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VERSES ABOUT PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Think about it: Our God dwells in the praises of His people. Every single day, you have reasons to lift your voice and adore Him. He delights in the worship that comes from your heart – genuine, thankful worship.
When you praise Him, incredible things can happen. There's healing in praise, there's freedom. Your Heavenly Father has done amazing things in your life since the day you were born. He's been faithful, He's protected you, so praise Him because He is good and His mercies are new every morning.
Psalm 71:81 says, "May my mouth be filled with your praise, declaring your glory all day long." He will fill your mouth with praise; His word says so. Just start by thanking Him for His goodness, and He'll place that heartfelt praise within you.
Psalm 30:122 says, "I will sing to you, my strength and my glory, and I will not be silent. Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever." You, too, can find that song of praise rising within you.
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart! I will honor your name continually!
Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him.
Certainly the Lord watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me – and I in him – bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.’
But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
You must follow the Lord your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!”
You must serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst.
Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.
Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
Listen, Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!
For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”
I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.
Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,
But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.
Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
Now this is eternal life – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! – that I may gain Christ,
yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.
Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.
Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.
The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
“And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
The expert answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.
keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.
Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
Always rejoice,constantly pray,in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”
But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.
Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise,taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path!