{"id":4697,"date":"2020-05-06T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.azurewebsites.net\/nlt\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2021-12-08T09:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T09:20:12","slug":"worship-reading-plan-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/2020\/05\/06\/worship-reading-plan-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship Reading Plan: Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Come, let us sing to the\u00a0Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us come to him with thanksgiving.
Let us sing psalms of praise to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the\u00a0Lord\u00a0is a great God,
a great King above all gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds in his hands the depths of the earth
and the mightiest mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sea belongs to him, for he made it.
His hands formed the dry land, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the\u00a0Lord\u00a0our maker,
for he is our God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are the people he watches over,
the flock under his care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If only you would listen to his voice today!”
Psalm 95:1-7, NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note from the Girls Life Application Study Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Worship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about a super-popular band. Their followers are pretty crazy about them, right? God wants us to feel that way about him\u2014to know him, love him, listen to him, obey him, and tell everyone about him. That\u2019s what worship is all about. Singing, reading the Bible, and preaching are all parts of worship. But the real heart of worship is the heart\u2014connecting your heart to God\u2019s. These three Rs can help: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remember<\/strong> what God has done for you. This affects your attitude in worship. Approach God with a sense of gratitude and reverence. The songs will remind you of his greatness\u2014 that he is worth praising. Many worship songs are based on Bible passages that talk about God\u2019s great deeds and his love for his people. They\u2019re also about his faithfulness to keep the promises he has made. Think of all worship\u2014including readings, prayers, special music, offering, Communion, testimonies, and sermons\u2014as a celebration of who God is and what he has done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reflect<\/strong> the glory of God. When you sing a worship song or tell someone about God, you\u2019re honoring God by spreading the truth about him. Even telling someone, \u201cI saw a beautiful flower the other day,\u201d can be a way of praising God, because creation itself shows God\u2019s glory (see Psalm 19:1). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respond<\/strong> to God\u2019s grace. Worship is a response to the truth of God. Giving money in the offering is a response; so is following along in your Bible during the sermon. Responding often involves prayer\u2014thanking God for who he is, confessing sin, or asking for help. And it also means applying the Bible lesson to the way you think or act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look inside the Girls Life Application Study Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Come, let us sing to the\u00a0Lord!Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to him with thanksgiving.Let us sing psalms of praise to him. For the\u00a0Lord\u00a0is a great God,a great King above all gods. He holds in his hands the depths of the earthand the mightiest mountains. The sea belongs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,27,38,44,45,51,52],"tags":[230,231],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5666,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697\/revisions\/5666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}