April 4th - Bible Study - Women Of Worship

A WOMAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART Author: Darlene Zschech

Zephaniah 3:14-17 "Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away your punishment, He has turned back your enemy. The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm. On that day they will say to Jerusalem, 'Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."

Hagar in Genesis - After the Lord granted her a son, she praised God by calling Him the God who sees me! - A Woman of Worship knows that GOD HEARS HER CRY. ·
Miriam in Exodus - She led the Israelite women in grateful worship… after God destroyed the Egyptian army. -

A Woman of Worship knows the POWER OR PRAISE AND TRUSTS THE POWER OF GOD.

*Here are a few thoughts on what I see a woman of worship to be…
*She knows how to come before her Saviour with such genuine thankfulness and enthusiasm that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are compelled to receive the song of this adoring heart.
*She knows how to approach the King… with awe, reverence… and yet a pure and honest familiarity, allowing her to express the depths of praise erupting from her life.
*Her extended hands invite those in her world to come and adore Him…
*She has confidence in God's promises, that her times are in His hands. She fears no evil.
*She is tender… yet strong, allowing the Lord to touch and heal the dark, broken places of her heart… sharing things with God that she'd never tell another soul.
*She understands grace, and stands confidently, not arrogantly, in the shadow of His wings.
*She trusts in the Lord with her whole heart, knowing that a song in the night season is far greater than no song at all.

So how do you become this woman of worship? I can testify that it is a process… a journey that I'm still travelling, and the only baggage allowed on this trip is a heart that is desperate to connect with the Father.

Be Still & Celebrate His Joy

As busy Women, we usually have to give ourselves permission to take a break, the trick is to take a break without guilt! We have our to do list, sometimes still from yesterday. We check off each duty as it is accomplished and yet at the end of day, we may feel somewhat satisfied, deep down there is something missing. Almost like there is an empty space inside of us. Like an empty fuel tank, we lack zeal and Joy for what we do at times. Not to say we recent what we do, it's just sometimes many of us feel , is this it? Where is the glory in cleaning the carpet? Where is my crown for washing the laundry and feeding the kids? It's there, its just a long term reward that will be acknowledged one day. So how can we be energized and excited about where we are in our lives. The answer is JESUS!

> Jesus is our Living Water! He Refreshes us, Restores us and Renews us. Read John 4:4-26

4Now he had to go through Samaria. 5So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" 8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water."
11"Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?"
13Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
15The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."
16He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back."
17"I have no husband," she replied.
Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband. 18The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true."
19"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. 20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem."
21Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
25The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
26Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he."

Pray and Ask the Lord to allow you to sit at His feet, and to feel the warmth of His love for you. Ask Him to reveal His peace to You. And surrender your heart to Him and Rest in His Care.