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A Thankful Heart




Why worship – Not Just on Sundays




True worship seems to be the missing jewel in the church today. It should be a place where you come into the presence of the Living God and He grabs you and doesn’t let you go.

Music has the ability to tie together the printed page of God’s Book along with the spoken word, prayers and the arts. As a Christ-Follower, I love God and want to express to Him my praise and adoration freely and become lost in it.
We serve an awesome God and He is deserving of our worship whether it’s silent, vocal, melodious or shouting. In worship we connect with the living Lord.

God wants to see inward gratitude that leads to outward obedience in the lives of His children. True worship must come from a thankful heart paired with a life of obedience. The hidden heart of the worshipper is what matters most to God.

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song…Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God. (Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7a)

Psalm 91 looks at the man in worship, he is dialoging (engaging in conversation) with God in shelter. What happens when that connection occurs? God is magnified; my horizon enlarges and my perspective changes.

True worship, along with a thankful heart, will be the natural outpouring of a believer who is committed to living a live according to God’s Word.

God desires thanksgiving not sacrifice. (Psalm 50:23, ESV)

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