"Psalm 100:2 (NLT) 2 Worship the LORD with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Psalm 100:3 (AMP) 3 Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. " "O: 1) The word is usually translated to serve, but in the case ""to serve the Lord"" it means to worship , the word does not have connotations of toilsome labor but instead of a joyful experience of liberation AMG's Complete Word Study Dictionaries - The Complete Word Study Dictionary – Old Testament. 2) To serve with joy, to worship with joy, not toilsome. 3)Know that the Lord is God. Strong's Know by seeing. One of the primary uses means to know relationally and experientially AMG's Complete Word Study Dictionaries - The Complete Word Study Dictionary – Old Testament.4 " A: I've always assumed that serving the Lord with gladness meant toiling, but trying to have a happy face, like if you serve at a restaurant, but you grit it out because it is your job. But the word really means to enjoy your time worshipping the Lord, in liberation. I want to spend some extra time today just worshipping the Lord through song and prayer. P: Lord, forgive me for this distorted view of what serving you has meant. You created us to serve you, but not with an attitude of toil, but joy. Lord, I don't even begin to comprehend what a gift it is to be able to worship you. You created us with a capacity and desire to worship someone or something. Many are worshipping things and people that take from them, or depress them, and yet I have the highest One, the most powerful, the most Holy, the most High God as my object of worship. Thank you for revealing yourself to me, and also revealing my false thinking behind what serving you really is. Lord, I want to sing to you some songs of Love, In Jesus Name , Amen
S: Genesis 41:16 “It is beyond my power to do this,” Joseph replied. “But God can tell you what it means and set you at ease.”
ReplyDelete"Psalm 100:2 (NLT)
ReplyDelete2 Worship the LORD with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Psalm 100:3 (AMP)
3 Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. "
"O: 1) The word is usually translated to serve, but in the case ""to serve the Lord"" it means to worship , the word does not have connotations of toilsome labor but instead of a joyful experience of liberation AMG's Complete Word Study Dictionaries - The Complete Word Study Dictionary – Old Testament. 2) To serve with joy, to worship with joy, not toilsome. 3)Know that the Lord is God. Strong's Know by seeing. One of the primary uses means to know relationally and experientially AMG's Complete Word Study Dictionaries - The Complete Word Study Dictionary – Old Testament.4
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A: I've always assumed that serving the Lord with gladness meant toiling, but trying to have a happy face, like if you serve at a restaurant, but you grit it out because it is your job. But the word really means to enjoy your time worshipping the Lord, in liberation. I want to spend some extra time today just worshipping the Lord through song and prayer.
P: Lord, forgive me for this distorted view of what serving you has meant. You created us to serve you, but not with an attitude of toil, but joy. Lord, I don't even begin to comprehend what a gift it is to be able to worship you. You created us with a capacity and desire to worship someone or something. Many are worshipping things and people that take from them, or depress them, and yet I have the highest One, the most powerful, the most Holy, the most High God as my object of worship. Thank you for revealing yourself to me, and also revealing my false thinking behind what serving you really is. Lord, I want to sing to you some songs of Love, In Jesus Name , Amen