In My Head And In My Heart...

In Sunday's sermon, Pastor Sam spoke on Psalm 100. This particular psalm is familiar to our Bronx Bethany Church of the Nazarene family, as it is one that many of us memorized in childhood.

Let's review Psalm 100 in the King James Version (the way many in our community memorized it) and also in the New International Version. As we read each line, let us take inventory of our present standing with God:

v Are we aware of what God has said in His word?

v Are we doing what He has asked us to do?

v Is our relationship with Him characterized by our joyful obedience to His commands?

Psalm 100 (King James Version and New International Version)

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

Serve the LORD with gladness: come before His presence with singing.
Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he who hath made us, and not we ourselves: we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Know that the LORD is God; it is he who made us, and we are his [see footnote a]; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless His name.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues throughout all generations.

[a] or and not we ourselves