The People worship at the Ark

I Chronicles Chapter 16

So the Ark of God was placed in a special tent that David had prepared for it and sacrificial burnt offerings and peace offerings were made before God. Then David blessed the people and gave them a gift of food, a loaf of bread, a date cake and a raisin cake to each person.

Then David appointed the Levites to lead in worship before the Ark. The men he appointed are listed in verses 5 though 6. And David sang a beautiful song of thanksgiving to the Lord. Please read it in verses 8 through 36.

David arranged for Asaph and his fellow Levites to minister regularly before the Ark, doing whatever needed to be done each day. This group included Obed-edom (son of Jeduthun), Hosah and sixty-eight other Levite gatekeepers.

Meanwhile David stationed Zadock the priest and his fellow priests at the Tabernacle of the Lord on the hill of Gibeon. There they ministered each morning and evening and sacrified the appropriate offerings and obeyed everything given in the law of the Lord. David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun and others to give thanks to the Lord and they used their instruments to accompany songs of praise to God.

BIBLE NOTE SHOW: There are four elements of true thanksgiving in the song of praise: 1. remembering what God has done. 2. telling others about it.3. showing God's glory to others and 4. offering gifts of self, time and resources.

HOW DOES THIS CHAPTER RELATE TO US TODAY? You noticed tht Asaph and other Levites ministered each day. You don't have to be a Levite or minister to carry out God's work. Perhaps you have the opportunity to teach or preach or clean, sing, plan, or administer. Do what needs to be done for our Lord and minister each day. Praise the Lord who will guide you to help your fellow man.

Yours in Christ,
Mary

Prayer Requests are needed for:
HEALTH:
Update on my niece Suzanne, she is healing but her leg was crushed and will take many months of doctoring. She is in a nursing home for rehab care. Pray for her healing. Also Gabe, Wanda, Janice Long’s parents. especially her mother whose cancer has returned, and Arlene’s nephew David. Pray for my neighbor Al who is nearing the end of his life. Pray for Carolyn’s brother Ronald who has cancer. Pray for our friend Michelle who was diagnosed with MS. Pray for Cyndi Sullivan who was given 14 months to live with cancer, but has made it six years. The pain has returned and she needs our prayers.
UPDATE on Barb who went in for back surgery and had a heart attack and stroke, she has 90 percent of her speech back and is home , but continues to have a problem with one arm and hand. She will require long therapy and insurance may soon be a problem since her job was not held for her.
Pray for Robert Sargent with lung cancer and Marthaline Sargent with serious health issues..
Pray for Carolyn’s friend Margaret and her husband who were in a car accident. As elderly drivers they may face a life change which may cost them their independence. Let’s all raise our voices to God to hear our prayers.
Pray for the speedy recovery of Sandy in Minnesota who underwent successful brain surgery for a tumor recently.
SPIRITUAL UPLIFTING: Gail, Mary
RESTORATION OF FAITH: Al, John
LOVE AND SUPPORT: Claire, Hunter, Brian
SUPPORT: Haiti, Chile, survivors of Japan’s earthquake, survivors of the devastating tornadoes in our southernmost states and Joplin, Missouri. Pray too, for our country’s leaders and our military people who die each day for our freedom.