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GREG LAURIE - Saturday, August 3, 2019

How Worship Makes a Difference

Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
—Acts 16:25

If you’re a Christian, then you’re being watched everywhere you go. That’s because when people know you are a Christian, they’re essentially thinking, “Let’s see how this Christian treats his wife” or “Let’s see what kind of life this single Christian lives” or “Let’s see how hard this Christian works” or “Let’s see how this Christian drives” or “Let’s see what kind of student this Christian is.”

You’re being watched. And honestly, nonbelievers want you to fail so they can pull out their favorite word: hypocrite. But you when you give praise to God, live a godly life, and can rejoice even when things are bad, you mess with their narrative.

When Paul and Silas were thrown into a Philippian dungeon for preaching the gospel, the jailer whipped them and put them into stocks.

Then we read that “around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening” (Acts 16:25 NLT).

The word listening used in this verse can be translated “listening with pleasure.”

And when an earthquake hit, everyone could have run to their freedom. But they stayed. The jailer was about to kill himself, but Paul stopped him, saying,

“Don’t kill yourself! We are all here!” (verse 28 NLT).

The jailer said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (verse 30 nlt).

What set the stage? It was their worship. Your worship is a testimony, and you can do it even if you don’t feel like it. Worshipping God with other Christians helps put things in perspective. When you magnify the Lord and see Him in all of His glory, you can see your problems in the proper perspective.

Worship can make all the difference as we gather together with God’s people and see things accurately, biblically, and correctly.

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THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, CHRIST JESUS

The Angel Of The Lord, Christ Jesus
Puts Clean Garments On Joshua The High Priest,
Representing The Israel Of God,
The New Jerusalem, The Bride Of Christ

Zechariah 3

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest
STANDING BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD,
And Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.
The Lord said to Satan,
2 'THE LORD REBUKE YOU, SATAN!
The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you!
Is not this man a burning stick
Snatched from the fire?'

3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes
As he stood before The Angel.
4 The Angel said to those who were standing before him,
'TAKE OFF HIS FILTHY CLOTHES.'

Then he said to Joshua,
'SEE, I HAVE TAKEN AWAY YOUR SIN,
AND WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU.'

5 Then I said, 'Put a clean turban on his head.'
So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him,
WHILE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BY.

6 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
GAVE THIS CHARGE TO JOSHUA:

7 'This is what the Lord Almighty says:
IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS
AND KEEP MY REQUIREMENTS,
And have charge of my courts,
And I will give you a place among these standing here.

8 LISTEN, O HIGH PRIEST JOSHUA
And your associates seated before you,
WHO ARE MEN SYMBOLIC OF THINGS TO COME:

I AM GOING TO BRING MY SERVANT,
THE BRANCH (THE CHRIST).

9 SEE, THE STONE (CHRIST)
I HAVE SET IN FRONT OF JOSHUA!

THERE ARE SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE.
AND I WILL ENGRAVE AN INSCRIPTION ON IT,'
Says the Lord Almighty,

'AND I WILL REMOVE THE SIN OF THIS LAND
IN A SINGLE DAY'
(The Last Day Of “Time”).

10 IN THAT DAY
Each of you will invite his neighbor
To sit under his vine and fig tree,'
Declares the Lord Almighty.
(Zechariah 3)

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THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TRUMPETS

Revelation 9

The Fifth angel sounded his Trumpet,
And I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the Earth.
THE STAR WAS GIVEN THE KEY
TO THE SHAFT OF THE ABYSS.

2 When he opened the Abyss,
Smoke rose for it like the smoke from a Gigantic Furnace.
The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.

3 And out of the smoke
LOCUSTS CAME DOWN UPON THE EARTH
AND WERE GIVEN POWER
LIKE THAT OF SCORPIONS OF THE EARTH.

4 they were told not to harm the grass of the Earth
Or any plant or tree,
BUT ONLY THOSE PEOPLE
WHO DID NOT HAVE THE SEAL OF GOD
ON THEIR FOREHEADS.

5 THEY WERE NOT GIVEN POWER TO KILL THEM,
BUT ONLY TO TORTURE THEM FOR FIVE MONTHS.
And the Agony they suffered
Was like that of the sting of a Scorpion
When it strikes a man.

6 DURING THOSE DAYS MEN WILL SEEK DEATH,
BUT WILL NOT FIND IT;
THEY WILL LONG TO DIE,
BUT DEATH WILL ELUDE THEM.

7 The Locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.
On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold,
And their faces resembled human faces.

8 Their hair was like women's hair,
And their teeth were like lions' teeth.

9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron,
And the sound of their wings
Was like the thundering of many horses
And chariots rushing into battle.

They had tails and stings like Scorpions,
And in their tails they had Power
To Torment people for five months.

11 They had as king over them
THE ANGEL OF THE ABYSS,
WHOSE NAME IN HEBREW IS ABADDON,
AND IN GREEK, APOLLYON.

12 THE FIRST WOE IS PAST;
Two other Woes are yet to come.

13 The Sixth Angel blew his Trumpet,
AND I HEARD A VOICE
COMING FROM THE HORNS OF THE GOLDEN ALTAR
THAT IS BEFORE GOD.

14 It said to the Sixth Angel who had the Trumpet,
'RELEASE THE FOUR ANGELS
WHO ARE BOUND IN THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES.'
15 And the Four Angels
WHO HAD BEEN KEPT READY
FOR THIS VERY HOUR AND DAY AND MONTH AND YEAR
WERE RELEASED TO KILL A THIRD OF MANKIND.

16 The number of the mounted troops
Was Two Hundred Million.
I heard their number.

17 The horses and riders
I saw in my Vision looked like this:
Their breastplates were fiery red,
Dark blue, and yellow as sulfur.
The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions,
And out of their mouths came Fire, Smoke and Sulfur.

18 A THIRD OF MANKIND WAS KILLED
BY THE THREE PLAGUES OF FIRE SMOKE AND SULFUR
THAT CAME OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS.

19 The Power of the horses
Was in their mouths and in their tails;
For their tails were like Snakes,
Having heads with which they inflict injury.

20 THE REST OF MANKIND
THAT WERE NOT KILLED BY THESE PLAGUES
STILL DID NOT REPENT OF THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS;
THEY DID NOT STOP WORSHIPING DEMONS,
AND IDOLS OF GOLD,WOOD--
IDOLS THAT CANNOT SEE OR HEAR OR WALK.

21 NOR DID THEY REPENT OF THEIR MURDERS,
THEIR MAGIC ARTS,
THEIR SEXUAL IMMORALITY OR THEIR THEFTS.
(Revelation 9)

Almighty God brings His Retribution
On Mankind who Refuse to Love the TRUTH.

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FOREVER GOD IS FAITHFUL
Give thanks to the Lord our God and King
His love endures forever
For He is good, He is above all things
His love endures forever

Sing praise, sing praise

With a mighty hand and outstretched arm
His love endures forever
For the life that's been reborn
His love endures forever

Sing praise, sing praise [2x]

Forever God is faithful
Forever God is strong
Forever God is with us
Forever

From the rising to the setting sun
His love endures forever
And by the grace of God we will carry on
His love endures forever

Sing praise, sing praise [2x]

[2x]
Forever God is faithful
Forever God is strong
Forever God is with us
Forever

Sing praise, sing praise [4x]

Forever God is faithful
Forever God is strong
Forever God is with us
Forever

Forever You are faithful
Forever You are strong
Forever You are with us
Forever

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