#praiseandworship

[soulccupidz]

When he's super obedient and loves praises... Like of course I'd call you a good boy sweetheart !!

[bibleversegarden]

A Prayer For Today

My Faithful Father, Savior and Friend, 

My soul rejoices in You, who bids me come to Your throne of grace. I exalt You in praise and worship. You are my God and there is no other. Keep me as the apple of Your eye; keep me on the straight and narrow way, by day and by night. In Your holy, righteous name, I pray with thanksgiving. 

Amen and Amen.

- A Walk In The Garden Devotions

[lightspreader]

Why are people cursing others when angry?

[byfaithmedia]

Truth 🙌🏻

[avonlady44]

Good morning everyone!! We are all sinners by nature but Jesus is not a sinner. Yet, our sins were put on our Jesus and He had done nothing, Amen! We want to thank You, Lord for what You have done for us of! Have a beautiful blessed day

[romans12]

The Beginning of Sorrows

I have not had a great love in my life. A divorce, great sex, decent company...yes. But, not a great love filled with passion, support, maturity and longsuffering. A couple years back I was in this "situationship" that milked from me some of the most mind blowing organisms I have never had before in any of my previous sexual embarkments. And they were very giving. Multiple in most of our sessions. I didn't think it possible. I enjoyed sex before him. What I had settled for in receipt from past scratching were pleasing enough to my fleshly desires. And I surrendered to the conclusion that I was one of those women that could not experience the impact of them. Odd to credit, but I actually have to thank God for His Mercy and Grace in that particular situation because this man gave into all my desires. Desires of touch, word affirmations and such attention to detail. He was not a selfish lover.

The Selfishness that was my own, ended up as saving Grace that came in the package of my being so emotionally monopolized. As I was consumed emotionally in grief. The lost of a mother first in the battle of sickness then the final conquer of death, can bind someone like myself in the chains of whatever measures discovered to numb the pain. To disassociate oneself from reality and find peace by any means necessary. By the time I partook with this man in the sin of the sheets, I would not be bound there by the heart but by need. A need so great that I compromised to fill it. Not only in fornication but this man was not mine to have as he was another's. It was that reality, and the reality of my either having to smoke a joint, or have a strong drink, to carry through with the pleasure I was seeking that would eventually become the catalyst to the repair of the moral compass within me.

I found my way back to God. Better yet in the midst of the cannabis smoke that encased the space in my bedroom, God intercepted what was damaging me and lit a path for a way back to Him. Where I once moved very arrogantly in the total rubbish of a hardened heart. Bound in iniquity. The thing that would undo me. This peace I found brought many sorrows. This confliction of dreadful and wonderful, wrong and right felt feeling that brought me to tears afterward would end friendships, gain me my first STD in 42 years of life and almost literally a slipping away of my core self as I could no longer be recognized and I loathed who I was becoming. And that is how we become undone. Peace is mine to have already through Christ. The Holy Spirit of the Living God is a comforter. And dare I say it but, so is the bliss of experiencing a man that way. It is God that said that it is not good for man to be alone. That He would give us the desires of our hearts according to His will. That if we seek the kingdom of God all will be added to us. We become undone and bring to ourselves great sorrow when we go after these things without first surrendering to the Will of God over our lives. He will hold no good thing from us. They again are ours to have. As man cannot live on bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God let patience have its perfect work. In the wilderness Jesus also was tempted to give into his flesh to take possession of what was already His, but the only way to numb the pain was to obtain it under the surrendering to the flesh and bowing to Satan. Making His desires bigger than God. No one likes the crushing. Even now I am experiencing a crushing and I have a peace that makes no sense. Patience is the fruit of the Spirit that allows us to have these things in God's perfect timing.. And it is mine already...

Prayer: Thank you Lord for seeing me, Thank you for your ministering angels to strengthen me and deliver me. Thank you for increasing my awareness of the Spirit within me to discern, catch and bind anything that may try to undo me. Thank you for a true peace. A peace that will bring to me no sorrow. Your peace is a perfect peace. A peace that makes no sense and surpasses all understanding. Your name a strong tower. My strong foundation. I bless you Lord.

Amen

Psalm 103:17, Romans 8:28, Galatians 5, Matthew 4, 1 Peter 5:8, Proverbs 10:22, Matthew 6:33, Psalm 23

Mercy is in the conversion of the ashes of past to turn into a beautiful triumph against an undoing of who I really am, in Christ, my true core.

[dbcjr3]

Ever wonder why some folks raise their hands in church praise and worship? That’s not practiced in some denominations but it is in many churches these days.

People raise their hands in worship to express adoration, praise, and surrender to God. It's also a way to engage the body and mind, and to focus on God.

Let’s see what God’s Word says about it in various Bible verses.

Psalm 63:4

"I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands"

“In your name” references surrendering to His Lordship.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Lifting up, hands in praise is again an active surrender described here as “sacrifice”. It’s a sacrifice because it’s a crucifying of our pride. That’s why people often don’t want to do it.

Exodus 9:29:

People raised their hands in prayer to God

Raising hands is a posture of prayer, the act of community communion with God.

1Timothy 2:8:

I will therefore that men pray everwhere, lifting up holy hands"

Paul discloses here that the act of raising hands in communion with the Lord is “holy “. What makes it holy? The act of surrendering, crucify one’s pride and coming to him humbly with hands lifted up.

1 Kings 8:22, 38:

King Solomon spread out his hands toward heaven while praying at the temple

King Solomon was directing his own focus toward the Lord. He had much to worry about as the king for his starving subjects but he had to get his focus off his problems and onto his solution, the Lord. Maybe you need to do that, too.

These are just a few verses of all the ones that talk about racing hands to God. There’s much more that we can learn.

Nowhere in the Bible, is there a command to lift up hands to the Lord, which would be signaled by the use of the imperative tense of the verb. And nowhere does it imply that it’s a sin if we don’t lift our hands.

In many places, it is encouraged as being helpful to us in our posture and approach to communion with and worshiping of our Lord God, the Almighty God, the Creator of all things, the King of kings and the Lord of Lords.

How we approach Him makes a difference in how we connect with Him. He doesn’t need it, we do.

https://youtu.be/Br687XQbNI8?si=BO7JgaGIBrmbrYlE

[heavyhitternet]

https://rumble.com/v6hvq3d-spotlight-contemporary-worship-vol.-1.html

[shadowborne666]

[unfoldingmoments]

Sunset Listen Through

It's Always Been You My Northern Star Your love will be the compass of my heart Oh I just want to be right where you are

You are the voice that calms the storm inside me Castle walls that stand around me All this time my guardian was you You are the light that shines in every tunnel There in the past You'll be there tomorrow All my life Your love was breaking through

Who stood with me in the fire It was you, it was always you Who pulled me out of the water It was you, it was always you Who carried me on their shoulders It was you, it was always you

- Phil Wickham ----

Hymn Of Heaven

How I long to breathe the air of Heaven

Where pain is gone and mercy fills the streets To look upon the One who bled to save me And walk with Him for all eternity

There will be a day when all will bow before Him There will be a day when death will be no more Standing face to face with He who died and rose again Holy, holy is the Lord

And every prayer we prayed in desperation The songs of faith we sang through doubt and fear In the end, we'll see that it was worth it When He returns to wipe away our tears

Oh, there will be a day when all will bow before Him There will be a day when death will be no more Standing face to face with He who died and rose again Holy, holy is the Lord

And on that day, we join the resurrection And stand beside the heroes of the faith With one voice, a thousand generations Sing, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain"

And on that day, we join the resurrection And stand beside the heroes of the faith With one voice, a thousand generations Sing, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain" "Forever He shall reign"

So let it be today we shout the hymn of Heaven With angels and the saints, we raise a mighty roar Glory to our God who gave us life beyond the grave Holy, holy is the Lord

So let it be today we shout the hymn of Heaven With angels and the saints, we raise a mighty roar Glory to our God who gave us life beyond the grave Holy, holy is the Lord

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frOIAn43v4o

[groundedingoodness]

[bibleversegarden]

The Lord God Almighty Is The Only God

The Lord God Almighty, who made the heavens and the earth, is the only God. There is none beside Him or ever shall be. Praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created. He owns the breath of every living creature and all mankind. 

"Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world? If He should set His heart on it, if He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath, all flesh would perish together, and man would return to the dust." (Job 34:13-15)

Idols are worthless. They are a poor substitute and cannot deliver any. In God alone, we must trust and rely on. No one or anything is His equal. The Lord of hosts is His name; worship Him in the beauty of His holiness.

- A Walk In The Garden Devotions

Related Bible Readings:

Exodus Chapter 20; 1 Samuel Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7 and Isaiah Chapter 2

[johanvdm]

Christian Worship Songs 2024 - Praise and Worship Music | Gospel Songs

[byfaithmedia]

Yes Lord!

[musicpromotionclub]

🎶✨ 'Odim Ebube' by Yeka Onka is here to fill your heart with praise and gratitude! 🙌🏽💖 This gospel masterpiece celebrates God's glory and will inspire your faith. 🙏🏽🎧