God Bless You,

I know the Bible tells us: "ask and it will be given to you..." Matthew 7:7 but have we ever prayed to God without a petition? Have we ever offered him a prayer just to worship him and thank him for all the things he has already done for us and through us without requesting something from him? I think most of us failed to think about this at times. Worship doesn't really involve requesting anything...Selah. True worship is honoring God with all our heart and soul; it's pouring out our gratitude at his feet, is surrendering everything that we are in his presence. When we worship him we are expressing all the beauty of his Glory in extreme submission to our creator. I know we get caught up in all the things we need him to help us with that our prayers become, "Father we need, Father please provide, please protect, please guide, please restore", etc., etc.  I am not trying to stop you from going to him for help in all those things but today, let's take a few minutes to simply worship him in our prayer without requesting anything from him; let's tell him how much we love him and how much we appreciate everything he has already done for us without asking for anything in return. 

Psalms 96:8-9 "Give the Lord praise worthy of his glory! Come, bring your offerings into his courtyard. Worship the Lord in all his holy beauty..."

Pastor Laura Palacios