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Summer Psalms - On Psalm 47

August 20, 2022

Pray for Illumination - Heavenly Father, help me to know your ways; teach me your paths and lead me into your truth. Amen.

Read Psalm 47

Clap your hands, all you peoples;
shout to God with loud songs of joy.
For the Lord , the Most High, is awesome,
a great king over all the earth.
God has gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises.
Psalm 47:1-2, 5-6, NRSV

God calls me to worship, 
sometimes I come with laughter and songs of joy.
God calls me to worship,
Sometimes I come from a sense of obligation or habit.
God calls me to worship
Sometimes I come with a heart heavy with grief.
God calls me to worship, 
Sometimes with I come distracted or tired.
God calls me to worship, 
Sometimes I come with eagerness and enthusiasm.
God calls me to worship, 
Sometimes I come with stress, loneliness, or depression.
As God’s dearly loved child,
I will bring all my joy and pain, hurt and hope
into a place of Spirit-given grace, love, and hope.