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Poetry is the high enjoyment and contemplation of the sublime.
if you think beautiful thoughts without music or art, that is poetry.
We read about music and poetry in heaven because it belongs there.
It is impossible to worship God acceptably apart from the Holy Spirit.
assume we are all right when we are not
in the deep of his soul,
calls out after mystery.
By nature man has to admire something.
liberating
worship God now, anywhere, any place, any time,
some truth
And then out of our deep worship flows our work for Him.
spirit of expectation
Throughout history, the people of God have always been a little bit noisy.
This has practical implications in the local church. For example, a man who will never attend a prayer meeting finds himself on the church board, making decisions for the entire church. He would never go to a prayer meeting because he is not a worshiper; he is just a fellow who runs the church; and in his mind, he can separate the two. My brother, you cannot separate the two.
prepare us now for that hour.
Worship will humble a person as nothing else can.
And reign without a rival there.
The bush was ordinary until God’s presence permeated it and set it aflame.
Moses worshiped not the bush but the God who dwells in the bush.
If you cannot worship Him on Monday, then you did not worship Him on Sunday.
If you departmentalize your life and let certain parts worship God, but other parts do not worship God, then you are not worshiping God
as you should.
poetic worship
Some things must be destroyed in your life.
Some may think they are worshiping in the name of Jesus, but they are not necessarily worshiping in the nature of Jesus.
for if I am not living in that name, I cannot pray properly in that name.
We cannot live after our nature and worship after His.
remember, it is not yours.
if you want to be right when you are old, then you have to be right when you are young.
every place.
human soul relates to and responds to God.
the Holy Spirit is the only one properly to lead the heart to worship God acceptably.
Only God can do that by the blood of the everlasting covenant, by the fire of the Holy Ghost and by the discipline of obedience.
No matter how much of a mess it appears, God has a way of working everything out for His glory.
reflect back the glory of Him
that we are saved to worship God.
amend our ways.
worship is not an event but a lifestyle.
withdraw from the world and find our repose in God.
wait patiently and quietly on God.
The importance of reading the Bible is not reading but fellowship with the Author.
I have learned to live above that.
Cultivate friendships with those who have made He who is the Friend of sinners their constant Companion.
