Saturday's Stop and Reflect ~ Psalms 100

This Week's Scripture August 26 - September 1, 2012


Nuggets of Reflection:

• As we worship Him, God wants us to experience pleasure, joy, and delight while in His presence.
• You can enter into God's presence by shouting, worshipping, and singing to the Lord Most High with gladness.
• Sing joyfully!! Sing with gladness!! Sing His praises!! Sing of His marvelous and glorious works!!
  
• When you decide to make an executive decision to stand on Psalms 100:1-2, God will open up a window and pour you out a blessing.
• There is freedom, joy, healing, etc., when you "Make a joyful shout to the Lord, Serve the Lord with gladness; And Come before His presence with singing."

 
Psalms 100

Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
Know that the Lord, He is God;


It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.


Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.

Feel Free Friday ~ Make a Joyful Shout.....

Happy Friday!! Woo Whoo!! You made it through another week....again!! For this Feel Free Friday, I want you to feel free to do as Psalms 100:1-2 commands....




"Make a joyful shout
to the Lord,
all you lands!
Serve the Lord
with gladness;
Come before His
presence with singing."


Shout, Serve, and Sing in the name of Jesus!! God inhabits the praises of His people. When you decide to make an executive decision to stand on Psalms 100:1-2, God will open up a window and pour you out a blessing. Don't just stand on it, live it!!  Make this scripture part of your lifestyle.  There is freedom, joy, healing, etc., when you "Make a joyful shout to the Lord, Serve the Lord with gladness; And Come before His presence with singing."

Quench Your Thirst Thursday ~ Sing- Live!! By: Martha Munizzi

Welcome to Quench Your Thirst Thursday!! Or should I say, "Happy Friday Eve!!" For my Wisdom Word Wednesday post I stressed the importance of coming into God's Presence by singing. God loves it when we serenade Him with a song of worship and/or praise.

Keeping that in mind, I thought for today's Quench Your Thirst Thursday, Martha Munizzi's song called "Sing" would be perfect. Martha Munizzi is one of my favorite gospel/contemporary christian artist. Check out the video below and let it be a blessing to you. If you know the song, sing with the video. Sing His praises in the name of Jesus.







Sing By: Martha Munizzi Verse:
Now is the time for all people
from every land to come together.
Now is the moment for worship,
we enter in withholding nothing.

He's worthy, exalted,
He's high and lifted up.
[Chorus 1:]
Sing, sing unto the Lord,
open up your heart,
make a joyful noise in the sanctuary.

Sing, sing unto the Lord,
lavish Him with love,
let the praises ring in the sanctuary,
sing.
Verse:
[Chorus 2:]
Sing, sing unto the Lord,
open up your heart,
make a joyful noise in the sanctuary.

Sing, sing unto the Lord,
lavish Him with love,
let the praises ring in the sanctuary.

Sing, sing unto the Lord,
open up your heart,
make a joyful noise in the sanctuary.

Sing, sing unto the Lord,
lavish Him with love,
let the praises ring in the sanctuary,
sing, sing.

[Vamp 1:]
Gotta open up your mouth and give Him praise,
open up your heart and give Him praise.
Lift up holy hands unashamed in the santuary.
Gotta open up your mouth and give Him praise,
open up your heart and give Him praise.
Lift up holy hands unashamed, sing, sing, sing.

[Chorus 3:]
Sing, sing unto the Lord,
open up your heart,
make a joyful noise in the sanctuary.

Sing, sing unto the Lord,
lavish Him with love,
let the praises ring in the sanctuary.

[Vamp 2:]
He is worthy to be exalted.
He is worthy to be exalted.

Picture by: Refresh Christian Resources via Toia on Pinterest

Wisdom Word Wednesday ~ Sing

   
Welcome to Wisdom Word Wednesday!! For a quick review, our theme scripture for this week is, "Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing," (Psalms 100:1-2). I love the last part of this scripture...."Come before His presence with singing." The Contemporary English Version says, "Be joyful and sing as you come in to worship the Lord!" To read more bible translations for Psalms 100:1-2, click here.



The reason I love the last part of this scripture is because it expresses one of the ways to enter in God's presence, which is through singing. And, boy, do I love to sing. It's the best of both worlds. I love to get into God's presence; And I love to sing! Now, how about that!!  For Wisdom Word Wednesday, we should be wise to SING to God every chance we get.



"But, Toia, I cannot carry a tune in a bucket, if my life depended on it." I am here to tell you that God doesn't care anything about that. He just loves the sound of our voices. I believe that in heaven the sound of our voices singing His praises is music to His ears. God delights in the praises of His sons and daughters. Furthermore, He will bless you when you give Him a sacrifice of praise. A sacrifice of praise is getting out of your comfort zone of your usual form of worship so that you can express and prove to God how deep your love runs for Him.



So, I encourage you to lift up your voice and sing. Let it be a sweet sound straight from your heart to His ears in the name of Jesus!! Whether you are in tune or out of tune, just SING!! Sing joyfully!! Sing with gladness!! Sing His praises!! Sing of His marvelous and glorious works!!





       

"Sing praises to God,
sing praises!
Sing praises to our King,
sing praises!"
(Psalms 47:6)      
 

Tuesday's Prayer ~ Shout Joyfully; Sing Your Praises

Dear Heavenly Father,

I am thankful and grateful for allowing me to see another day. Every day that I am alive I consider it as a blessing. My desire is to live a life that is pleasing in your sight; And that is aligned with your purpose and plan for me. I know that there will be obstacles to overcome and mountains to dismiss. However, I will rejoice in You always for I know that I won't have a breakdown, but a breakthrough in the name of Jesus.




Because I know it's all a part of the work that is in progress within me. In addition to that, you will never leave me. You are my provider, my protector, and my redeemer. You will not suffer my foot to be moved in the name of Jesus. Regardless of what I have or have-not, I will do as Your written word commands. I will make a joyful shout unto You, Serve You with gladness; And come before Your presence with singing in the name of Jesus.





I will sing to the You, my Heavenly Father a new song! For You have done marvelous things; And I know that You so much more in store for Your people. Praise be to You, Oh God. I will sing Your praises. Victory is in my praise and worship for You. I pray this prayer in the Wondeful, Mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

Manic Monday ~ Serve and Gladness

Welcome to Manic Monday!! I pray everyone enjoyed and loved every bit of their weekend. I had my first jewelry party hosted by my beautiful sister in Christ, Sonia. Then, after that, my family enjoyed a beautiful service at church followed by a BBQ. Saturday was a full, long, and wonderful day. As a result, on Sunday, we rested, relaxed, and enjoyed some family time together.



For today's Manic Monday, we are going to focus on Serve and Gladness from Psalms 100:1-2, "Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing." You can enter into God's presence by shouting, worshipping, and singing to the Lord Most High with gladness. Psalms 100:1-2 express a command that every nation should take heed to and do joyfully. In addition to that, Christians are the main people who should set an example and entice others to praise God.



Serve - [Hebrew word:Abad; Strong's #5647] - to work for, serve; do labor for someone; to be servant; to worship

Gladness - experiencing pleasure, joy, or delight, pleased, very willing

As servants of God, we must be more than willing to serve God in worship. As we worship Him, God wants us to experience pleasure, joy, and delight while in His presence. In return, God will also experience the same thing as His children honor and praise Him in the name of Jesus. God delights Himself in the praises of His people.





"Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms."
(Psalms 95:1-2)      

Sunday's Scripture Reading ~ Psalms 100:1-2

I'm back!! I had a wonderful week with my husband. We really enjoyed the time we spent together. It is very important for husbands and wives to stop for a moment and spend time with each other. It's very refreshing.


Now it's time to get back to work. We are kicking off this week with Psalms 100:1-2 for our Sunday's Scripture Reading.



Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing
This is one of many scriptures that we should allow to get deep within our spirit. Psalms 100:1-2 is not just for you or me. It's for everybody. My Spirit-Filled Life Bible shared this note......"Sing and shout joyfully to the Lord. If we can shout at other public events, surely we can give a loud and enthusiastic praise to God when with His people. Freely shout His praise with all of your strength."



We should not be hesitant in our praise to God. With every fiber of our being, we should give God our best and yet praise. We should joyfully shout to Him in the name of Jesus. HALLELUJAH!!






 
Other Bible Translations for Psalms 100:1-2
Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
Worship the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing with joy.
(nlt)  
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
Come before him with joyful songs.
(niv)  
On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his presence.
(msg)
 
Sing to the Lord, all the world!
Worship the Lord with joy;
Come before him with happy songs.
(gnt)
 
Shout praises to the Lord,
everyone on this earth.
Be joyful and sing
as you come in
to worship the Lord!
(cev)