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Greatness Through Worship Series
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 30, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: Worship should be done in "Spirit and in Truth"... but what does that mean? How will I know when I've worshipped that way? And what difference would it make if didn't worship that way?
(PAUSE) Let’s forget about ourselves and magnify His name… and WORSHIP HIM!
Now, there’s a flip side of that. When you come into the presence of God to worship Him you need to forget about what OTHER PEOPLE think of you. You might think – no one else likes me/ no one thinks I’m worth much but when you come into the presence of God to worship, you’ve come into the presence of a God who loves you. He loves you just as you are, but He loves you too much to let you stay that way.
As you worship God… He changes you. Romans 12:1-2 says you should “present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Worship TRANSFORMS US… it RENEWS our minds. So, we should worship God in SPIRIT, and we should worship Him in truth. And, when we do that, our singing/communion/prayers and our fellowship will even change the world around us.
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, 'Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.' And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and said, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ And (Paul and Silas) said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.” Acts 16:25-33
True worship transforms us… and it touches the lives of others around us. And that should be our goal.
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