Scripture: Psalm 149:3
Let them praise the Lord’s name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.
Thought for the Day: I grew-up in a fairly traditional church setting, and worship was an experience that happened above the neck. We stood and sat on cue, but most of the praise was done inside our heads and through our voices. To even put our hands together was a rare occasion. The Psalms, on the other hand, offer us a much more comprehensive portrait of worship. I’m not suggesting an untamed pentecostal event, but worship shouldn’t exclude any part of our physical or emotional being that God will need in building the Kingdom of love. The communal experience of prayer and praise forms us by the movement of the spirit. If all we put before the spirit is our intellectual being, our bodies will be incapable of keeping up with the ideas being conceived within our heads.
Prayer: Shape all of who I am, Holy and Gracious God, for the purpose of building your extravagant reign of love here on earth. Amen.
OUR FIRST PICTURE
From the CCCC Mission Trip
To Loveland, CO
SUNDAY’S SERMON
Based on: 2nd Samuel 10:1-5
