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Worship = Revelation + Response

Me

We

  • Worship not= Music
  • Romans 12:1
  • How does music fit?
  • Helpful definition
  • But what about the mechanics?

God

  • Similar questions?
  • What are your confusions?
  • How do you define worship?
  • What is the significance of singing? of raising hands? of dancing?

Internal

God desires genuine hearts that desire to honor Him

"This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me"

"Head"

Generally understood by westerners as our thoughts. God desires to be worshiped for what is TRUE about Him.

"Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

-John 4:19-24

"Heart"

understood as our emotions, feelings, and is considered fleeting.

External

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart [kardia: the heart, mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.] and with all your soul [psuché: the vital breath, breath of life, the human soul, the soul as the seat of affections and will, the self, a human person, an individual.] and with all your strength [ischus: strength (absolutely), power, might, force, ability.] and with all your mind [dianoia: understanding, intellect, mind, insight.]... Luke 10:27

  • Singing (Psalm 47:6)
  • Clapping Hands (Psalm 47:1)
  • Bowing (Exodus 12:27)
  • Kneeling (Psalm 95:6)
  • Lifting Hands (Psalm 134:2)
  • Shouting (Psalm 33:1)
  • Playing Instruments (Psalm 150:3-4)
  • Dancing (Psalm 149:3)
  • Standing in Awe (Psalm 33:8)

Response

OUR ENTIRE BEING

(including our physical bodies)

I don't feel like it...

Bob Kauflin "Worship Matters"

Making a conscious choice to honor God is equally valid to making an emotional choice to honor God

"while heart worship is most important, what we do with our bodies isn't irrelevant or unimportant. It's not enough to say, 'I'm worshiping God in my heart, and he knows it.' If I told my wife, Julie, that I love her, but never looked glad to see her, never hugged her, and never demonstrated my affection in any concrete way, she wouldn't be too impressed..."

Response

Is there any physical expression of worship that God has given us and modeled for us in scripture that I've never displayed (privately or corporately)? If so, why?

Vertical

Biblical Worship should be

  • God-Focused (God is clearly seen)
  • God-Centered (God is clearly the priority)
  • God-Exalting (God is clearly honored)

We

Horizontal

Imagine if we were a community of believers who loved truth to such a degree that it deeply affected our emotions.

Imagine if our responses to God were an externally visible overflow of our internal being, and expressed with such authenticity that those visiting among us would be intrigued by our conviction.

Imagine if our God-Centered worship had such a significant impact on our brothers and sisters that times of gathering in worship were eagerly anticipated as an opportunity to encourage one another through the testimony of God's living and active work in our lives.

When you come together each one has a hymn...let all things be done for building up - 1 Corinthians 14:26

...addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs...

- Ephesians 5:19

Choosing a song because of what God has done this week

You

Choosing a song to encourage a friend

Practical ideas for "addressing one another in psalms/hymns/spiritual songs"

Joseph Medlicott Scriven‎ (1855)

Choosing a song that stirs your affections for Jesus

  • How has your perspective about worship changed?
  • What are questions you had before that have been answered now?
  • What are some ways you have (or hope to) respond to God beyond engaging in music on Thursdays?

Choosing a song that the Holy Spirit is prompting you to sing

What a Friend we have in Jesus,

All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry

Everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit,

O what needless pain we bear,

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer!

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