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DEVOTIONS
FOR September 15-20, 2008
Topic: You
Were Made for Worship
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Spend time with the devotions this week. Read the Scriptures and then
think how you can apply them to your life.
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MONDAY
September 15
Look
up and read
Colossians 2:6
Do you ever find
yourself thinking about other things or talking with others during times of
worship? How important is worship to you? Many times we connect worship
with song. God desires that we take seriously our worship through music as
with everything else. We are so easily distracted and don’t realize the
importance of worship and the need for it in our daily lives. God made you
for worship, to worship Him. The verse in Colossians 2:6 states that in our
lives if we have received Christ Jesus and believe in Him, we are to
continue to live in Him. This means that everything we do as we live
in God should be an act of worship to honor Him, to glorify His name and
express obedience to Him. Spend some time in prayer today thanking God
for the opportunity to worship Him and ask Him to forgive you for the times
when you weren’t worshipping Him. Seek to live in Him today.
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TUESDAY
September 16
Look
up and read
Romans
10:15b
Do you realize that
others’ lives can be touched through your worship? You have the opportunity
now to share Christ’s love through your worship. But you say to yourself,
“But the songs are boring and I don’t like them.” Well, last time I checked
worship wasn’t about you! It’s all about God and praising Him. Romans
10:15b says, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” God
recognizes you as you share him with others through your worship.
You are seen as beautiful in God’s eyes and you may never know whose life
you may touch, but remember it’s not about you it, has to be all about God!
Pray today and ask God to help you with your focus in worship so that you
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WEDNESDAY
September 17
Look
up and read
Psalm
104:33-34
Are you still living
for yourself? Do you still think it’s all about you? The world is a much
bigger place than you make it out to be in your life. There are people that
are starving and are killing each other over free handouts and there are
homeless people that freeze to death because they have no warm place to
stay. Yet we have so much at your very finger tips and we can’t praise God
for it. God wants his children to praise Him throughout their entire life,
good or bad. The verse in Psalm 104: 33-34 encourages us to sing songs of
praise to God as long as we live. If we know that God has blessed you with
so much then why wouldn’t we praise Him? Meditate over these verses and
think of how you can and should praise God through your worship.
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THURSDAY
September 18
Look
up and read
Psalm
96:1-4
Have you praised God
today? Do you share Him with your friends? How many more missed
opportunities will you go through till you proclaim His Word and show a life
that worships God? Remember you were made for worship, to worship God! He
wants you to just belt out His name boldly and with confidence. Many times
we just sit and let worship happen around us but never truly actively
participate in worship. Here in Psalm 96:1-4 it challenges us in our
worship to the Lord. God desires that all sing to Him, praising Him and
sharing His Word everyday. Get excited!!! God wants you to tell of His
glory and all that He has done in your life and others that you’ve seen Him
work and do amazing things. God wants you to remember that He is great and
worthy of your praise and is to be feared above everything else. Will you
worship God that way? Spend some time in prayer today and ask God to give
you the boldness and confidence to belt out His name through your worship.
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FRIDAY September 19
Look
up and read
Acts
2:46-47
Do you realize that worship is a collective and unifying
time too? When you go to your favorite band’s concert you get so pumped up
and you sing and dance your heart out with people you don’t even know. Yet
when we come to youth group to worship many times we lack passion and joy -
the ironic thing is we know just about everyone around us. What’s up with
that? God has given us the opportunity to worship Him with others and we
can’t bring ourselves to the point of letting go to praise Him. But we can
totally lose ourselves at a secular (non-Christian) concert. In Acts
2:46-47 it talks about a group of people who are committed to Christ and
sharing life together and aren’t afraid of letting go to worship and praise
God with close friends. Everyday they committed to meeting together,
learning God’s Word together and eating together with excited and REAL
hearts. When they did that, God blessed them and added to their numbers and
they continued to grow in their faith. Youth come together to worship once
a week. Why can’t we let go and freely worship God with others we know
well. God’s waiting to bless it. What are we waiting for? Pray and ask
God to help you be free to worship God and praise His name at youth group
and also pray for everyone else too, that they’d be freed up. How awesome
would it be to have a REAL lively time of worship at youth group each week?
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SATURDAY
September 20
Look
up and read
Psalm 100
Have you taken the time this week to prepare your heart, mind and soul for
worship this weekend? It’s a great responsibility to lead others in
worship. Do you now realize that it’s all about Him? When you sing songs
of praise in front of the congregation it’s not a show or a performance.
It’s taking the opportunity to lead others to the foot of the cross.
Worship is a celebration time to praise and glorify God and prepare hearts
to receive the Word of God. Psalm 100 is a great passage because it’s all
about God. As you read through this Psalm you will see that God wants you
to be joyful, worshipping Him with gladness through joyous songs. He wants
you to realize what He’s done for you and when you come before Him it is
with thankfulness in your heart, praising and giving thanks to His name.
God has promised that He is good, His love endures forever and that His
faithfulness continues through every generation, even yours! Take the time
today before worship this weekend and meditate over these verses and seek to
apply it to you life. Remember you were made for worship, to worship God
who loves you and desires a REAL relationship with you.
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See you at Sunday
School, Worship and Youth Fellowship this Sunday!
Bible references provided by
www.biblegateway.com
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