Preparing to Worship Psalms 99: 9

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(Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the Lord our God is

  holy.)

1. There must be possession of the heart by God-ownership.

2. There must be possession of the heart by God- yieldedness.

3. There must be a clean heart of the believer.

4. There is to be a heart willing to encounter God on His terms.

Illustration- Luke 19: 11-26- parable of talents

5. There is to be a heart desiring to hear from God.

6. There is to be a heart yielded to Christ's glory.

7. There is to be a heart caught up in the timelessness of His presence.

8. There is to be a heart filled to overflowing with His grace.

9. There will be a clear witness of God's spirit presiding, exalting the work and

presence of the Lord Jesus Christ

Man will not be exalted at all.

10. There will be a sustaining holy reverence empowering the worship of God,

          capturing and holding the believer's heart to God.