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…

The Sabbath

Scripture “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” ~Exodus 20:8, LSB Quote The Sabbath has been put in place for God’s people to show us that He is a God of rest and that in trusting Him we ourselves find our true rest. ~Dana Ortlund When I was a boy, I got the Sabbath…

Exuberant Worship

Scripture  Mary then took a litra {Romand pound, 12 0z} of perfume of very costly pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. ~John 12:3, LSB Quote You cannot stop love from giving: the nature of love is…

Crashing The Party

Scripture One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume.Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears…

Living On Credit

Scripture No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God. ~John 5:44, NLT Quote The man in whom the Holy Spirit dwells does not talk about himself. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones John tells us in chapter 12 of…

What To Do: When You Don’t Know What To Do

Scripture She did what she could. She anointed My body beforehand for burial. ~Mark 14:8, NET Quote We must do the thing we know in order to learn the thing we do not know. ~George MacDonald Have you ever felt exasperated, so frustrated that you did not know what to do? I have and it…

Praise HIM

Scripture All He {God} does is just and good, and all His commandments are trustworthy. They are forever true, to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity. ~Psalm 111:7-8, NLT Quote Awe is the proper response to God’s goodness. ~Steve Lawson There is no separating who God is from what God does. His actions and attributes are inseparably united.…

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…