Last night I finished reading a book, "The Yada Yada Prayer Group" It's Christian chick-lit. A group of women with nothing in common get thrown together at a conference for a prayer group. They decide to continue the prayer group after the conference. If you like to read this is worth it, it will make you see things through new eyes. One of the main characters has a problem with worship. She wants to worship God openly but is afraid of what others will think of her. I personally know of no one like that (she said sarcastically) That is so often my prayer. I WANT to praise the Lord. I want to let others around me know exactly how I feel but I am held back because I am afraid of what others think. If I raise my raise my hands in praise will the person next to me think I am asking to go to the bathroom. If I pray out loud will that distract others around me? Will they think that I crazy?
Doesn't God deserve our praise? None of us deserve it. I grew white bread, went to church every Sunday,obeyed all the rules, didn't even go through any teenage rebellion. I have never done drugs, never took a drag off a cigarette, I didn't drink until I was 21 and that was always in moderation. I was a good person. I helped others, went on mission trips, I was a really good person. It's easy to point at a murderer, an addict, a thief and say "Praise the Lord" but normal everyday people, not so much. If we look inside of ourselves we will discover that NOONE deserves salvation, we are all sinners. Now that is something to praise the Lord for. Each and everyone of us should be dancing in the aisle every chance we get.
Worship is not about us, its about HIM. He longs to hear us praise. Creation praises the Lord, we are His creation, we NEED to praise the Lord.Psalm 150:6 says everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hmmm that's pretty simple, we have breath, praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord, maybe our quiet time doesn't need to be so quiet, maybe you need to shout to the Lord and praise Him.
My prayer for myself is that I lose myself in worship. That the people around me will fade away.
There are two things that are on my mind- Psalm 150 and a praise song "I'm Getting Back to the Heart of Worship"
Psalm 150
1 Praise the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.
The Heart Of Worship Lyrics
Michael W. Smith
When the music fades
All is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
That will bless Your heart
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart
I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I'm weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Every single breath
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart
I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm coming back to the heart of worship,
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
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