How to glorify God while drinking a cup of coffee.

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I love drinking coffee, but I have to be careful not to drink coffee to the glory of coffee, but to the glory of God!  How am I supposed to do that?! 

• First of all, I must be grateful to Almighty God for creating the coffee.  He made the coffee plant grow so we might enjoy it!  Genesis 1:29
  
• God also provided people to harvest the coffee beans from the plant to make my job as a coffee drinker easier.  I don’t have to pick the beans, I just grind them and pour them in the coffeemaker. 
  
• God has given me the ability and strength to drink coffee, as well as the ability to taste it!  Psalm 139:14-“I praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made…”
• When I drink coffee, it reminds me of my brothers and sisters in Christ who are missionaries in Brazil, where coffee is primarily grown.  It reminds me to pray for each one of them and the work the Lord is doing through them in Brazil.  Philippians 1
• I need to be careful that I do not put my desires above God and His glory.  Philippians 3:18-20
• Don’t be greedy or selfish by drinking all the coffee.  Share your blessings with others.  Proverbs 11:25; 1 Corinthians 10:24- “Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.”
• Another way to apply the previous principle is to surprise the guy behind you at Starbucks or your coffeehouse of choice by buying their cup of coffee.  Let them know they’re worth a million, too!  Philippians 2:3-4  
  

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