“I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing Your praises before the gods. I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your truth; For You have made Your word great according to all Your name.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭138‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬ > Worship occurs when thanksgiving from the bottom of one’s heart is offered to the Lord; when we praise Jesus before non-believing people who do not know the Lord God and whose lives are directed

“As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written: “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from you

“Sanctify My Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’ But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to follow My ordinances which, if a person follows them, then he will live by them; they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to use up My anger against them in the wilderness.” ‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭20‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭NASB2020 > When the Sabbath is no

“I cried out with all my heart; answer me, Lord! I will comply with Your statutes. I cried to You; save me And I shall keep Your testimonies. I rise before dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your words. My eyes anticipate the night watches, So that I may meditate on Your word. Hear my voice according to Your faithfulness; Revive me, Lord, according to Your judgments.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭119‬:‭145‬-‭149‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬   > Crying out to the Lord with all our heart is the right approach in

They have turned their back to Me and not their face ; though I taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen to accept discipline .” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭32‬:‭33 >> God’s people have a tendency, over time, to turn their backs to Him and not their faces. The moment we begin to turn toward the things we like, love, and adore in the world, we are no longer able to behold the face of God. As a result, our relationship with Him slowly but surely fades away. We begin to for

“You have treated  Your servant well, Lord, according to Your word . Teach  me good discernment  and knowledge , For I believe  in Your commandments . Before I was afflicted  I went astray, But now I keep Your word . You are good and You do good; Teach me Your statutes .” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭119‬:‭65‬-‭68‬ Who does not want to be treated well by the Lord? No one! But perhaps there are some who do not want to be treated well. And likely, sometimes we subconsciously self-harm our lives.

“ Am I a God who is near, ” declares the Lord, “And not a God far off ? “ Can a person hide himself in hiding places So that I do not see him? ” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord. “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘ I had a dream, I had a dream !’ How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the deceitfulness of their own heart

“They have healed the brokenness  of the daughter of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace.  “Were they...

“For My people have committed two evils: They have abandoned Me, The fountain of living waters, To carve out for themselves cisterns,...

“My heart is steadfast, God; I will sing, I will sing praises also with my soul. Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn! I will...

“ Although the Lord has given you bread of deprivation and water of oppression , He, your Teacher, will no longer hide Himself, but your...

“So He saved them from the hand of one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. The waters covered their...

“But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was untrue to the Lord his God, for he entered the...

And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house...

“Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise people; you then, judge what I say. Is the cup of blessing which we bless...

“There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is...

“So Saul died for his unfaithfulness  which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he did not keep; and...

“For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of...

“So the Lord God designated a plant, and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head, to relieve him of his discomfort. And Jonah...

“How lovely are Your dwelling places, Lord of armies! My soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord; My heart and my...