When you are busy, suffering, or offended, you don’t feel like being thankful or worshiping God. Being too busy, suffering, and offended is all too common in our lives. When you don’t feel like worshiping God, humbly look up, confess your sins, forgive all offenses, and seek God in prayer right where you are. Think of a promise, like “God will never leave me nor forsake me, and He is my helper (Heb. 13:5-6).” Or “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil 4:13).” Or “You can do far more abundantly than I can think or ask according to the power within me (Eph 3:20).” Now say thank you, Lord, for always being with me, even when I don’t feel You are. Thank you, Lord, for giving me Your strength to endure (_whatever_). Say, “I praise and worship you for being faithful to me.” Spend time in God’s presence and feel the stresses of life lift off you.
Another way to cultivate thankfulness is to listen to worship music or hymns. The lyrics will lift your spirit to God’s throne room. As you listen to the lyrics, be thankful for the encouraging message. King David said, “It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night” (Psalm 92:1-2). It is good to give thanks. Sometimes, being thankful is a sacrifice. Psalm 107:21-22 states, “Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! 22And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!”
In Psalm 7:17, David said, “I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.” In Psalm 106:1, David said, “Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” When you are thankful and praise God, the devil can’t take up space in your head.
Worship requires a thankful heart. A thankful heart is needed to rise above difficulties and heal painful memories. Troubles are necessary because they direct us to God. I don’t know what is happening in your life but understand that God knows and is your shepherd and your comforter or protector. As you worship God this week, be mindful of how good God is to you.
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WEEK 15 – April 9 -April 15
Day 99-Apr 9—Worship God our justifier
It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. –Romans 3:26
Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. –Romans 8:33
Day 100-Apr 10—Worship God who is patient.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. –2Peter 3:9
Day 101-Apr 11—Worship God’s Holiness
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” –Revelations 4:8
Day 102-Apr 12—Worship God who is giving.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? –Romans 8:31-32
Day 103-Apr 13—Worship God who comforts the depressed.
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus. –2Corinthians 7:6
Day 104-Apr 14—Worship God of peace.
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. –1Theselonians 5:23
Day 105-Apr 15—Worship God who gives you victory.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. –1Corinthians 15:57
All verses are from the English Standard Bible. To review the previous weeks, go to the 365 Days of Worship Page. This post is copyright protected.
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