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Praise and Worship

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This year I’m reading through the ‘New Spirit Filled Life Bible’ translation. There are so many great versions of the Bible. I love reading all the commentaries from each one. In Psalm 99:5 it says, 

“Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool-—He is holy.”

In a commentary box in this Bible translation, it points out that worship, shachah, means to bow, to stoop. The primary meaning is “to make oneself low.” What a great picture.

Was meditating on that picture of humbling ourselves before God. Worship is an attitude of reverence from our hearts.

On the next page there is a commentary box about praise, tehillah. Praise is a word that means a celebration, a lauding of someone praise worthy, the praise or exaltation of God.

Praise is celebrating and exalting God, where worship is coming before Him with a humble, bowed down spirit. Look at all the references in Scripture of falling and bowing down before God. That’s worship. Paul and Barnabas tore their clothes in Acts 14 when the people of Lystra tried to worship them.

Worship is reserved for God alone. It’s OK to praise fellow workers, pastors, and your friends. It’s good to praise God for making them too. But we are never to worship anything or anyone but God.

I love the picture that the ground is flat at the foot of the cross. Jesus alone is to be exalted above every name, every person. It even says in Scripture that every knee will bow at the Name of Jesus.

 

JW Worship Guitar Class on Facebook

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Are you already in Facebook? I just posted a page there for Jean Welles Worship Guitar Class{TM.} Would love to have you become a ‘fan,’ Facebook is a great way to keep in touch and there are many people joining it every day. Click the blue link in this paragraph and when you get to the new URL, click the ‘Become a fan’ text in the upper right corner. You’ll need to be logged in at Facebook to see this option.

Currently there are a few videos up, but I’ll be adding more content as time goes by.

For Cat Lovers – a New Devotional Book

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For those of you who love to read, there’s a new book out by my good friends Dottie Adams and Marion Wells, with their friend Connie Fleishauer.

It’s called Purr-ables from Heaven, Devotions for Cat Lovers.

On Page 71, Dottie talks about her friend Jean, a songwriter, worship leader and guitar teacher. I’m the Jean, it’s me.

Dottie is a teaching director for a Community Bible Study class. I was her worship leader for many years. You can listen to some of her teaching at DottieAdams.com.

Dottie, Marion and Connie are all wonderful writers and this book will encourage you in your walk with Christ. I highly recommend their new book. If you love cats and love to read… you’ll especially adore this book.

To the left of this article is a link to order their book from Amazon.com, for your convenience.

On the back cover of Purr-ables from Heaven it says:

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Amazing Grace – Arrangements for you

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In deep gratitude John Newton wrote ‘Amazing Grace’ over 200 years ago. Ex-slave trader turned preacher, John knew first hand God’s amazing grace!

Later, John Rees wrote the last verse, which is my favorite verse:

When we’ve been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun. There’s no less days to sing God’s praise than when we first begun.

I’ve made a video for you with 3 arrangements of ‘Amazing Grace.’ Quite a few little kids are using my kids guitar lessons program and I didn’t want to leave them out. The first arrangement is super simple for kids to play.

Here is the music for the arrangements of Amazing Grace. Below is the video.