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Show AN INVITATION TO WORSIDP «c 0 Come, let us sing unto the joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with Psalms. Lord: let before his presence with 95: (Psalm 1-2) us come us make a " things that every family ought to do together. They ought to eat together even if this is a fast food generation. They ought to talk together even though this is an age of technology with text messaging and twitter. They ought to spend some time together although everybody seems to be working to keep up with the Jones and the trends. They ought to ride together even though everybody has his or her own car. They ought to sleep together even when There there is are some a room for each individual. something else together. HAnd the Lord said unto Noah, come thy house into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. (Genesis 7: 1) Moses said, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: Come thou with us, and we will do you good. (Numbers 10: 29) 1 Chronicles 16: 29 reminds us, "Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name: bring an The Prophet Isaiah offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (Isaiah 1: 18) He added in put it, "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; This text extends to us an invitation to do thou and all H " ••• " .. " " ... Isaiah 55: 1, "Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." Jesus Come; for all things are now ready. (Luke 14: 17) Come said, Come to the gospel feast, get rest for your soul, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11: 28) " H ••• " What is the Psalmist inviting us to WORSHIP TOGETHER. We are do? us by the power of God to and sing pray together. Make ajoyful noise unto Get excited about who the Lord is, what He has done, and He invites invited to the Lord and pray with thanksgiving. what He is doing. Don't forget to be grateful. Turn around and say, "Thank you." I don't know of any more powerful word or expression. We ought to worship God in song and with thanksgiving. Can imagine why the doors of that Philippian jail flew open? Paul and Silas were singing and praying and God came to their rescue. The doors of the jail opened and not one inmate escaped. For they were worshiping in the very PRESENCE OF GOD. There is no other place for sincere true worship than in the presence of God. That is no doubt what Jesus was talking about to the woman He met at Jacob's well. He said it is neither this mountain nor that mountain but Spirit and you must worship the Lord your God in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4: 20-24) You cannot come into the presence of the Lord any kind of way. The song writer shouted, "None but the righteous shall see God." Focus on-His Word and get your heart right. "Be God is a transformed by the renewing ofyour mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, andperfectwill of God. "(Romans 12: 2) And above all else, come to worship with a JOYFUL NOISE. Get rid of that sad, pitiful look. Hold your head up and cry out to God. I like the way Psalm 24 put it, "Lift up your heads, o ye gates: even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King ofglory shall come in. (7 or 9) Jesus extends to us an invitation to worship, to come together and worship as a family. He " 1 modeled the church after the family and worship is our goal. He wants us to come unto Him singing and praying, to enter into His presence with holiness, and to make a joyful noise unto Him, the rock of our salvation. He said, "And 1, ifI be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. "(John 12: 32) with 2 |
