Reading: Psalms 101 - 103
My Verse: "Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name" (Psalm 103:1)!
Oh, LORD God, sometimes it is just so good to praise You! This morning I watched a wonderful video on youtube.com of troops exuberantly singing "There Is No God Like Jehovah!" It is wonderful! So uplifting! I do enjoy the song service at church. I love singing Your praises. I also find solace listening to hymns when I am feeling a bit out of sorts. LORD God, it is good for my soul to bless You! "Bless the LORD, O my soul!"
Yes, there is something pretty wonderful about worship. I love this quote.
"To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." -William Temple
Richard J Foster says this of corporate worship or group worship.
"To worship is to experience Reality, to touch life. It is to know, to feel, to experience the resurrected Christ in the midst of the gathered community. It is a breaking into the Shekinah of God, or better yet, being invaded by the Shekinah of God."
Yesterday my verse was about Your goodness, LORD God. Oh, how I need to dwell on that goodness! My very being needs it! That is what worship is - dwelling on You, melding for a very brief time my spirit with Yours! Worship is a faint glimpse of what it is going to be like when we are in Your very presence!
Worship is not something "worked up." It is not a ritual. It must be real and genuine. You, Jesus, tell us. "The true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him" (John 4:23).
Oh, LORD God, there is so much to worship and praise You for!
You . . .
"forgive" all my iniquities
"heal" me
"redeem" me from an empty life and the awful pit
"crown" me with Your love and mercy
"satisfiy" me with Your goodness
"do not deal with me according to my sins"
"as far as the east is from the west,
so far does He remove (my) transgressions from (me)" (Psalm 103:3-5,12).
Thank You, LORD God for David's psalms always reminding me of Your wonder and my need to praise and worship You! Help me this day to - "Bless the LORD, Oh my soul!"
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name" (Psalm 103:1)!
Oh, LORD God, sometimes it is just so good to praise You! This morning I watched a wonderful video on youtube.com of troops exuberantly singing "There Is No God Like Jehovah!" It is wonderful! So uplifting! I do enjoy the song service at church. I love singing Your praises. I also find solace listening to hymns when I am feeling a bit out of sorts. LORD God, it is good for my soul to bless You! "Bless the LORD, O my soul!"
Yes, there is something pretty wonderful about worship. I love this quote.
"To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." -William Temple
Richard J Foster says this of corporate worship or group worship.
"To worship is to experience Reality, to touch life. It is to know, to feel, to experience the resurrected Christ in the midst of the gathered community. It is a breaking into the Shekinah of God, or better yet, being invaded by the Shekinah of God."
Yesterday my verse was about Your goodness, LORD God. Oh, how I need to dwell on that goodness! My very being needs it! That is what worship is - dwelling on You, melding for a very brief time my spirit with Yours! Worship is a faint glimpse of what it is going to be like when we are in Your very presence!
Worship is not something "worked up." It is not a ritual. It must be real and genuine. You, Jesus, tell us. "The true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him" (John 4:23).
Oh, LORD God, there is so much to worship and praise You for!
You . . .
"forgive" all my iniquities
"heal" me
"redeem" me from an empty life and the awful pit
"crown" me with Your love and mercy
"satisfiy" me with Your goodness
"do not deal with me according to my sins"
"as far as the east is from the west,
so far does He remove (my) transgressions from (me)" (Psalm 103:3-5,12).
Thank You, LORD God for David's psalms always reminding me of Your wonder and my need to praise and worship You! Help me this day to - "Bless the LORD, Oh my soul!"
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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