As I was seeking through scriptures and online devotions today, I came across this and decided to share it for today because this is how my heart feels…
I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. —Psalm 9:1
What’s the greatest activity we can spend time doing? Worshiping God! Worship is not repeating hasty, routine petitions or listening to mood-inducing music. Worship is the experience of being “lost in wonder, love, and praise,” as Charles Wesley wrote. It’s awe that inspires adoration.
My first sight of the Grand Canyon left me speechless. The friend who had driven me there appreciated my reaction and stood silent beside me. I gazed in awe at this magnificent spectacle and thought, This is a glimpse of God’s majesty. But my awe, by itself, was not worship.
My reaction is different when I come face to face with Jesus in the Scriptures. Awe changes into adoration as I behold Him in all His beauty. What grips my soul? His unsullied purity: “Which of you convicts Me of sin?” (John 8:46). His unrivaled wisdom: “No man ever spoke like this Man!” (John 7:46). His unbounded pity: “When He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion” (Matt. 9:36). And His overwhelming majesty: “He was transfigured before them” (Matt. 17:2).
As I see Jesus in the Gospels, my awe changes to adoration. I bow in worship and exclaim with Thomas: “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). — Vernon C. Grounds
Behold Him there! The risen Lamb!
My perfect, spotless righteousness;
The great, unchangeable I AM,
The King of glory and of grace. —Bancroft
True worship of Christ changes admiration into adoration.
**Father, help me to always adore you! You are such a personal God. You know my every thought. You know my deepest secrets. I love that about You! And when I worship You, Lord, I love You even more!! Thank You, thank You, thank You!! Amen.**
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Psalm 9:1
September 22, 2009 by mrsmusicnerd
As I was seeking through scriptures and online devotions today, I came across this and decided to share it for today because this is how my heart feels…
From Our Daily Bread
What’s the greatest activity we can spend time doing? Worshiping God! Worship is not repeating hasty, routine petitions or listening to mood-inducing music. Worship is the experience of being “lost in wonder, love, and praise,” as Charles Wesley wrote. It’s awe that inspires adoration.
My first sight of the Grand Canyon left me speechless. The friend who had driven me there appreciated my reaction and stood silent beside me. I gazed in awe at this magnificent spectacle and thought, This is a glimpse of God’s majesty. But my awe, by itself, was not worship.
My reaction is different when I come face to face with Jesus in the Scriptures. Awe changes into adoration as I behold Him in all His beauty. What grips my soul? His unsullied purity: “Which of you convicts Me of sin?” (John 8:46). His unrivaled wisdom: “No man ever spoke like this Man!” (John 7:46). His unbounded pity: “When He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion” (Matt. 9:36). And His overwhelming majesty: “He was transfigured before them” (Matt. 17:2).
As I see Jesus in the Gospels, my awe changes to adoration. I bow in worship and exclaim with Thomas: “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). — Vernon C. Grounds
Behold Him there! The risen Lamb!
My perfect, spotless righteousness;
The great, unchangeable I AM,
The King of glory and of grace. —Bancroft
True worship of Christ changes admiration into adoration.
**Father, help me to always adore you! You are such a personal God. You know my every thought. You know my deepest secrets. I love that about You! And when I worship You, Lord, I love You even more!! Thank You, thank You, thank You!! Amen.**
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