Posted in worship on Nov 1st, 2013
“Let all that I am praise the Lord!”
This line from Psalm 104:1 sums up what is to be our purpose for life.
We are to be living instruments of praise and worship.
It really is that simple.
Notice that the verse doesn’t say, “Let all that I do praise the Lord.”
It’s “…all that I am…”
You see, faith is […]
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Posted in worship on Oct 25th, 2013
Now here’s a glorious passage from today’s reading in the One-Year Bible:
“Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
“Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
“Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
“Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise”
If the things […]
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Posted in worship on Oct 23rd, 2013
I used to do this more often.
Life has been very busy in the morning in recent months, though, and I’ve neglected the habit.
I need to change.
This is what I’m referring to:
“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.
“It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in […]
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Posted in worship on Jul 16th, 2013
I Chronicles 22 describes how David prepared for the Jerusalem temple’s construction via a massive undertaking of accumulating materials worth many billions of dollars in modern-day terms.
It’s mind-blowing, actually, to consider how much wealth was poured into the construction project.
But for David, it was all pocket change compared to the worth God possessed in his […]
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Posted in worship on Jul 12th, 2013
We love to experience moments of great success and celebration.
For most of us, they don’t happen very often but when they do, it’s “Woo-hoo!” time.
What makes such moments even sweeter is when they occur not by accident but by pre-planned intent.
Particularly when somebody more powerful and wiser helps us to prepare and carry out the […]
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