Called to Worship

Something that i personally don't like is the silence that lingers for a while after my pastor has called the congregation to worship God in song, prayer or Scripture. Just a minute back we are all singing as to how great our God is, but why do we fall silent and have no words to say to the same God that we were singing to.

Many people give lame excuses that they are shy or their command over the language is not that great. God looks at the heart and the motive of the worshiper.If we truly love God we will praise Him ALWAYS.If you do not spend much time in prayer, meditating on scripture and worshiping the Lord during the week; you wont be able to worship Him on Sunday morning either.

We can never fall short of reasons to worship God. To streamline your thoughts, meditate on scripture. Psalms are very helpful too, as it helps you to focus on His attributes(Eg:Ps 98,100,138,145 and many more).

So next time when you are hesitant to openly praise God, get the focus off yourself and put it on Christ. The words will flow out quite easily.

Give glory to God alone!

"Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory." Psalm 115:1a

This should be our heart cry and prayer, coz what is the true estate of man without God? We are because God is. Everything we see, every blessing we experience in Christ, every sin we conquer should make us give God the glory.

Let us watch our hearts and its inclinations, when we praise God. We must be utterly honest before Him. Even the ability to worship and draw close to God is from Him alone!!

Oh!! What miserable creatures we are, that we cannot please God apart from His enabling grace!

Love not yourself, but Christ alone. Please Him alone and not yourself. For this, we were made-To glorify God through Christ for glory alone belongs to God!!

David's Song of Thanks

Today is Sunday morning and instead of being at church I am at my office desk. I was quite sad in the morning even as I left for work, as I knew I would miss corporate worship and fellowship today. But then i realized that i can worship God anywhere. Why sulk and be a bad testimony amongst my unbelieving friends, when I can be thankful and give Him praise for everything that he has done for me. So i opened my bible and turned to 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 David's Song of Thanks. Will share a few verses from the passage:

8Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
make known his deeds among the peoples!
9 Sing to him; sing praises to him;
tell of all his wondrous works!
10 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
11 Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually!
12 Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles and the judgments he uttered,

Just reading the first few lines made me thank Him even more for everything that He has done in my life. His wondrous works! I love verse 10"let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!" I then realized that i should not be a sulky Christian. He has blessed me with every spiritual blessing (Eph 1:3"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places")

After reading the passage i knew that I had to focus on Christ, and not myself. Never to forget that He is a great God: Sovereign,Wonderful, Just, Holy, Compassionate and Lovely. And these are just some of His attributes.

Will just end with a few verses from the passage:

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and he is to be held in awe above all gods.(vs 25)
Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; (vs 29 b)
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!(vs 34)

Blessed Be Your Name!

I love to sing this song as it reminds me again and again of the need to bless God's name no matter what situation I may be in...It is irrelevant! Just meditating on the words is soothing to my aching soul!!!! Lord Jesus, I choose to worship You and give thanks at all times, Blessed be Your NAME!!!


Blessed Be Your Name
By Matt Redman

Blessed be Your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in,
LordStill I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in,
Lord Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in,
Lord Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
But my heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be your name

Blessed be the name of the lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the lord
Blessed be your glorious name