Worship 101

Scripture Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you. ~Psalms 130:3-4, NLT Quote It may be possible to have awe and not worship but it is impossible to worship without awe. ~Yaakov God is holy and He…

Worship

Scripture Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! ~Psalm 150:6, ESV Quote Worship in spirit and truth is the most soul stirring, heart warming experience we can have. It is a little bit of heaven here on earth. ~Steve Lawson Of all God’s creatures, man is the only one in rebellion. The…

Worship 101

Scripture The women ran quickly from the tomb. They were very frightened but also filled with great joy, and they rushed to give the disciples the angel’s message. And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to Him, grasped his feet, and worshiped Him. ~Matthew 28:8-9, NLT Quote Worship is…

Self-Worship

Scripture But they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” ~Luke 23:21, NIV Quote If Jesus had only remained gentle and mild, the world would have embraced Him: but the revolutionary Christ who demanded repentance of sin and surrender of self was, and is rejected by the world. ~Billy Graham {Wisdom for Each Day, p.337} Both…

Where Is Your God?

Scripture Day and night I have only tears for food while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?” ~Psalm 42:3, NLT Quote We need the closet of private prayer, but we also need to experience the presence of God in corporate worship. ~Alton H. McEachern We believe that the Psalmist was an…

Fake Worship

Scripture “Quit your worship charades. I can’t stand your trivial religious games: Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings—I can’t stand one more! Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You’ve worn me out! I’m sick of your religious observance while you go right on sinning. When you put on your next prayer-performance, I’ll be looking the other way.” ~Isaiah 1:13-14, MSG…

Bless ME Father!

Scripture “Oh my father, bless me, too!” ~Genesis 27:38 Quote The one aim of the call of God is His satisfaction or pleasure. ~Oswald Chambers A part of the fall is the curse of sin and death but along with that is our vanity. We humans are vain. We are self-centered to the core. When…

Rejoice–It’s An Order

Scripture Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob… this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. ~Psalm 81:1,4, NIV Quote We fail to worship because our minds are attached to useless things. If is impossible to worship God when our mind is not…

Levitical Worship

Scripture Every morning and evening, the Levites are to give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to him. ~I Chronicles 23:30, CEV Quote Any man on this earth who is bored with worship of Jesus is not ready for heaven. ~A.W. Tozer King David organized and mobilized the Levites: he put them to work. As Moses…

Preparing For Worship

Scripture The food that you put into your mouth doesn’t make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.” ~Matthew 15:11, CEV Quote God’s purpose in redemption is to make worshipers out of rebels ~A.W. Tozer I was reading Matthew 15 in…