Psalm 100 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan provides us with another example of HOW to enter in to the presence of God in a way that is pleasing to HIM and that has us in the best position to receive His every best.
1 Shout joyfully to the Lord,
all the earth.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness and delight; Come before His presence with joyful singing.
3 Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving And His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name.
5 For the Lord is good; His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness and delight; Come before His presence with joyful singing.
3 Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving And His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name.
5 For the Lord is good; His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.
AMEN! There IS no greater LOVE than that which our Father has for us that caused Him to give His SON! No one could EVER love you more and HE will NEVER love you less! AMEN! Let's look at Psalm 100 in The Passion Translation:
Praise God A poetic song for
thanksgiving
1 Lift up a great shout of joy to the Lord!
Go ahead and do it—everyone, everywhere!
2 As you serve him, be glad and worship him.
Sing your way into his presence with joy!
3 And realize what this really means—
we have the privilege of worshiping the Lord our God.
For he is our Creator and we belong to him.
We are the people of his pleasure.
4 You can pass through his open gates with the password of praise.
Come right into his presence with thanksgiving.
Come bring your thank offering to him
and affectionately bless his beautiful name!
5 For the Lord is always good and ready to receive you.
He’s so loving that it will amaze you—
so kind that it will astound you!
And he is famous for his faithfulness toward all.
Everyone knows our God can be trusted,
for he keeps his promises to every generation!
Go ahead and do it—everyone, everywhere!
2 As you serve him, be glad and worship him.
Sing your way into his presence with joy!
3 And realize what this really means—
we have the privilege of worshiping the Lord our God.
For he is our Creator and we belong to him.
We are the people of his pleasure.
4 You can pass through his open gates with the password of praise.
Come right into his presence with thanksgiving.
Come bring your thank offering to him
and affectionately bless his beautiful name!
5 For the Lord is always good and ready to receive you.
He’s so loving that it will amaze you—
so kind that it will astound you!
And he is famous for his faithfulness toward all.
Everyone knows our God can be trusted,
for he keeps his promises to every generation!
The ONLY prerequisite for entering into the presence of the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY is to PRAISE HIM as a born again believer! I challenge you to meditate on these two versions of Psalm 100 and come up with, by Holy Spirit within you, a new worship[ song that is just yours (YOURS and HIS) alone! Now USE IT consistently! AMEN! Here are Hillsong Kids with "As The World Shakes":
Shalom in Him!
