Daily Worshipers Devotionals - week 1
Wednesday September 1st - Daily Worshiper….. Day 1
When we think of worship we tend to
think about singing our favorite songs at church. Worship is much more than just
singing at church. For the next 30 days we are going to take a daily journey
together and discover how we can be daily worshipers of our Lord and God!
Each day we will take a song – check out its lyrics, how it
relates to the scripture and most importantly how it magnifies God.
Of all the songs that I could think of – I
remembered the first lines line in today’s song and the impact it has. It goes
like this…..
“I
see Your face in every sunrise,
The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes
The world awakens in the light of the day,
I look up to the sky and say
You’re beautiful.”
In scripture we read a awesome anthem of praise, as David the Lord by just expressing his confidence, trust and hope. David also recognizes Gods beauty as well as his grace. Let’s check it out below.
Psalm 27
27:1
Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear? The
LORD is the stronghold of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid? 2
When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and
my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. 3
Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out
against me, even then will I be confident. 4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the
house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple. 5
For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me
in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock. 6
Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his
tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to
the LORD. 7 Hear my voice when I
call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. 8
My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek. 9
Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger;
you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, O God my Savior. 10
Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. 11
Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my
oppressors. 12 Do not turn me over
to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out
violence. 13 I am still confident
of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
Today, tale time to see the beauty that God created for you and the rest of His children to enjoy, then express your praise to Him by thanking Him for his goodness and mercy!
“You’re beautiful. By Phil Whickham
Lyrics
Many times we get so busy living life that we neglect the spiritual side of who we are. We wouldn’t think of going for days without eating/drinking (physical side) Or going a week without being able to talk to those we love (emotional side) yet we let the spiritual side just slip! Today we are going to look at Philippians 2:8-11 an discover our attitudes as well as our worship has to daily be shifted towards that wonderful name of the one who paid for your sin!
Philippians 2:8-11
5
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped, 7 but made
himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human
likeness. 8 And being found in
appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even
death on a cross! 9 Therefore God
exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.
I love verse 10 and 11 “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Think about what you
just reead as you listen or sing todays song from Chris Tomlin -
Jesus Messiah
Lyrics
He became sin who knew no sin
That we might become His righteousness
He humbled himself and carried the cross
Love so amazing,
Love so amazing
Jesus Messiah Name above all
names
Blessed Redeemer Emmanuel
The rescue for sinners
The ransom from Heaven
Jesus Messiah, Lord of all
His body the bread, His blood the wine
Broken and poured out all for love
The whole earth trembled and the veil was torn
Love so amazing, Love so
amazing
Jesus Messiah
Name above all names
Blessed Redeemer Emmanuel
The rescue for sinners
The ransom from Heaven
Jesus Messiah, Lord of all
All our hope is in You
All our hope is in You
All the glory to You, God
The Light of the world
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Friday September 3rd - Daily Worshiper….. Day 3
When you hear the word “heal” or “healed” we always think of a physical illness or miracle! Those do happen but I believe if we are going to be daily worshipers we all need to be “healed” from something that always seems to take priority of our daily walk with Jesus. Our problem is simple; its us! We have become so used to our sinful life that we don’t listen to God much anymore. Jesus tell us in Matthew 13 that we have hope! Let’s take a look!
Matthew 13:14-15
14
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing
but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. 15
For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their
ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal
them.'
What do YOU need to be healed of today? What is it that God
needs to show you? What words do you need to hear? Today’s song is an amazing
song with a weird twist. The song was amazing and recorded by Hillsong. But, the
guy who wrote the words had told everyone that he was sick and he wasn’t. You
see even the author of the song STILL needed to be healed …..
Just like you and I…..
Lyrics
Verse:
You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease
Pre Chorus: I trust in You, I trust in You
Chorus:
I believe You're my Healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You're my Portion
I believe You're more than enough for me
Jesus You're all I need
[Repeat Verse]
[Repeat Pre-Chorus}
[Chorus]
Bridge:
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
You hold my world in Your hands
[Repeat]
[Chorus]
Saturday September 4th - Daily Worshiper….. Day 4
Today I am going to share one of my all time favorite songs. I LOVE cranking up this song and just singing, you know how it is! So I am going to go ahead and give you the lyrics and then talk about it….
Lyrics
I can only imagine, What it will be
like
When I walk
By your side
I can only imagine
What my eyes will see
When your face
Is before me
I can only imagine I can only
imagine
[Chorus:]
Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
Will I dance for you Jesus or in honor of you be still
Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine
I can only imagine
I can only imagine When
that day comes
When I find myself Standing in
the Son
I can only imagine When all I
will do
Is forever
Forever worship You
I can only imagine
I can only imagine
[Chorus]
I can only imagine [x2]
I can only imagine
When all I will do
Is forever, forever worship you
I can only imagine….
The bible tell us in 1 Corinthians 2: 9
However, as it is written: "No eye
has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for
those who love him"—
Can you understand the depth of this? Even in our wildest dreams we can even come close to understanding what God is planning for us when we get to heaven with Him! I know we talk about Heaven, Jesus coming back for us or even death – and we know that those who belong to God through Jesus will be there one day. But, listen to the song or just read the lyrics again and think about how much God loves you and that ONE day you will get to see Him and how awesome that will be!
Sunday September 5th - Daily Worshiper….. Day 5
"Come As You Are"
Pocket Full Of Rocks
He's not mad at you
And He's not disappointed
His grace is greater still
Than all of your wrong choices
He is full of mercy
And He is ever kind
Hear His invitation
His arms are open wide
You can come as you are with all your broken pieces
And all your shameful scars
The pain you hold in your heart, bring it all to Jesus
You can come as you are
Louder than the voice
That whispers you're unworthy
Hear the sound of love
That tells a different story
Shattering your darkness
And pushing through the lies
How tenderly He calls you
His arms are open wide
You can come as you are with all your broken pieces
And all your shameful scars
The pain you hold in your heart, you bring it all to Jesus
You can come as you are
You can come as you are
You can come as you are with all your broken pieces
And all your shameful scars
The pain you hold in your heart, you bring it all to Jesus
You can come as you are
This song means so much from the very first line. We sometime have this image of
this God in our head that he is waiting for us to mess up so he can pound us and
tell us what we did was so stupid. We in reality, even though there are
consequences to sin, God still loves us no matter what and he cares about me.
satans goal is to keep the sins that I have committed freshly in my mind to try
an keep me away from God. But in all truth, when I ask for forgiveness, Christ
loves me and throws my sins into the bottom of the ocean and as far as the east
is from the west!
Psalms 103:12
He has removed our sins as far as the east is
from the west!!!!
Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
So, don't focus on your past failures today, focus on your future and the
changes that Christ has made in your heart! Let HIM heal you…
Monday September 6th - Daily Worshiper….. Day 6
Everlasting God
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary
Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles
Do you think that you can take on the world?
Well, the fact is you are actually very weak.
You don’t even know your own weakness.
And God planned us that way….
You think about strong people, and I don’t mean
physically strong people, but people that can go through HORRIBLE circumstances
and still stand strong in there walk with Christ, what do you think they have
that makes them strong?
It’s the POWER of the Holy Spirit and the Strength
that they draw from Him.
Isaiah 40:31
but those who hope in the LORD will
renew their strength.
They will soar on
wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably
more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within
us
The POWER is there! We just have to spend our time with God, daily!
Tuesday September 7th - Daily Worshiper….. Day 7
I need
Father (DEVO)
Starfield
Hold me
somebody
Don't let
me be alone
Love me,
stay with me
I am
dying to be known
My heart
cries out
I need a
Father
Whose
love will never fail me
A friend
like no other
Whose
trusted arms will hold me
I need a
Father
I am
wounded
But I
tuck the pain away
Free me,
heal me
I don't
want to be afraid
My heart
cries out
Here's my
heart
Be
tender, please
Let me
know your love for me
Here's my
heart
I'm on my
knees
I will
trust
'Cause I
believe
You are
my Father
Your love
will never fail me
A friend
like no other
Your
trusted arms will hold me
You are
my Father
How does
it feel to be lonely? Or just a feeling like your alone and just need someone to
talk to. We have all been there at one point in our lives. An it not a great
feeling at all. But what is so amazing about God the Father is that he is ALWAYS
there for us no matter what! He tells us in His word in the book of Hebrews 13:5
that He will NEVER leave us or forsake . What an amazing promise. Today, really
notice the fact that Father God is there with you.. No matter were you are, just
be careful were you take Him!