Worship....

Praise and worship is not just a song service where we sing songs. It is not an outward performance. It has to come from the heart. It is always better to sing songs to God rather than about Him. There are lots of songs that sing about God. And I believe there is a time where we need to declare God and make his praises known, but I believe it is more important to sing songs that minister to the Lord. We can make song personal simply by changing some of the words around and saying YOU instead of Him.

There are so many aspects of praise and worship. The most important one though, in my opinion, is to make sure you have your own praise and worship time with God. There is no need for musical instruments, although, that would be nice. Matthew 6:33 says to seek His kingdom first and His righteousness and if you do that, all other things will be added unto you. When people think of their own devotional time they usually think of prayer and the word. That is important, but to get into His presence in the first place, we need to do it God's way, which is to enter into His presence with thanksgiving and praise according to Psalm 100:4. It's in His presence where we will find fullness of joy. It is in His presence where we will be changed. It is in His presence where our understanding will be opened.