We worship God for who He is and what He has done for us.
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Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
For the LORD is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
-Psalm 95:1-7
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Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
For the LORD is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
-Psalm 95:1-7
Worship is what God deserves.
Worship is responding to God.
Worship is much, much more than music.
Worship is not a church service.
Worship is not any particular style.
Worship is not a concert.
Worship does not have a dress code.
Worship does not require a building, a leader, or a preacher.
Worship is both individual and corporate.
Worship is not passive.
Worship is bringing our best to God, whatever our best is.
Concert:
Band=performers
Crowd=audience
Worship:
Band=prompters
Crowd=performers
God=audience
Resource: The Pursuit of God, by A.W.Tozer. A short read, but you may go back and read it 10 times in your life. I have. Worship is the pursuit of God and is therefore our whole lives, and Tozer's challenges to you in that pursuit will stay with you for life.
Kids Q&A:
Kids Big Idea: "I love God by telling Him how great He is."
Memory Tool: Hands opened and raised.
Kids often "get" worship easier than adults do. They abandon themselves to it and enjoy it without self-consciousness. This is one core practice where we can probably learn more from them than they can from us, as Jesus himself told us in Matthew 18:14. Expose your kids to worship at church, and to songs of worship at home, and above all don't squelch it. Don't apply adult rules and adult propriety to it. Let worship be play for them, as it should be for us.
Memory Tool: Hands opened and raised.
Kids often "get" worship easier than adults do. They abandon themselves to it and enjoy it without self-consciousness. This is one core practice where we can probably learn more from them than they can from us, as Jesus himself told us in Matthew 18:14. Expose your kids to worship at church, and to songs of worship at home, and above all don't squelch it. Don't apply adult rules and adult propriety to it. Let worship be play for them, as it should be for us.
Is God conceited? The kids' creed begs this question. Why would God want us to tell Him how great He is? This is a good opportunity to talk about God's uniqueness and the fact that He alone is worthy of worship. God alone should be worshiped because God alone deserves it. He is greater than anyone, the only true God, the King over the universe. He's not conceited. It is His rightful place to be worshiped. Anyone else besides God who wants to be worshiped is conceited.
This core practice is connected to the following core beliefs: Personal God, Trinity, Salvation By Grace, Identity in Christ, Stewardship
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