songs that I really like, and he’s done many (comparatively, anyway). All of them are on 34 Number 1s. Alan doesn’t deserve criticism for this collection; he deserves thanks. THANKS, ALAN!!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Great collection of songs from this Living Legend
By marmac
Just went to see Alan Jackson in Las Vegas and he continues to prove that he is a living legend as I told my buddies that went also to the concert 11/6/10 at the UNLV arena. This is a great collection of songs along with a few new ones for an additional treat. I especially liked his version of Ring of Fire and the lastest that is getting air play right now with the Zack Brown Band. Great gift for the Christmas Season for any country music fan. Greetings to Alan and his family this holiday season.
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