Eph.5:18 – be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord… One of the disturbing trends I have observed in worship services around the world in our generation is the lack of congregational singing. Some times the worship …
Ps.150:3-6 – Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;Praise Him with the lute and harp!Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!Praise Him with loud cymbals;Praise Him with clashing cymbals!Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.Praise the LORD! Shortly after I was impacted by the outpouring of the …
Heb.12:28 29 – Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let’s show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire. It’s easy to become ungrateful if we stare at our worries day in and day out. Sure we …
Ps.47:1 – Clap your hands, all you peoples;Shout to God with a voice of joy. I love the connection I feel to the outpourings of the Spirit that took place over the last one hundred and twenty years. One of the ministers who helped form me into the minister I am today was Dick Mills. …
Ps.47:7 – For God is the King of all the earth;Sing praises with understanding. Jesus told the woman at the well in Samaria that we worship what we know. That’s another way of saying what David is saying in this verse, worship the Lord with understanding. True worship is birthed out of a revelation of …
Eph.1:5,6 – For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace —for the same love he has for his Beloved One, Jesus, he has for us. And this …
Ps.63:5 – I overflow with praise when I come before you,for the anointing of your presence satisfies me like nothing else.You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul. Sometimes I find myself observing individuals and their response (or lack thereof) during congregational worship. You always have the late attenders slipping in before …
Ps.63:5 – I overflow with praise when I come before you,for the anointing of your presence satisfies me like nothing else.You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul. David is describing a special kind of overflow in this very special Psalm. David said he was overflowing with praise. What could he possibly …
Ps.63:4,5 – Daily I will worship you passionately and with all my heart.My arms will wave to you like banners of praise.I overflow with praise when I come before you,for the anointing of your presence satisfies me like nothing else.You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul. Worship doesn’t even make sense …
Ps.146:1,2 – Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!My innermost being will praise you, Lord!I will spend my life praising you andsinging high praises to you, my God, every day of my life! Praise is something that comes naturally (or should I say supernaturally). It’s not like we come to some philosophical conclusion, “I need to improve my …
