The Password to His Presence
Psalm 100
Psalm 100:1-5 (MSG)
On your feet now — applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep. Enter with the password: "Thank you!" Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him. For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever.
1st Thanksgiving is a call to celebration
Psalm 100:1 (NLT)
Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth!
Psalm 33:1 (ESV)
Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous!
Praise befits the upright.
Befit = suitable, appropriate, proper
Psalm 47:1 (ESV)
Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
Psalm 66:1 (ESV)
Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
Psalm 100:2 (ESV)
Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
Psalm 122:1 (NKJV)
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the Lord."
Psalm 100:2 (ESV)
Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
2nd Thanksgiving is based on information
Psalm 100:3 (NIV)
Know that the LORD is God.It is he who made us, and we are his;we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 100:5 (NIV)
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
3rd Thanksgiving is an invitation
Psalm 100:4 (ESV)
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Psalm 34:1 (ESV)
I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 103:1-2 (ESV)
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
