{"id":12386,"date":"2024-10-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satchurch.lv\/?p=12386"},"modified":"2016-10-04T22:24:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T19:24:31","slug":"people-willing-worship-god-effectively-meditate-his-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/people-willing-worship-god-effectively-meditate-his-character\/","title":{"rendered":"People willing to worship God effectively meditate of His character"},"content":{"rendered":"Greetings to you my dear friends! Mercy and peace of our Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you! Yesterday we discussed the necessity to think about God focusing our attention on Him, later it helps us to worship God in prayer.\r\n\r\nLet\u00b4s see what people were focused on before the great flood:\r\n<h6>\u00a0\u00abYahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.\u00bb\u00a0(Genesis 6:5).<\/h6>\r\nThoughts and desires of their hearts had\u00a0always been evil. I wish you realise that your thoughts are a part of your spiritual life. We read in the verse above that everything people were thinking about and searching for before the great flood was evil. That\u00b4s why they were unable to worship God. A person constantly focusing his his mind on evil things can\u00b4t see a reason to praise and worship God. Worship softens our hearts and brings peace that makes changes in your life. Therefore, it\u00b4s us who need worship not the God.\r\n\r\nWe worship God thinking about Him.\r\n<h6>\u00abEven as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;\u00bb\u00a0(Rom.1:28-31).<\/h6>\r\nThinking about God and His Majesty, focusing our mind on Him should become something we are constantly worried about. That\u00b4s what Jesus taught His disciples. You have to look at God with the eyes of your heart before you open your mouth for prayer.\r\n\r\nHumble meditation of the God\u00b4s character He revealed to us is another way of how to worship Him. We receive His mercy when reading His Word, this, in turn, testifies about God\u00b4s character.\r\n<h6>\u00abI will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. One generation will commend your works to another, And will declare your mighty acts. Of the glorious majesty of your honour, Of your wondrous works, I will meditate. Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness. They will utter the memory of your great goodness, And will sing of your righteousness.\u00bb\u00a0(Psalm 144:1-7).<\/h6>\r\nThat\u00b4s what David is saying about his intention to meditate of God\u00b4s acts and His Majesty, His mercy and righteousness.\u00a0People willing to worship God effectively meditate of His character. For example we say \u2013 God is love. You can begin thinking of God\u00b4s love towards you, your family members and so on. Doing so you will adore Him, you will also receive a revelation that God really is love. Once you start reasoning about the Almighty God, you realise you can do all things, just because the Almighty God is with you. Moreover, it\u00b4s not an agreement with your mind, but it came through your heart. That\u00b4s why worship is a transforming power that forms the way you think and helps you to focus your attention on God. The greater you see our God the smaller you see your problems, indeed.\r\n\r\nBe blessed in the Lord! Meet you tomorrow again! Rufus Adjiboye, pastor","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thinking about God and His Majesty, focusing our mind on Him should become something we are constantly worried about. That\u00b4s what Jesus taught His disciples. You have to look at God with the eyes of your heart before you open your mouth for prayer.\r\n\r\nHumble meditation of the God\u00b4s character He revealed to us is another way of how to worship Him. 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