Gospel artist Martha Munizzi has a song entitled, "Glorious." I use to play it often when I was on the radio in the mornings. It is the kind of song that helps you get to work on time and in a joyous mood! When you hear this upbeat song, you can't help but go to work praising God because a reoccuring line in the song states, "I was created to make Your praise glorious!" The song reminds us that our top priority on the job, at lunch, and throughout the day is to put God first and give Him glorious praise in thought and in deed.
Psalm 66 is a great foundational and complementary text to Martha Munizzi's song, "Glorious." The psalmist reminds us we are here to give God glorious praise! When we think about how awesome God is, we should become thankful for His goodness towards us. He's the uncaused Cause who causes everything to exist; He's the God who causes our solar systerm, the galaxies, and the universe to hang in the heavens; He's the God who delivered the Israelites from Egyptian bondage and into the Promise Land; and He's the God who was so mindful of tiny, insignificant humanity that He gave His only Son to die for our sins! When we think about all this, how awesome (terrible) is our God, we should want to make our praise glorious!
To make our praise glorious we should 1) "Shout with joy to God (v1); 2) Sing the glory of his name (v2); 3) Say to Him (in prayer) (v3); and 4) Come and see what He has done (v5)!
This week, make your praise glorious! Shout, sing, say, and invite the unchurched and dechurched to come and see our awesome God! He is worthy to be praised!
It is not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves.
Nice, very lively. My fear would be that the celebrity of the person would draw the attention away from Him. Let His name be exalted above all else.
ReplyDeleteYes, there is no other intercessor between God and man but Jesus Christ. Not the virgin Mary, not the pope. They are just humans that need to be saved themselves. We need to stand against the teachings of Catholicism. We need to proclaim true salvation through Christ.
ReplyDeleteAgree with you, Montrose. It appears not all Catholic churches are as Mary focused as some. So when this compliant is raised, some say, "What are you talking about? You are just hatin'" I have learned to address this on a case-by-case basis, so as not to turn off, but to educate sensitively. I do need to address Mary as co-redemptrix issue more on this blog. She should not be worshipped, only Jesus saves!
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