30 Days of Thankfulness - Day 18 - Worship

 But we worship at your throne—eternal, high, and glorious! --Jeremiah 17:12


O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple. --Psalm 48:9


Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him, singing with Joy. --Psalm 100:2


But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. --John 4:23-24

Something truly powerful happens when we come before the Lord in a spirit of humility, He will exalt us in His honor.  He gives grace to the humble.  We don't find ourselves in a receptive spirit when we walk in pride and not humility.  

Tonight, we learned to humble ourselves in the presence of God.  and His grace was overflowing. 

We spent 2 hours in worship, finishing at 12:30!  Mid-way through, I opened my eyes and looked around.  people laying on their faces, on their backs.  sitting on their knees with arms held high in humility.  standing with arms spread wide.  strewn about the room, with all the chairs pushed back against the walls, about 40 people were captivated by the spirit of God.  sitting at His throne was a beautiful experience.  i looked around, not judging or taking note of who looked more spiritual.  rather, i just smiled, as my heart swelled with God's love for each of these that were on their faces before Him.  it was just between us and God, and we sat in the throne room, worshipping, interceding, praying, praising and just listening to the Spirit.  i wish words could accurately describe those two hours of time, but nothing short of the glory of heaven will ever portray just how beautiful a time with the Lord it was. 

i sat there praying, thinking about how as we all warred together in the spirit, that we were establishing bonds and ties in the supernatural/spiritual realm, and those ties can not be easily broken.  I prayed and asked that God would help continue to allow these relationships to thrive, that this joy, vigor and revival would be sustainable and attainable within our every-day life.  each of our spirits in the unseen realm are engaged in a battle in which the front-lines are not on our own, acknowledgeable territory, rather within the spiritual realm.   As our spirits battle on together, we war over our friends, we stand in the gap for our city and our nation, and we praise the Father for the opportunity to corporately worship in a setting that blesses our hearts so much more than it seems we are deserving of.