The process of thanksgiving, praise and worship. We enter His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise. Thanksgiving is our response to the works of God, praise is our response to the nature of God, worship is our response to the Presence of God.
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so we enter gates with Thanksgiving we
enter the courts courts come into the
actual presence if you go through that
saw me also you see in that Psalm in the
following descriptions of what to do in
the actual presence of that king and
there’s that response of worship so I
like to put it this way
Thanksgiving is our response to the
works of God praise is our response to
the nature of God worship is our
response to the presence of God now I
don’t want to make those hard fast rules
but that there is overlap but that’s
that’s the essence of that of that
concept Thanksgiving praise and worship
you will see in Scripture Thanksgiving
and praise both being offered as a
sacrifice what does the sacrifice mean
means it’s beyond convenience what does
that have to do with strengthening
yourself in the Lord everything
there’s something about facing confusion
facing loss disappointment whatever it
might be and standing in that place
where you’re willing to give him things
to give him honor in the middle of
things you can’t control
so in Thanksgiving praise we give him an
offering the sacrifice but I can’t find
anywhere where worship was given as a
sacrifice in Thanksgiving and praise
what we say is the offering in worship
I’m the offering
in worship you’re the offering that’s
why Thanksgiving praise is quite easy in
our corporate gathering true worship is
is very different because we become the
living offering presented before the
Lord for him to do as he pleases