Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in images, song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing Andrew Peterson’s song … Is He Worthy? … poignantly singing of how we need to do all we can to praise the worthiness of the Lamb of God, … our Messiah … Our Lord … our King, Jesus!!
Praising God's Worthiness !!!
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Highlight Verse[s]: Mark 14:4, … 6 [NLT] ... 4 Some of those at the table were indignant. “Why waste such expensive perfume?” they asked. … 6 But Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. Why criticize her for doing such a good thing to me?”
… Jesus’ encourages the lavish worship of the woman who was criticized by others for her worship of Jesus with the expensive perfume.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Mark 14:1-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus lauds the worship of a woman anointing Him with expensive perfume.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 96-1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmist sings to the glory and worthiness of our God.
Reference Passage : … Psalm 150: 6 [NLT] ... 6 Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! … “Praise the Lord!”
… Another Psalmist sings of God’s worthiness to be praised.
Reference Passage : … Luke 10:38-42 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus, at the home of Martha and Mary, encouraging the attention and praise given to Him by Mary.
Reference Passage : … John 14:6 [NLT] … 6 Jesus [declares] … “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
… Jesus declares His worthiness in the grand scheme of life.
Reference Passage : … Revelation 4:11 [NLT] … 11 “You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For You created all things, and they exist because You created what You pleased.”
… In HIs revelation of Heaven, John saw all worshipping the Lamb of God for His worthiness as our Creator.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, David H Roper, uses a depiction of a common dilemma these days when styles of worship make some uncomfortable. … The ODB author wrote: A number of years ago, my wife and I visited a small church where during the worship service a woman began to dance in the aisle. She was soon joined by others. Carolyn and I looked at each other and an unspoken agreement passed between us: “Not me!” We come from church traditions that favor a serious liturgy, and this other form of worship [see photo] was well beyond our comfort zone.
Some call this dilemma descriptive of the cultural “worship wars” which go on when some are exposed to vastly different worship styles in various churches. But I think we need to remember what Jesus taught his followers and friends in His days on earth; and that is that HE, … and HE ALONE, … is worthy of our praises … in any way we desire to express it. And we need to refrain from letting our preferences and past habits get in the way of others who desire to do nothing but express their praises of our Lord, … our Messiah, … our King, Jesus!!!
The Scriptures above show that Jesus favored extravagant and “over-the-top” styles of those who desired to worship Him with praise (see highlight and reference passages). And once we all take in Chris Tomlin singing Andrew Peterson’s wonderful sing (see link), hopefully we’ll realize that our lives should be our praise for the Lamb of God, Whom we’ll worship forever in Heaven (see Rev. 4:11).
Yes, my friends, HE IS WORTHY!!!
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for reminding me to focus only on Your worthiness of our praises and not on the way we express it.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can today to think, say, and do all we can to express our praise of the One Who is worthy of all praise. Amen
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