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It is amazing to watch the great athletes at the Olympics. As the winners receive their medals, you are happy for their great achievements. The winners are given glory for their hard work. People, like me, find glory in hiking through the woods or kayaking down a remote stream. The synonyms for glory are triumph, beauty, success, praise, and wonder.

God created the Universe, the earth, and everything in it through His Son, Jesus Christ, so He deserves our glory and wonder. Revelations 4:11 states, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” God created us for His glory, Isaiah 43:7 states, “Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” God gives us and the athletes ability and strength, so He deserves the glory.

Slowly immerse yourself in each verse below and ask yourself, what it means?

Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. – Isaiah 24:15

I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. – Isaiah 42:8

Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the coastlands. –Isaiah 42:12

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another. – Isaiah 48:11

Sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise! –Psalm 66:2

Worship is adoring praise or sincere thanksgiving for all He has created or the gifts He has given you. Be careful when worshipping anything other than God because God is jealous, as explained in Exodus 34:14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God). I explain how Satan tempts you to worship him through idols in WEEK 25: Worship and serve God only. Satan tempted Jesus to worship him, so why wouldn’t he also tempt his followers to worship him? Satan tempts us to want others to give us glory for our achievements and abilities. John 12:43 states, “For they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.”

We learned in the last post how to worship God by offering ourselves as a living sacrifice. In 1Corinthians 6:17-20 explains how we are to glorify God in our bodies.

17)  But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 
18)  Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 
19-20)  Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. 

We are to also glorify God in all that we do. 1Corinthians 10:31 states, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

As you worship God this week, remember worshiping God is giving Him glory.

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WEEK 27 –July 2-July 8

Day 183-July 2—Worship God for sending Jesus, who gives us His authority.

[Jesus] said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.” – Luke 4:6

Day 184-July 3—Worship God for giving us authority to tell Satan to be gone.

The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” ¹⁸And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. ²⁰Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” – Luke 10:17-20

Day 185-July 4—Worship God for answering prayers.

 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” – Matthew 7:7-8

Day 186-July 5—Worship God who forgives your sins and heals you.

For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? ⁶But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” –Matthew 9:5-6

Day 187-July 6—Worship God because He sees you as valuable.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ³⁰But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. –Matthew 10:29-31

Day 188-July 7— Worship God for giving you the keys to His kingdom.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19

Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. – Mathew 18:18

Day 189-July 8—Worship God for giving you the spirit of wisdom, knowledge, and power.

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places. –Eph 1:17-20

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All verses are from the English Standard Bible. To review the previous weeks, go to the 365 Days of Worship Page. This material is copyright protected.

Is praising God in public hard for you? It is hard to praise Him around non-church people. Why? Do you find it difficult to tell others about your children, grandchildren, or dog? King David wrote in Psalm 108:3-4; “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. ⁴For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.”

The emphasis during this Worship focus is recognizing and removing all inhibitions about giving thanks and praising God for His many attributes and salvation to the unsaved world. Inhibition means you feel constrained, so you hold back your praise. Sometimes, we hold back our praise because we don’t feel comfortable or we are afraid of what others will think. King David felt no constraint when he worshiped God when the Ark of the Covenant was being brought to Jerusalem. He danced and shouted to the point that his outer clothing fell off (2 Sam.6).

Some people seem naturally outgoing and uninhibited about praising God in front of others. If you feel inhibited, ask God to show you what constrains you from being thankful and praising God in front of people. We should be more concerned about showing our love for God than what people think. We will spend eternity with God, so it only matters what He thinks.

In the last post, we learned that we praise God because he is good and has enduring love. This week, we will understand that we are to be thankful and praise God because His love is steadfast and so great it extends above the heavens. That God’s faithfulness reaches to the clouds. What does that mean? It means we can trust that God is full of faithfulness and love toward us, even when we are not faithful to Him. And that He loves us even when we are sinners. We know God hates our sins, but He loves each of us. By acknowledging our sins, seeking His forgiveness, and repenting then we will be reconciled to Him.

Why do I feel inhibited to praise God and give a testimony of God’s greatness? If I really loved God with all my heart, mind, soul, and strength and loved others, then I would not want to hide my praise and thanksgiving about what God has done and is doing and can do in their lives. If they reject me or think I am a radical, then so be it. We are called to share our praises and testimony with others, and God will do the rest.

This week, as you praise and worship God, share your thankfulness about what God is doing in your life with others. The more you do this, the greater love you show God.

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WEEK 23 – June 4 – June 10

Day 155-June 4—Worship God who is with you in all your troubles.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. –Isaiah 43:2

Day 156-June 5—Worship God for making all things new in your life.

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. ¹⁹ Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” –Isaiah 43:18-19.

Day 157-June 6—Worship God for carrying you from birth to old age.

“Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.” –Isaiah 46:3-4

Day 158-June 7—Worship God for establishing his purpose in your life.

“Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.” –Isaiah 46:8-11

Day 159-June 8—Worship God’s redemption and lead you in the way you should go.

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go. –Isaiah 48:17

Day 160-June 9—Worship God’s comfort and compassion.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted. –Isaiah 49:13

Day 161-June 10—Worship God for teaching you His Word.

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. –Isaiah 50:4

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All verses are from the English Standard Bible. To review the previous weeks, go to the 365 Days of Worship Page. This material is copyright protected.

Why does someone say, “God is good”? Do they really mean it? Do you believe He is good, and His steadfast love endures forever? When I say, “God is good,” I acknowledge that God has a good purpose for the problems I am going through or that the path He has me on is good, even if I don’t like it.

If you did not feel loved as a child and did not feel your parents were good to you, take a moment, breathe in deeply, and as you breathe out slowly, say, “God is good, and His love for me endures forever.” Do this several times each day. Many of us who have traumatic memories find it hard to accept that God is good and that His love endures forever.

King David knew firsthand that God is good. As a young lad, he spent days alone in the wilderness tending his father’s sheep. What would you do all alone in the wilderness with wild animals as you watched dumb sheep? Instead of being afraid or bitter, he turned to God and sang praises to Him on his harp. He didn’t have a Bible, but he got to know God through praise and being thankful for His goodness and love.

King David sang: Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! ²Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise? –Psalm 106:1-2

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. ²⁹Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! –Psalm 118:28-29

Can you tell others of God’s mighty deeds? Can you say that God is yours? Today, declare His praise and give Him thanks because He is good and because His love is steadfast and endures forever. It is my prayer that you are dedicating time to worship God. As you go through the following worship scriptures, praise God for his goodness and love.

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WEEK 22 – May 28 – June 3

Day 148-May 28—Worship God that we don’t have to be afraid because He helps us.

For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.” –Isaiah 41:13 

Day 149-May 29—Worship God who keeps His promises.

I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. –Isaiah 42:6-7

Day 150-May 30—Worship God for bringing forth new things in your life.

Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.” –Isaiah 42:9

Day 151-May 31—Worship God for the wonderful plans He has for you.

O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. –Isaiah 25:1

Day 152-June 1—Worship God, who is our stronghold and shelter.

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall. –Isaiah 25:4

Day 153-June 2—Worship God for being our everlasting rock.

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. –Isaiah 26:4

Day 154-June 3—Worship God’s counsel and wisdom.

This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom. –Isaiah 28:29

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All verses are from the English Standard Bible. To review the previous weeks, go to the 365 Days of Worship Page. This material is copyright protected.

Have you ever tried to imagine God’s awe-inspiring splendor? Several men in the Bible had visions of God and heaven. The visions were so majestic and grand that they were beyond words. Note: We know God is a spirit and is neither male nor female. The Bible refers to God as he, but the pronoun he, according to Dictionary.com (2024), can also be generic.

The Apostle John’s vision of the Son of God in Revelations 1:14-18, “The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16) In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. 17) When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”

The prophet Daniel’s vision of God, whom he called “The Ancient of Days.” Daniel 7:9 says, “As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire.”

Prophet Ezekiel’s vision in Ezekiel 1:26-28, “And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance. 27) And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him. 28) Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.”

King David’s vision. “Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. ³He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind.”–Psalm 104:1-3

Our imagination is a powerful tool that can deepen our connection with God and enhance our worship. It allows us to envision His splendor, to feel His presence, and to engage more fully in our worship. As you worship God this week, imagine standing before Him as you praise Him.

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WEEK 21 – May 21 -May 27

Day 141-May 21—Worship God for delivering you from the pit of destruction and sin.

Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back. – Isaiah 38:17

Day 142-May 22—Worship God, who has almighty control over all things.

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in, who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. – Isaiah 40:22-23 

Day 143-May 23—Worship God’s greatness, might, and power over the heavens.

Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing. – Isaiah 40:26

Day 144-May 24—Worship God for creating this amazing earth and does not grow weary.

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. – Isaiah 40:28

Day 145-May 25—Worship God for giving us power and strength.

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. – Isaiah 40:29

Day 146-May 26—Worship God who renews our strength.

Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted, but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. – Isaiah 40:30-31

Day 147-May 27—Worship God that He is with us and will strengthen you and hold your hand.

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. –Isaiah 41:10 

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All verses are from the English Standard Bible. To review the previous weeks, go to the 365 Days of Worship Page. This material is copyright protected.

What’s up with Praising God? Do you praise a family member or friend when they accomplish a feat? What do you say to a child when they overcome an obstacle or complete a difficult task? Praise is the act of expressing approval or admiration. If we praise people why should we not also praise God?

The first mention in the Bible of anyone praising God is in Genesis 29:35, which states, “And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, ‘This time I will praise the LORD.’ Therefore, she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing.” Leah praised God for giving her a child. The next person to praise God was Moses. In Exodus 15:2, when the Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry ground. He sang a song to the LORD. Here is one verse he sang, “The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.” Why did Moses desire to praise God? Moses experienced an amazing event performed by God. Do you praise God when you experience a miracle? Miracles happen more often than you think.

King David said, “Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD, who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God! ^/ Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!” –Psalm 135:1-3. When you find yourself in the presence of God, you want to praise Him. When I don’t feel like praising God, then I know I have moved out of His presence. I don’t feel like praising God when I am focused on my problems. But when I recount His goodness and past miracles and apply the truth to my present problems, then I want to praise God. Have you had a similar experience?

This week, as you focus on God and His goodness and salvation, praise Him. Every time you want to worry about this or that, look up and enter God’s presence and praise Him that He is in control, and everything will work out according to His purpose.

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WEEK 20 – May 14 -May 20

Day 134-May 14—Worship God who is mighty to save and rejoices over you.

The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. – Zephaniah 3:17

Day 135-May 15—Worship God’s faithfulness and justice to those wronged.

For I the LORD love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. – Isaiah 61:8

Day 136-May 16—Worship God for His might and reward.

Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. – Isaiah 40:10

Day 137-May 17—Worship God for keeping you in perfect peace because you trust Him.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4) Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. – Isaiah 26:3-4

Day 138-May 18—Worship God’s counsel and wisdom.

This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom. – Isaiah 28:29 

Day 139-May 19—Worship God’s grace, mercy, and justice.

Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. – Isaiah 30:18 

Day 140-May 20—Worship God’s many attributes.

The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness, and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. – Isaiah 33:5-6

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All verses are from the English Standard Bible. To review the previous weeks, go to the 365 Days of Worship Page. This material is copyright protected.