- For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.
- Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the Lord our maker. - You must serve only the Lord your God. If you do, I will bless you with food and water, and I will protect you from illness.
- O Lord, I will honor and praise your name,
for you are my God.
You do such wonderful things!
You planned them long ago,
and now you have accomplished them. - Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord!
Praise the Lord! - Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
- Let all that I am praise the Lord;
with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. - Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
and the cattle barns are empty,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord!
I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! - Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever. - Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.
- O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water. - That is why I can never stop praising you;
I declare your glory all day long. - All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
- How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
- Sing praises to God and to his name!
Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds.
His name is the Lord—
rejoice in his presence!
Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—
this is God, whose dwelling is holy. - For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.
- Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer. - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God! - In those days when you pray, I will listen.
- For the Scriptures say,
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bend to me,
and every tongue will declare allegiance to God.’” - Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done. - No one is holy like the Lord!
There is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God. - I lift my hands to you in prayer.
I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. - I said to the Lord, “You are my Master!
Every good thing I have comes from you.” - Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.
For I cried out to him for help,
praising him as I spoke.Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens!
May your glory shine over all the earth. I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.Next verse!With image