WORSHIP JESUS
My happiest moments are when I am worshiping God, really adoring the Lord Jesus Christ, and having fellowship with the ever-blessed Spirit. In that worship I forget the cares of everything else. To me it is the nearest approach to what it will be in heaven. -Spurgeon
Psalm 66:4, All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
To come before the Lord with fellow believers is the highlight of my week. It is there that we hear the songs of Zion sung. It is there that the world’s distractions are put away. It is there that we can Worship Him in Spirit and Truth with freedom without the fear of being condemned for it.
Will you GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH today? Will you get up a little earlier and make it to Sunday school? If not, why? What keeps you from doing what the Lord has commanded? What is it that keeps you from being obedient to God? What it is, get it out of the way and go Worship Him!
WORSHIP CHRIST
My happiest moments are when I am worshiping God, really adoring the Lord Jesus Christ, and having fellowship with the ever-blessed Spirit. In that worship I forget the cares of everything else. To me it is the nearest approach to what it will be in heaven. -Spurgeon
Mark, 5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
One of the greatest things we can do as born-again believers is worship our Lord and Saviour. God has appointed one day a week to come together and worship Him—Sunday. To not be willing to GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH to worship Jesus is one of the signs of a back slid heart or a heart that doesn’t know the grace of God.
What are you doing on this Sunday morning to worship the One who got up on Calvary’s tree for you? When is the last time you spent together with fellow believers singing praises to His holy name? When is the last time the Holy Ghost touched your heart during a special song? Why not get ready and go today?
JESUS ALONE DESERVES WORSHIP
My happiest moments are when I am worshiping God, really adoring the Lord Jesus Christ, and having fellowship with the ever-blessed Spirit. In that worship I forget the cares of everything else. To me it is the nearest approach to what it will be in heaven. -Spurgeon
Philippians 2:9-10, Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Worshipping and praising the Lord is not a request, it is commanded throughout Scripture. Yet, even though we are given opportunity time and time again, we forsake meeting together with our church family to what He has commanded. It’s a crying shame that God gave His best for us but we can’t give Him our best back!
What will be your excuse this week? I’m tired? I’m too busy? The preacher is too loud? The Sunday School teacher is boring? Why not let church be your excuse of why you don’t do other things instead of other things being the excuse why you don’t come to church?
FOREVER WORSHIP AND PRAISE
“Never doubt in the dark what God has revealed in the light.”- Paul Chappell
Psalm 66:1-2, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Child of God, when you are going through a dark time, remember to worship and praise the Lord! It won’t be long before your darkness becomes light to guide your steps, making a way for you when no one else could do it!
EXERCISE
Exercise your rights or they will erode like the sand during a hurricane.
John 15:13, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
On this Memorial Day weekend, let’s exercise the right to assemble to worship. Many men and women have taken up arms or put on a uniform to defend that right. Taken for granted, forsaken, and thought to be out dated and unneeded, the local body of believers (the Church) is what is essential, not only for years gone by, but today as well!
So, GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH this Sunday morning, honoring those who have laid down their lives for you to do so!
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!
While we may struggle along, I am thankful there is One that is there with us all the way!
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4
Each day we wake up, the struggle with this old world and its ways is on. There is a reminder in this scripture though— “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world”. What a wonderful reminder when we face the temptations the world throws at us. When we are tempted to compromise or to quit remember— “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” When we are tempted to quit on family remember— “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world”. When we are tempted to compromise our testimony remember— “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world”. When we are tempted to quit church remember — “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world”.
Whatever he throws at us, we have the Holy Spirit living in us to help us have victory over him! Don’t ever forget that Christian soldier and you won’t sink in this old world we live in! So, GET UP, GET READY, and GO ENJOY WORSHIPING YOUR SAVIOUR!
PREPARED
True repentance hates the sin, and not merely the penalty; and it hates the sin most of all because it has discovered and felt God's love. -Taylor
2 Peter 3:9, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
GETTING UP and GETTING, READY to go to church involves a lot more than taking a shower and getting dressed. It involves more than shaving, putting makeup on, and doing your hair. It involves more than dusting your Bible off from where you laid it last Sunday after the service. It involves more than getting your best smile on or your best language geared up.
Child of God, getting ready for church starts in the heart. It begins by understanding that we are unfit to come in God’s presence without repenting. God told Moses, “put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.” Moses could not come before God with an old dirty pair of sandals on, we surely must come to Him prepared to worship Him in Spirit and truth!
Will you be prepared to worship Him this morning?
WORSHIP TIME
The more we worship the cleaner we get.- Scott Pauley
Psalm 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
After a long day’s work in which you may get sweaty, greasy, and dirty, we long to get home so we can take a shower. After that shower we feel so much better. It’s like we are a new person! Clean, refreshed, and ready to take on another day!
Child of God, that’s how it is when we worship our Saviour! When we go to church to worship our Saviour. He begins to work on us. We begin to confess and get clean. We are made fit to work for Him, doing His work for another season!
Hey friend, GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH this morning in order worship Jesus Christ. As we do, the cleaner we get and the more we will want to worship Him!
REVIVE US LORD!
Worship renews the spirit as sleep renews the body. –Cabot
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
After David was confronted by Nathan the prophet, the Lord convicted him of his sin with Bathsheba. David cried out in this repentant song asking for mercy, forgiveness, and for his joy to be returned so he might proclaim the grace and mercy of God to those who have strayed off the straight and narrow and those who have never repented.
David surrendered his will for the Will of God. When he did, we find David worshipping our Saviour in such as way he proclaimed: “O God, thou God of my salvation:” What a testimony for you and I! If we repent and ask God to forgive, He will! When He does- it is natural for us to worship!
Aren’t you tired of running from God? When is the last time you trusted the Lord enough to ask Him to forgive you? When is the last time you repented of some sin that it brought you to the point of worship and it gave you rest?
WORSHIP YOUR SAVIOUR
Worship renews the spirit as sleep renews the body. -Cabot
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:8
Worship is my response to what I value most. What I value most is God. I was made by him and for him. He is awesome beyond comprehension. I exist for the purpose of reflecting back to God his matchless glory. I will exalt him with my mouth and with my life for he is my hope, my joy, my strength, and my salvation. This day will be used to know and love him better.— One Way Out
What is hindering you from worshiping your Saviour today?
THERE’S A CELEBRATION A BREWING!
The beginning of the world’s joys came when God sent His Son to be born in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Lu 2:13-14
Could you imagine the celebration by the shepherds the night when Jesus was born? They were able to see the Messiah! They may have held His hand. They may have picked Him up and made those goo goo eyes that people do. I don’t know what they did when they saw Jesus but I do know what the did after they saw Him. Luke 2:17 says, “And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.”
That scripture says they made known… not just in their household. Not just in their neighborhood. Not just in their town. Scripture says, “…they made it known abroad…” That means everywhere they went they proclaimed the Good News!
Friend, who is the last person you told about Jesus? When is the last time you share what Jesus did for you? When will you be like those shepherds and celebrate when Jesus came to you by telling others? No better day than today!
LET'S GO TO CHURCH!
Going to church is more than being part of a social group, it’s a touch of Heaven on Earth.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20
I rejoice in Sundays because its the time we can join with fellow believers to worship our Lord and Saviour! It’s a time when we can praise Him for taking care of our most essential needs. It’s a time we can praise Him for who He is and what He’s done. It’s a time when we can invite others to hear the old story of Jesus and His love. It’s a time when the Word of God is given the preeminence, the Holy Spirit has free reign, saints can worship Him in spirit and truth, and sinners can hear the Gospel. So, GET UP, GET READY, and COME join us this morning as we worship our Saviour!