Sunday, May 5, 2013

RUNNING A LITTLE LATE

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I thank and praise God for each of you daily.  I continue to pray for you and I do call out all 321 names.  I pray that you will receive todays message in your heart.
 
(Psalms 33:1, 34:1, 48:1), Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. (34:1), I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. (48:1), Great is the Lord, and most worth of praise, in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
 
I love to hear the Word of God that my Pastor Fritz delivers on Sundays.  But the most important part of Sunday services is the praise and worship.  If I miss my praise and worship time, I feel empty.  I feel like I have missed the move of God.  Don't get me wrong, the move of the Holy Spirit always rest in the sanctuary.  Praising and worshipping the Lord for the week is very important to me.  In fact, I spend at least 2 hours in praise and worship at home every morning.  I can even feel the Spirit of the Lord resting upon me every morning.  It's a beautiful feeling.
 
A lot of people run late for church service every Sunday.  You are saying to yourself well, I'll just miss praise and worship.  (I will bless the Lord at all times, His praises will continually be in my mouth), what happened to that?  Although the Holy Spirit is in the service, you will have missed the move of God.
 
You miss the move of the Holy Spirit and you wonder why you left the church the same way you came in.  You leave the service feeling empty because you were not praising and worshipping God on one accord with the ones that enjoy coming to service to praise and worship the Lord.  When you get home, your praying, "Lord, help me Jesus!  Where are you Lord?  Lord Jesus can you hear me?"

Then you have those people that do show up in time for praise and worship and they stand there looking like they just ate a lemon.  There excuse is, "I'm just not feeling it right now. I don't like that song."  So when they wonder why the Lord is not answering their prayers maybe He's saying, "I'm just not feeling it right now."  Do you realize how blessed we are to have the freedom to openly praise and worship the Lord?   There are some countries that are forbidden to even read the bible.  They set up secret places to met to give the Lord what is due to Him (praise and worship).  I bet if those people were free to openly praise the Lord they would not just say, "We only missed praise and worship".  They would gladly trade places with you.
 
You don't have the full understanding of the blessings that you receive when you praise and worship the Lord.  The bible says, "I will keep you in perfect peace who mind is stayed on Me".  How do you keep your mind stayed on the Lord?  You praise Him even at all times, even through your trials and tribulations.  Praise and worship ushers in the present of the Lord.  During you time of praise and worship is when the Spirit of the Lord speaks to you.
 
If you think that running a little late is no big deal, try going to service in time for praise and worship and watch what the Lord will do for you.  You will have your eyes and ears open to receive the Word of God.  PRAISE GOD!  AMEN!
 
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