Tag: true worship

Prime Your Spiritual Pump

On By glendarouseIn Throne of GraceLeave a comment
 The Throne Room
Enter the Prayer Escape  virtual Prayer Room at your own risk of finding multiplied blessings, answered prayer, Peace that surpasses your own understanding, unspeakable Joy, brand new blessings morning by morning,  and hope for tomorrow, the list of God’s blessings go on forever into eternity…

Giving thanks is similar to priming a pump with water so that it will produce more water.  Your spiritual  blessings will increase along with others blessings  when you …

“No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”  ( I Thess. 5: 18 )

click on the link or copy and paste in your browser. Also, Have you added the Prayer Escape to your favorites for easy access?

Hear  “His Love Tones”  Meditate on His Whispers.

https://theprayerescape.wordpress.com/prayer-and-worship/throne-of-grace-meditation-3/

A Neglected Part of Our Worship

On By glendarouseIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Repentance:  A Neglected Part of Our Worship

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight. . .   Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:3-4;10

 This devotional is part of a series dealing with the various “positions,” or attitudes that the true worshiper must take in order for our worship to God to be effective. The first position we’ll deal with is repentance. When we come before God in worship, one of the things we sometimes forget to do is repent. In our reference scripture David is confessing and acknowledging before God his sin of adultery, and that of having the husband of his partner in adultery killed. Not only is David acknowledging what he’s done, but he says, “my sin is ever before me.” David knew what he had done and he wasn’t blaming anyone else for it.

 

 When we come before God in worship (not “coming to church,” but “worship;” the two are very different) we must see to it that we bring a clean heart before Him. The Psalmist said only those who have “clean hands and a pure heart” may stand in his holy place (Psalm 24:3-4). Just about anybody can praise God, but not everyone can worship Him. Worship is another matter entirely because it requires total surrender on our part. It requires total focus on God and His worth, majesty, and power. Worship requires a totally connected heart. Worship requires an attachment to God, not just an attraction to Him. Churches are filled every Sunday with people who are attracted to Jesus, but never become attached to Him through salvation and various available spiritual growth opportunities. The true worshiper not only understands what it means to worship God in spirit and in truth, but also understands that we cannot come to God any kind of way. True worship of God requires from us a pure heart, and an humble spirit. When we come before a holy God in worship, He is not interested in our accomplishments, our status in the community, or how much money we put in the offering plate. He wants to know we are coming clean before Him, confessing our sins and choosing to live life His way. God just wants us to get real with Him.

Of all the things we lay before God in worship, let us remember to make repentance one of them.

Holy Spirit Scribe

Donna Renay Patrick