Week of April 18, 2010, Psalm 100

A scripture for this celebration Sunday is Psalm 100, a psalm of joy and praise, coming into God’s presence:
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Dear God, we come into Your presence with joy, with shouts of joy, worshiping You with gladness and coming to You with joyful songs, with hearts filled with praise. You call us, God, to know You, to know You better, to understand more fuller the relationship that You desire with Your people, that relationship that You have desired with people since You created humanity, as is so well described in the Old and New Testament, Your Word revealed to us.

You are our God, who loves us and provides for our needs. We are Your people, the sheep of Your pasture. Your encouragement to us to come – come with a thankful heart into Your courts offering praise and thanks to You. For You are the Lord who is good, Your love endures forever, and You are faithful, continuing that faithfulness through all generations.

Thanks, Jesus, for Your enduring love, Your faithfulness in mercy and grace, Your profound peace and Your presence with us always. Amen.

The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His strength and His great peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

You may leave a message or prayer request by emailing me at: peacewm@tds.net.
May we be more and more aware of God’s presence and God working in our lives each day.