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How Do You Worship?

Friday Feelings by Tom Penrod

Tom Penrod
2 min readJan 20, 2023
Photo by Edward Cisneros on Unsplash

The devil will do almost anything to derail my attempt to write about our loving Savior, Jesus Christ.

As I started writing this story my actions to add a photo almost totally upset my cart; and caused me to stop writing and just sit and pout, but that would make the devil smile and give fuel to my defeated heart.

But the Holy Spirit will not allow me to be defeated by the evil one, in this writing.

I was surprised that when I asked Unsplash for a photo depicting Worship that this was my second choice. I was expecting a crowd at a football game or maybe people applauding a musician or actor.

But…

Does this photo depict worship?

The Holy Bible tells us: “At the name of Jesus, every head shall bow, and every knee shall bend.’’ (Philippians 2:10, Romans 14:11, Isaiah 45:23)

So…

When we enter to worship of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit we enter with our heads bowed, and perhaps we even kneel as we enter His presence, just as the prophets of the Old Testament, bowed and covered their face in the presence of God.

And then…

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Tom Penrod
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