God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
To worship God…is to “glory in His holy name” (Ps. 105:3), that is, to revel adoringly in who He is in His revealed character. But before we can glory in God’s name, we must know it; hence the propriety of the reading and preaching of the Word of God in public worship… These things are not an intrusion into worship; they form the necessary foundation of it. God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to Him. He must disclose to us who He is before we can offer Him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.
Something to think about in this message: Are we personally ready to
offer our lives to God, to serve Him in whatever way He chooses, as
opposed to creating our own ways to serve, or to neglect service altogether.
Something to think about in this message: Are we personally ready to
offer our lives to God, to serve Him in whatever way He chooses, as
opposed to creating our own ways to serve, or to neglect service altogether.