God is not worshiped where He is not treasured and enjoyed.
Praise is not an alternative to joy, but the expression of joy.
Not to enjoy God is to dishonor Him.
To say to Him that something else satisfies you more is the opposite of worship.
It is sacrilege.
(Piper)
“And David was greatly distressed..
..but David encouraged (strengthened) himself in the LORD his God.”
- 1 Samuel 30:6
(YHWH-Chatsahi) The LORD is my strength.
No one ever cared for me like Jesus,
His faithful hand has held me all this way,
And when I'm old and gray and all my days are numbered on the Earth,
Let it be known, in You alone,
My joy was found.
But the more pressing issue is this: Imagine that it is true. The Bible clearly reveals the reality of hell and divine judgment—and the power of Christ to rescue sinners from hell. Jesus saves.
I don't want riches or man's empty praise.
You're my inheritance, now and always.
You and You only, the first in my heart.
High king of Heaven, my treasure You are!
There is a river..
whose streams shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;
God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
Psalms 46:4-5
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Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.
(Psalms 40:5)
He thinks about YOU!
We shared with our church family tonight that my wife has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. We found out she has a tennis ball sized tumor in her chest that’s been causing some health struggles as of late.