Happy Wednesday!! I hope you are all doing well! Lately, I have been thinking about worship. When we were in YWAM, Dean Harbry would say "There are only two times to worship, when you feel like and when you don't." (Thank you, Dean!)
Worship can help us get out of a funk, stop our "belly-button" perspective ~ where our focus is only about us and our stuff ~ and gives us an awesome opportunity to tell God about our love, thankfulness and to praise Him for who He is and all He does for us. Worship also brings focus and clarity.
I think that worship is a tool we can use to enter the presence of God and allow us to bless Him, honor Him and humble ourselves at His feet. It is a place where God can touch places in our heart and bring peace, hope, joy and a knowledge of how big our God is!
Worship has less to do with the music and more to do with the heart. I may not "like" a song, but if my heart is in a place of worship I can can connect with the Living, Loving God. Worship, for me, has been a game-changer in my attitude, actions, thoughts and perspective.
Here are a few verses:
"Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name." Psalm 141:7
"Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is He who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."
2 Kings 17:39
"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him. The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. Come let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for He is our God and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care." Psalm 95:1-7
"I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will sing praise." Psalm 101:1
The way we live is also worship.
" Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in the view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God ~ this is your spiritual act of worship." Romans 12:1
"With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?" James 3:9-11
Worship is not about just sitting around singing songs and being ineffective in our day-to-day lives. Worship, like God, is multi-faceted...singing songs of worship can change our hearts so we can live a life of worship!
Put on your favorite worship CD, crank it up and praise your Mighty God!!!
Have a fab day!
All my love ~
Jodi xoxo
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