Explains that true joy is found when following the path outlined in the Bible.

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Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy

righteous judgments.

119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto

thy word.

119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O

LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy

law.

119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy

precepts.

119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for

they are the rejoicing of my heart.

119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway,

even unto the end.

To me this section of the Psalm is a call to a lifestyle of worship.

Let's consider what the Psalmist has to say and how that applies to

us today.

The first thing this portion of the Psalm declares is that the Bible

is a lamp unto our feet.Read this poem on this though. Is that how

you are living?

What is true worship?

Scriptures reveal the superior nature of God, shows us God's grace

and then leads us in worship in both spirit and truth. Jesus' words

to the woman at the well, that we must worship God in spirit and

truth, are coupled together in the words of our text by the Psalmist.

How does the church, a pastor, or the Bible lead us in worship?

Let's say your great-grandmother, who immigrated from Russia at the

turn of the century, recently died. In her will she left you an old,

cheap-looking piece of jewelry shaped like an egg. You throw it in

your closet and treat it as some cheap...