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  “Worship the Lord.” What does that even mean? In Scripture, worship isn’t about mood or music or trying to feel holy. Worship is orientation. To worship is to place God in God’s rightful place, and to place ourselves in ours. It is the turning of the whole self—body, voice, mind, and will—toward the One who made us. Psalm 95 uses a verb that means to bow down, to bend low, to fall on one’s face . Not because God needs theatrics, but because we need truth. We worship when we let our bodies tell the truth: I am not the center. God is. We worship when we let our voices speak the truth: God is Creator. God is Shepherd. God is faithful. We worship when we give God our attention before anything else. When we soften our hearts instead of hardening them. When we trust instead of grasping for control. When we live the day in obedience, not self‑reliance. Worship is not a feeling we chase. It is a posture we choose. So, this morning, we bow—not because we are small, but because God is goo...

    Recently released: audiobook edition of  God Speaks into Darkness   by J Bennett Easterling. Book description: These brief devotionals speak to the enormous challenges facing our world today. So many of you are grieving loss of loved ones, or risking your life daily to help others, or facing loss of your livelihood, financial ruin or uncertainty. The Psalms and teachings of Jesus offer treasures of hope for today and promises us a brighter tomorrow. You will find in these meditations that God wants to comfort his own and then use us to help and bless one another. Keywords: Christian devotionals for hard times; hope in darkness devotional; Psalms for grief and loss; Jesus teachings for troubled times; Bible encouragement for crisis; Christian comfort in suffering; God’s promises in uncertainty; daily devotionals for grief; spiritual healing after loss; finding hope in scripture; Christian inspiration for caregivers; devotionals for frontline workers; trusting...

  Recently released: audiobook edition of God Speaks into Darkness   by J Bennett Easterling. Book description: These brief devotionals speak to the enormous challenges facing our world today. So many of you are grieving loss of loved ones, or risking your life daily to help others, or facing loss of your livelihood, financial ruin or uncertainty. The Psalms and teachings of Jesus offer treasures of hope for today and promises us a brighter tomorrow. You will find in these meditations that God wants to comfort his own and then use us to help and bless one another. Keywords: Christian devotionals for hard times; hope in darkness devotional; Psalms for grief and loss; Jesus teachings for troubled times; Bible encouragement for crisis; Christian comfort in suffering; God’s promises in uncertainty; daily devotionals for grief; spiritual healing after loss; finding hope in scripture; Christian inspiration for caregivers; devotionals for frontline workers; trusting God in crisi...

   Excerpt from  God Speaks into Darkness Helper of the Helpless Inspired by Psalm 10 A terrifying new flu-like disease, the coronavirus, is sweeping the globe. The World Health Organization has declared it a pandemic; the President declared a national emergency. Nations around the world have closed their borders, barring public gatherings and shutting down schools and churches, restaurants, businesses and sports events in a race to save lives. Doctors and health care workers are risking their lives to save people. Mortality rates are ten times as high as with other flus. Some nations are digging trenches for mass graves. The stock markets and people’s life savings are in free-fall. Legislators are passing emergency relief measures. Food pantries and soup kitchens are overwhelmed. Feeding stations are springing up to feed the masses needing relief, lines of cars extending for miles as people wait in line. In some countries, people have been trampled by others driven wild ...