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Teach Us To Worship

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So many times we are busy fighting over the way things should be done we are quarreling over the format and manner in which things should be done. At times we are at loggerheads because of content, genre, music instruments, day and time, we forget that it is God who should determine where we stand and who we become. At the other hand we are like the Israelites when they wanted o bring back the ark of the covenant form the hands of the philistine and there at the threshold when the ark stumbled and then Uzzah who was seated driving the ox drawn cart reached out to hold the ark from falling and God struck him dead right there at the spot. King David wasn’t chaffed and went all out at God, even me I was like God what wrong did Uzzah. Reading through a book I learnt that Philistine gods where always carried on a brand new ox drawn cart and Israel wanted to carry the same Philistine (worldly) model to answer a God problem or challenge. King David ordered a search be do

The Bible The Worshipper: Which is Which

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She would say if you are going to be in this choir, band or banners you need to read, live and understand the word of God. In my mind I would be like oh yah, how does singing and reading the bible connect but it took me a while till I got the understanding of how important it is to know his word. I was reminded of this a few days ago I was reading an article by Herald of His Coming, June 2011 edition and there was a statement in that was the newspaper magazine that struck a chord within me and it said “How can you have the precepts of the Holy Scriptures coursing through your mind that much without being radically changed by them” As I read this statement this scripture this scripture came to mind “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee” Psalms 119:11 David speaks and says I have hidden you word in my heart that I may not sin against you, so his word runs through our blood system there is a shift and change not just of the mind but of the charact

Joyful Noise and The Power Of The Mouth: Biblical References

Joyful noise To Be Joyful means - Full of joy; very glad; exulting “A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands”. Psalms 100:1 “To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob”. Psalms 81:1 “Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms”. Psalms 95:2 “With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King”. Psalms 98:6 “To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands”: Psalms 66:1 The Mouth and Worship “My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof”. Psalms 71:15 “Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day”. Psalms 71:8 “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the av