How to glorify God while grocery shopping.

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Grocery shopping is definitely not on my list of favorite things to do.  I love to cook, but I really don’t like to grocery shop that much!  However, I’m trying to look at grocery shopping from a little different perspective. 

How can you glorify God while you are grocery shopping? 

• Buy foods that are good for you.  (1 Corinthians 6:19-20- “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?  You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body.”)
• Watch what you spend.  Be a good steward of your money.  (Luke 12:42- “And the Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?’”)
• Let the lady with four screaming kids and two carts full of groceries go in front of you.  She’ll be surprised!  (Philippians 2:3-4- “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”)
• Offer to pick something up for your neighbor to save them a trip.  (Galatians 5:14- “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”)
• Be genuinely interested in how the cashier is doing.  Strike up a conversation with them.  View their life in light of eternity.  (James 4:14- “For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.”)
• Leave a tract in a noticable spot, perhaps in a greeting card, magazine, empty cart, or in a carton of drinks. 

What other ways can you think of? 

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