Thursday, April 3, 2014

God Thinking XLVIII - Turning Back 11

"David puts it this way in Psalm 119:164, “Seven times a day do I praise Thee because of Thy righteous judgements.”
 
Psalms 9:1-2
1.  I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works.
 2.  I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
 
 Psalms 95:1-7
 1.  O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of Your salvation.
 2.  Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
 3.  For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
 4.  In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
 5.  The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
 6.  O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord Your maker.
 7.  For he is Your God; and you are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
 
God thinking teaches you to praise and worship God.  God wants you to praise Him and worship Him for two reasons - One to affect what comes into your mind and your heart and Two, to affect what comes out of your mind and heart. 

This flow of what comes in to you and the flow that goes out from you is determined by your worship.
 
Praise and worship is a purifier of the soul. 
The light that illuminates the heart.
Praise is your sacrifice, your gift to God for His benevolence, His mercy, His love toward you.
Praise and worship is where you transcend the mundane and temporal and move into the thoughts of God and things eternal.
 
Praise and worship is where you meet God as He is - High and lifted up.
 
Does your praise and worship reflect someone excited about such a wonderful, holy, great, awesome, powerful, merciful, beautiful, faithful and true God?

have you envisioned in your mind and your heart that turning back is not an option anymore?
 
 Excerpt from God Thinking XLVIII - Turning Back by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2014


 

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