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We’ve been singing it since 1999, but do What was David’s
we truly understand the essence of Matt
Redman’s ‘The Heart of Worship.’ It’s easy to heart’s desire…
sing songs, rhyme o lyrics, but do we truly
realise the power of praise and worship. What
does it really mean…the Heart of Worship? Ps 51 v 10-11

Anyone can worship God and everyone Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew
should worship God. Paul tells us in Phil 4 v 4 a right spirit within me.
to Rejoice! and again I say rejoice. Our wor-
ship is not an optional thing if we feel Cast me not away from your presence, and
like it or not, it’s an essential part of our take not your Holy Spirit from me.
relationship with God, just like reading God’s
Word and prayer. When we worship God, we How did David know how to minister to
are rejoicing in who He is. If we look at the Saul in the palace when the evil spirit
ultimate worshipper King David, who didn’t tormented him? David had learned how to
care what anyone else thought of him, he was minister through worship when he was out
determined to worship the One he loved and in the  elds tending sheep, on his own, in the
wrote over two-thirds of the Psalms that now secret place. We too must worship God in the
provide many lyrics for songs we know and secret place, in our quiet times, driving in the
love. David saw the e ect that losing God’s car, washing the dishes…for He is great and
JesUS saID, “Let The presence had on Saul and he never wanted greatly to be praised.
to be in that position, David knew that God
cHilDrEN coME to ME. inhabits the praises of his people Ps 22 v3,
he longed for God’s presence more than the
Don’T sTop TheM! acceptance of people, he was a man after
God’s own heart the Bible tells us.
For The KInGdoM Of

HeAveN bELonGs To

suCh AS tHesE.”

MatThEW 19:14