I once heard someone say that “during our life on earth, we are walking each other home into an eternal life and the presence of God.”
During our earthly life and journeys together, may we enter into times of worship which will act as a prelude to a heavenly time of praise and worship, 24/7, that will be pure and majestic.
Psalm 95 reads:
“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.”
In this website as we have meditated around some devotionals, questions, answers and insights it will be good to take time to worship the Lord in listening to two or three worship songs or hymns around the start and middle of each month.
Consider Two Definitions of Worship
“Where God is at the centre of things, worship inevitably follows. Where there is no spirit of worship, there God has been dethroned and displaced.” Sinclair B Ferguson
William Barclay, a theologian, says:
“The true, the genuine worship is when man (and woman), through his spirit, attains to friendship and intimacy with God. True and genuine worship is not to come to a certain place; it is not to go through a certain ritual or liturgy; it is not even to bring certain gifts. True worship is when the spirit, the immortal and invisible part of man (and woman), speaks to and meets with God, who is immortal and invisible.”
Ecclesiastical and Classical Worship
In times of change and uncertainty the old hymns remind us that nothing is new under the Sun.
In my latest Insight from the Bible we consider Poem Five contained in the Song of Solomon. Within the poem we read many words and observe lots of actions that affirm and declare human love in the context of Love Divine. Please enjoy this beautiful hymn of praise and worship about God compared to a humble and loving Shepherd for all the sheep and animals under there care. The King of Love my Shepherd is based on Psalm 23 and sung by the Benedictines of Mary.
Contemporary
Love both human and divine is so precious and can be so hurtful when lost. This worship song reminds us of the value of God’s love and all those who love and care for us. Enjoy Precious by Mark Barlow.
Modern
The loved up couple in Poem Five had gone through various emotions and experiences in finding, losing and regaining love. Having just celebrated Easter we are reminded of the greatest love of all in Jesus’s love who loved his disciples and followers whom they lost but saw him again in that amazing resurrected form. The next worship song is Greatness by Brooke Ligerwood/Frazer
“The Lord bless you
and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
Also listen to John Rutter’s and the Cambridge Singers’ beautiful rendition of it.
MOTIVATIONAL MOMENTS FROM CAROL HATTON
1. Money will be gone. Houses will get old. Cars will break down. Beautiful faces will fade away. But the word of God is for always.
2. Compassion is the wish to see others free from something.
3. Dear God – I’ll never be able to thank you enough for always being very special to me. You are an awesome God. Amen.
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