When Praise Turns To Worship

So much has been happening with my Daily Walk With God, I hardly know where to begin. So I will begin with worship.  Often times we attend church and think the the time of singing praises to our Lord is offering up our praise and worship, and yes it is the beginning of worship, some think that our prayers are our worship, and yes that is part of it, then some think the message is our worship it can be but not all of it.

Psalm 95:6-7 says "Oh come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. or He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep under his care. Today, is you will hear His voice."

Philippians 2:9-11 says "9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and of those under the earth 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

To worship the Lord our God is commanded of His people now and one day even the lost will acknowledge who He is. So how do we worship? In John 4:22-24 we are told we must worship Him in spirit and truth. This means our worship is personal it is about our relationship. We worship with
our regenerated spirit, before being born again our spirit was dead but at the time of our new birth the Holy Spirit quickened and brought to life our spirit. Now we can worship with our spirit and now we understand the the reality of who Jesus is. He is The Way, The Truth, The Life no one can come to the Father but through Him John14:6 .

Now let's put is all together, When we worship Jesus we begin with exalting Him, lifting Him up declaring from our lips praise for who He is. He is the Word, the Creator, the Promised One, the Rock, the Cloud, the Fire, the Giver of the Law and the Full filler of the Law, He is our Kinsman Redeemer, He is our Deliver, our Mighty Strong Tower, our Shelter, our Shield, our Provider, our Protector, our Messiah, our Counselor, our Prince of Peace, our Rose of Sharon, the Lamb of God, Son of God, Son of Man, Teacher, Healer, our High Priest, the Anointed One, the Risen Lord, Soon coming King, Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Holy One of God, Alpha and Omega, Just and True, He is Faithful. He and He alone is worthy of all our praise. Keep pouring out your love on Him and Him alone thank Him for who He is and what He has done for you. Now begin to enter His presence to worship Him, Now begin to pour out self as a drink offering on Him, give up your pride, you anger, you selfishness, your fears, every thing that hinders you from your worship and from your walk. Pour it all out hold nothing back, let the distractions be gone, clutter removed from your thinking. Now watch what happens you are at the feet of Jesus He desires to love on you, to speak with you, but to get there you have to diligently seek Him. Your desire is all about pleasing Him and not yourself, you line up your life with His promises and begin to walk with Jesus desiring to live a life worthy of your calling. When you have sat at the feet of Jesus you will leave changed you can never remain the same once you have experienced this kind of worship. It takes your breath away and you look forward to the next time.

Something you should know, some people show what they believe is worship inside the church building on Sundays, but never worship Him at home, in fact worship is not a part of their relationship with Jesus, therefore the worship they display at church is false worship, it is worship to get the attention of those watching and not to get the attention of Jesus. Worshipping God and Jesus should be a part of your every day life. If it is not then begin today WORSHIP Jesus and see what happens.

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