11-12 June
2015 - Hallelujah! – Manna by Dorothy Callies
Psalms
111:1 NLT, “Praise the Lord! I will thank the Lord with all my heart as I meet
with His godly people.”
Psalm
111-118 are called hallelujah psalms. Hallelujah means “praise the Lord” and
expresses the uplifting and optimistic tone of these songs. Also it is a
“sudden cry out” expression of praise and adoration. Praise is the heartfelt
response to God by those who love Him. The more you get to know God and realize
what He has done, the more you will respond with praise. Praise is the heart of
true worship.
Psalm
111:10, “Reverence for the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. The rewards
of wisdom come to all who obey Him.” *The only way to become truly wise is to
fear (revere) God. This same thought is expressed in Proverbs 1:7 “Fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Only fools despise wisdom and discipline.”
*Too often
people want to skip this step (v. 10), thinking they can become wise by life
and experience and academic knowledge alone. But if we do not acknowledge God
as a source of wisdom, then our foundation for making wise decisions is shaky
and we might make mistakes. [*Notes from Quick
Verse Life Application Bible]. Dorothy: I thought this was too good
to pass up on Ps. 111:10 since I learned something that people tend to skip
that verse 10. That was unbelievable!
Revelation
19:1, 4, 6 NLT, “After this, I heard the sound of a vast crowd in heaven
shouting, “Hallelujah! Salvation is
from our God. Glory and power belong to Him alone.” V.4 “Then the twenty-four
elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who was sitting
on the throne. They cried out, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
V.6 “Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a huge crowd, or the
roar of mighty ocean waves, or the crash of loud thunder: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty reigns.”
Dorothy:
Why am I doing this research? On the morning of June 8th, when I got
up from the bed, the word came from my inner spirit, “hallelujah!” So I start
singing and I really felt uplifting! So I want to know more about “hallelujah”
from the Scriptures. Thank you, Holy Spirit for being our wonderful teacher!
Hallelujah!
Song: Glory Hallelujah!
Glory!
Glory, hallelujah!
Glory!
Glory, hallelujah!
Glory!
Glory, hallelujah!
Our God is
marching on.
(Julia Ward Howe, Sing
His Praise)
Song: Revive Us Again
Hallelujah!
Thine the glory,
Hallelujah!
Amen;
Hallelujah!
Thine the glory,
Revive us
again.
(William Paton Mackay,
Sing His Praise)
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