MONDAY JOY
A 5 MINUTE PRAISE DEVOTIO
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Get your 'JOY' ON and praise the LORD all week long!

Worship The
LORD With
Gladness!

 

 

 

 

 

"Worship the LORD with gladness; come before HIM with joyful songs."
Psalms 100:2

Today, being Monday, the first busy day of your week, we pray that you get your 'JOY' ON and praise the LORD with us, the whole week long!

The Public Praise & Worship Relationship With JESUS:    PART TWO

"Worship the LORD with gladness" is a profound revelation for many people on what Praise and Worship is really like.  When David wrote these words he was accustomed to both private and public settings in the Believer's life of Praise and Worship.  When he was tending to his father's flock of sheep in the mountains all alone, he was accustomed to private times of Praise and Worship.  On the Jewish Holy Days, he would like all Jews go to Jerusalem and present himself before the GOD of Israel in public Praise and Worship.  It was David's custom, (as well as JESUS' custom by the way), to maintain both a private and public Praise and Worship lifestyle.

"Worship the LORD with gladness and come before HIM with joyful songs."  No sorrowful experiences here, just times of gladness and 'JOY' as you gather together with others as HIS Living Church before the LORD in Praise and Worship.

Tough word here:  'You do not have to agree with HIS Will, HE gave you free will to exercise at your own discretion.  You can walk outside the "blessings" HE provided for you.'  Why crawl on the floor on your belly, when HE gave you feet to walk and run with?  Don't go your own way for personal reasons, it is better to obey HIS Will and live in HIS blessings by gathering together regularly for public Praise and Worship times.

You may be tempted to say;  "I have grown up in the LORD, and the gathering together with other Believers is too much trouble, and I just don't need to any longer."  How about the one who is not yet grown up?  One of the reasons to gather together is for the other people.  Philippians 2:1:16 You were not saved for yourself alone!  If this were not so, all your work here on earth would be finished the day you put your trust in JESUS Name.  

You are still here in order that you can help your family, friends and even strangers find their way to the knowledge of the love of GOD and HIS plan of salvation, healing and deliverance for them.  The circle must go on, and you are called by JESUS to do your part here and now till HE calls you Home to be with HIM forever.

Consider what happened to this woman because she looked for her desperate answers in attending a Church Service:

One Sunday Morning a woman stood in the Service to give the following testimony:  "Last Sunday Morning I was heading home to take my life.  I no longer wanted to live in my constant anguish and situation.  I prayed; "LORD, if you are real prove it to me before I arrive home.  Nobody cares if I am alive or dead!  Help me this morning - or else!"  I no sooner finished my prayer for help and I found myself in front of this Church.  Entering, I was welcomed several times, hugged and made to feel loved for the fist time in my adult life.  I gave my life to JESUS that very day!"

The 'JOY' of the LORD fell upon the Congregation that day as they discovered once again why together, they are the the LORD'S Church.  Today and everyday, live your life in the 'JOY' of the LORD!

 

 

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Worship The
LORD With
Gladness!
help me!

 

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Living your life day by day in the 'JOY' of the LORD!