~ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐’๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐, ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ. Holy, holy, holy. Lord God Almighty, who is, and was, and is to come. O You, whose name alone is Yahweh, and whoโฆ
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate. The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted Andโฆ
~ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โฌ:โญ๐โฌ-โญ๐๐โฌ โญ๐๐๐โฌโฌ Psalm 148 is a most solemn and earnest call to all the creatures, according to their capacity, to praise their Creator, and to show forth his eternal power and Godhead,โฆ
~ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ The Lord is good! Let us praise and worship Him with scripture. The Psalmist declares such praise and worship in Psalmsโฌ โญ92โฌ:โญ1โฌ-โญ15โฌ โญAMPโฌโฌ. It is a good and delightful thing to give thanksโฆ
Beloved, prayers of praise to God are deeply connected to what we learn and know to be true about God, and itโs good to remind ourselves of the reasons why we praise God (and then, praise Him!). I encourage everyโฆ
Let us praise and worship our God with the Psalmist. I will exalt You, my God, O King, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You and lovinglyโฆ
Beloved, God created us to worship Him. Therefore, it behooves us to understand ways to do so. Hebrewsโฌ โญ12โฌ:โญ28โฌ โญAMPโฌโฌ encourages: โTherefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, and offer to God pleasingโฆ
~ SUNDAY PRAISE AND ADORATION. Pray, then, in this way: โOur Father, who is in heaven, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐. Matthewโฌ โญ6โฌ:โญ9โฌ โญAMPโฌโฌ Our adoration of God comes from our heart and expresses our love, reverence and awe to Him.โฆ
The rhetorical question is Godโs power limited? In fact, Numbersโฌ โญ11โฌ:โญ23โฌ โญAMPโฌโฌ tells us: โThe Lord said to Moses, โIs the Lordโs hand (ability, power) limited (short, inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word will come to pass forโฆ
WORSHIP IS NOT LIMITED TO CHURCH Beloved, I submit to you that glorifying the Lord is not limited to worshipping in church. In fact, praise should permeate every aspect of our life. The Psalmist joyfully declares in Psalmsโฌ โญ34โฌ:โญ1โฌ โญAMPโฌโฌโฆ