God's Word on That

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  • Let Us Worship Our God

    If God is goodness and beauty and truth and love, I’d do better by reminding myself of this each day, so I’ll look for these things in life around me.

    Things which are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, if they be of good report or have good virtue or are praiseworthy, I will think on these things (Philippians 4:8).

    The heart of religion isn’t the beliefs or creed, or the way of life – morality.  It is the worship.  And the heart of worship is the sacrifice. Whatever we do must be done in awesomeness that it is done before and for Him.

    Father God, I worship You in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). I will trust the Lord my God and sincerely worship Him. I will think often of all the tremendous things He has done for me (1 Samuel 12:24).

    I am of a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a “peculiar” person belonging to God, that I may declare the praises of Him who called me out of my darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9). I will praise the name of my wondrous God who has dealt wondrously with me (Joel 2:26).

    I thank my God and praise Him because I am a new creation — His masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10) Help me to praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful; I know this full well (Psalm 139:14).

    You, O God, turn my wailing into dancing. You remove my sackcloth and clothe me with joy that my heart may sing to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give You thanks and praise forever (Psalm 30:11-12).

    As humans, we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment. From experience you know this to be true.

    Lord God, I praise You with my whole heart that whenever the wicked man forsakes his ways and the evil man his thoughts and turns to You, You will have mercy on him, for You will freely pardon (Isaiah 55:7). Thank You, my God, that no matter how I’ve been enslaved, You can set me free (Romans 6:19).

    O my Strength, I will sing praises to You for You are my stronghold, my defense, the God who shows me loving-kindness (Psalm 59:17). I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth (Psalm 34:1).

    I do not grieve [pout or feel depressed], for the joy of the Lord is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10). The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation [in all things]; He is my God and I will praise Him; my Father-God and I will exalt Him. (Exodus 15:2).

    God gets nothing out of our worship – He is who He is with or without us.  But in worshiping Him we find out who we are.  God transforms us into a certain kind of people as we worship – and this is truly a gift beyond compare.

    Let us shower Him with our praises.

    Father, my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips (Psalm 63:5). I will sing to the Lord a new song for He has done marvelous things (Psalm 98:1). Since my youth, O God, You have taught me, and today I will declare Your marvelous deeds (Psalm 71:17). It is good to praise the Lord and make music to Your name, O Most High; to proclaim Your love in the morning and Your faithfulness every night (Psalm 92:1-2). You are my God; I will exalt You. I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things — even purposes planned of old [and now fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth (Isaiah 25:1). Let men everywhere give thanks to the Lord for His faithful love and His wonderful works for the human race (Psalm 107:8, 31).

    I will rejoice before the Lord my God in everything I put my hands to (Deuteronomy 12:18). I will rejoice always; I will pray without ceasing, and in everything I will give thanks, for this is God’s will for me (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). I will praise and give thanks to You, O loving God of the Cosmos, — in all ways, on all days, regardless of my circumstances — continually, for I walk by faith in Your love.

    I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart. I will glorify Your name forever (Psalm 86:12). I will praise Your name in song and glorify You with thanksgiving (Psalm 69:30). I will celebrate Your abundant goodness, O God, and joyfully sing of Your righteousness (Psalm 145:7). For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done. I will sing for joy at the work of Your hands (Psalm 92:4).

    Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You, O Lord my Redeemer. I will praise You as long as I live, and in Your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods, and with singing lips my mouth will praise You. (Psalm 63:3-5)

    You, Father, faithful Lord, are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. You, my loving Lord, are good to all; You have compassion on all You have made. All You have made will praise You, O Lord; Let Your saints extol You. (Psalm 145:8-10)

  • Listen For the Lord

    O, how rare it is that the soul is sufficiently stilled to let God speak! God does not cease speaking, but the noise of the creatures without and of our passions within deafen us and stop up our hearing. God’s sole desire is to impart Himself. He cannot find where to set His foot in souls so full of themselves. I was once as wise as any; thinking I saw everything. But when we have silenced everything within us in order to listen to God, we sense that we know everything without really knowing anything. Then we perceive that before this took place we were utterly ignorant of everything we thought we understood. Now we feel that we see nothing, can do nothing, and are nothing in ourselves. But in this state we find everything we need from moment to moment in the infinity of God. There we find the daily bread of knowledge and of everything else, without storing it up.

    “Be still, and know that I am God…” The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress (Psalm 46:10-11).

    Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes (Psalm 37:7).

    I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name (Isaiah 45:3).

    God would choose to see in us a single heartedness that can contain as much more of His wisdom as it contains less of our own. He desires to create in our heart the childlike disposition so distasteful to the spirit of fallen man. The great point is to renounce our own wisdom, and to be ready to give up approval of everyone around us whenever the path in which God leads requires it.

    For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who did believe (1 Corinthians 1:21)… Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24).

    His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to His eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord (Ephesians 3:10-11).

    The Lord is a lifeline – if we place our trust in Him, He will be faithful to lift us out of dark places and set us fully in the Light. While we knowingly spend time on the relationship with God, our life will go well.

    Let us be still in body, soul, and spirit; and know that God sustains us.

  • Prayer When Hurting

    Just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ (2 Corinthians 1:5).

    God’s grace abounds to us, especially when we suffer hurt.

    I desire to dwell in the shelter of the Most High. I will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord: “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.” Surely God will save me from the fowler’s snare, and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover me with His feathers, and under His wings I will find refuge. His faithfulness is my shield and rampart, my buckler wherever I go. I will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys in sunlight. A thousand may fall at my side, ten thousand at my right hand, but it will not come near me. I will only observe with my eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. Because I make the Most High my dwelling place — even the Lord, who is my refuge — no [deadly] harm will befall me. No [life-threatening] disaster will come near my dwelling. For the Lord will command His angels concerning me, to guard me in all my ways. They will lift me up in their hands so I will not strike my foot against a stone. I will tread upon the lion and the cobra; I will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because [he/she] loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue [him/her]. I will set [him/her] securely on high, for [he/she] acknowledges My name. [He/She] will call upon Me and I will answer [him/her]. I will be with [him/her] in trouble. I will deliver [him/her] and honor [him/her]. With long life I will satisfy [him/her] and show [him/her] My salvation.” (Psalm 91:1-16)

    Lord, You have said, “My grace is sufficient for you.” For Your strength is shown perfect in my weakness. So I will take pleasure gladly in my infirmities, pains, distresses — for Christ’s sake — so Christ’s power may rest on me (2 Corinthians 12:9). Therefore I count it all joy whenever I fall into various trials knowing that the testing of my faith produces patience. And I will let patience have its perfect work in me, so I may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing in my service to You, Lord (James 1:2-4). Dear God, help me to remain faithful in tests that have been granted for my gain, because I know that when my faith is tested, my endurance has a chance to grow.

    Jesus has promised: “I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you” (John 14:18). Jesus, Your banner over me is love — how fortunate I am! My Lover is mine and I am His (Song of Songs 2:4, 16).

    Since Christ suffered and underwent pain, we must have the same attitude He did (1 Peter 4:1). I must be ready to suffer too, for I remember that when my body suffers, sin loses it power (1 Peter 4:1 Phillips). I take my share of suffering as a good soldier in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 2:3). Father, You are able to make all grace abound to me so that in all things at all times, having all that I need, I will abound in every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8).

    You have allotted me grace (Ephesians 4:7). You have redeemed me with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment (Exodus 6:6).  You have taken me as Your own, and You are my God (Psalm 31:14).  You are a Father to me (Ephesians 1:5).  You have delivered me from the past that has held me in bondage, and translated me into the kingdom of love, peace, joy and righteousness (Colossians 1:13). 

    Father, You Yourself have told me: “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I [the Almighty One] am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10). So I will say of the Lord: “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”

  • The Happy People

    The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have. The present (now) is a gift from God. Why not unwrap it in the morning with great expectation and curiosity, and give thanks to God for it? For when you have thanked God for every blessing sent, what time will then remain for murmurs and lament?

    When you are one of the few people who can do something to fix a problem, just how responsible does that make you for it? (It is how you choose to answer this question that defines you.) It is a commandment at every moment and in every condition of life to do the duty of that moment, and to abstain from doing the wrong. So do the duty that is nearest you — that first, and that well. The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him.

    O Lord, I pray please bless all I do this day. Accept it as an act of worship and give me grace to find You in every task and duty, however small or dull it may seem to be.

    Enjoy where He has placed you today. Tomorrow will be different.