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Author: Terri Pettyjohn

Terri Pettyjohn is a regular contributor to ExperiencingWorship.com Her devotionals and Women in Worship articles are a favorite of many of our users as she seeks to touch the hearts of others through her writing. Terri currently lives in Farmington, NM where she is pursuing a career in free-lance writing. She is an attender of Pinon Hills Community Church and volunteers on a regular basis in the Worship Arts Ministry. When she is not busy there she is investing in the lives of her grandchildren and others.

Beyond the Fear

Psalm 56:3-4 “When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid, what can mortal man do to me?” Fear is a strange thing. To some it becomes the debilitating instrument that renders them helpless. For some it infuses them with…

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Sustainer

Isaiah 46:4 “Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you. I will sustain you and I will rescue you. I cannot read this verse without tears filling my eyes as I remember the first time that…

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The Biblical Way

Psalm 28:2 “Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.” When you think of worship, what do you think of? Is it the singing, the preaching, Communion, or perhaps even the prayers? The Bible uses several different expressions of worship;…

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The Gift

“Colossians 2:13-14 “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.” It’s a shame that Easter only comes once a year, for on that…

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Who or What Just Stole Your Joy?

This is the day the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 Who are what just stole your joy for the day? God gave you a perfectly wonderful day and you just let someone rob you of your enjoyment of it! It could have been through a thoughtless comment….

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Dwell

Psalm 27:4 “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” Do you think that perhaps David had been somewhere in…

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All The Time

Psalm 149:3, 4 “Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation.” Don’t you love little children and their spontaneity when it comes to emotions? Now that we have teenagers, I miss those days…

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His Requirement, Not Ours

Psalm 99:5 “Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.” Have you ever imagined what it would feel like to be in the presence of a King? When we worship remember who you are talking to. It’s interesting that God requires a certain kind of worship. Exodus tells us that…

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Songs In the Night

Psalm 42:8 “By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me – a prayer to the God of my life.” For you is praise a Sunday thing, a morning thing, a before you eat thing? I’ve started experiencing the strangest phenomenon, my sincerest praise has become a night thing. Weird,…

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Inclusive Membership

I Corinthians 6:19, 20 “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. If you’ve ever tried to get into Sam’s Club without…

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