Long Live the King!

Read: Revelation 19:16

Reflect: Our God is King. What does it mean to be a king and how do you worship a king?

Request (Prayer): God, You are King, how do You want me to worship You?

We’ve seen it in the movies, we’ve seen it in books, the king that rules over all the land, exercises his authority and is usually saving the princess from the evil lord or dragon.

The king in the story is the hero of it all, and is usually at the end of the movie or book, praised with a huge celebration, congratulating him for his heroic deeds. Most of this, is of course, fiction, but some of it can also be true.

When thinking of the word “king” what comes to mind? Royalty? Power? Authority? Now thinking of those terms, look at those principles and apply them to God. Is God a king? Absolutely! Does He have power and authority? You betcha! With now understanding God as King, how should we praise Him for all the heroic things He has done?
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Worship Jesus

Read: Genesis 3:15; John 3:16

Reflect: A great reason to worship God is because of His Son. How do you think God felt sending His only Son to die?

Request: Thank God for His love for you.

In Matthew 22 we read about how Jesus answered one of the religious leaders question. His question was, “What is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus’ answer shows us the core of what should motivate us. He said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.” (more…)

The Beauty of Creation

Read: Genesis 1:1, Job 38:12, Colossians 1:16

Reflect: We worship God because He is the Creator of all things. What are some things God created that we can be thankful for?

Request (Prayer): Ask the Lord to remind you of the beauty of His creation.

When we think of the way that God created everything, is allows us to reflect on who He really is. The power He possesses, the control He has over all things, and His love towards us.

He has given His creation, the blessing of living on earth with seeing His beauty displayed all around us. We see the beautiful trees during the fall season, the pure, white snow in the fall, and even the stars at night, and to think that He created all of those things, and everything else in existence, and He allows us to see all of it on display. How cool is that?

We get to see the Master Artist’s work revealed right in front of us, and we even get to see the beauty of how He also made us too! When taken into consideration all of the things that God created, we can;t help but worship Him and bring Him praise for the intricate and complex design of everything ever created, and yet He spoke it all into existence! Wow!

When God created all things, He saw it all, looked at it, and said it was GOOD! Of course it was good! He’s God! And He gives us the inside scoop to how it all came to be!
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I Get Distracted When I Worship! What Do I Do?

Read: Matthew 15:7-9 and Amos 5:21-24

Reflect: If we do not worship God in spirit and truth then we worship God in vain and God hates vain worship. Have you ever “gone through the motions” of worship?

Request: Lord, keep me from worshipping You in a wrong way.

Have you ever during worship had your mouth move and say the words from the song but you are thinking about something totally different? You may be thinking about how hungry you are and what sounds good to eat or maybe you were reliving a conversation from earlier. (more…)

All Consuming Fire!

Read: Psalm 45:1

Reflect: True worship comes from the heart. Have you ever felt so compelled to worship that you couldn’t keep yourself from worshipping God?

Request: Jesus, make my hearts desire to worship you with all that I am!

I am not much of a sports watcher but I have been to a few professional games for baseball and basketball. Even though I am not a die hard fan, I find myself getting excited about the game. I scream when the team scores a run or makes the basket. I get frustrated over the bad calls or bad playing. It is funny because I don’t know what comes over me when I am there. Maybe it is the energy from the crowd or the fact that seeing a live game is better than watching it on T.V. Either way I can’t help it. (more…)

Keep the Praise Going!

Read: Psalm 34:1

Reflect: What does it mean to “praise” God? What are some ways that you can do that?

Request (Prayer): Father, teach me how to praise You the way that You want to be praised.

Psalm 34:1 says, “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” If we are to continually praise God through our mouth, does that mean that I have to sing worship songs all day?! No, not necessarily. Although that isn’t a bad thing to do, what does the Psalmist mean by saying that the praise to God should always be in our mouth?

I think what he’s trying to say is that this “praise” to God is something that we should always be doing, whether it be the way we speak, the actions we take or the things we think, it should continually be a life of praise to God.

Whatever we do, whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, we should do all of it to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31) Whatever it is we do, we are to do to the glory of God, and if we are to have the praise of God continually in our mouth, then shouldn’t our praise and worship to God be glorifying to Him?
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