The Heart Of A Worshipper Series

• Humble yourselves before God, the One who knows everything and judges all things. Worship is not about us. It is all about God.

• Worship therefore cannot take place without the knowledge of God. I cannot worship the One whom I do not know. I don’t know what that is but it’s surely not biblical worship.

Do you realise that the more you know Him, the more it affects your worship of Him? When You know how good He is, worship just flows from your heart?

• Get to know Him!

TRUE WORSHIP FLOWS FROM THE HEART

Hannah bursts off her first line: “My heart rejoices in the Lord…” (2:1)

• No regret in making that vow. You can almost sense the excitement and joy in offering the child to God!

• Remember Samuel is the only son she had, after a long wait. For her, to get this child was tough. To offer him back to God would be equally tough, to any loving mother. It’s a sacrifice, but that’s the heart of a worshipper.

Rom 12:1 says offer “your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship.”

• To worship God is to give. Hannah was happy to do it. Samuel is a gift from God in the first place.

• True worship flows from a heart of gratitude and gladness.

You know, at first this would look quite sad. Hannah won’t have a chance to see Samuel grows up with her at home.

• But God honours those who honours Him. He does not short-change anyone.

• 1 Sam 2:12 tells us God blesses her with 3 more sons and 2 daughters (2:21).

We don’t worship God for something in return. We worship Him for WHO He is.

• But the Lord is more than gracious to us. He will remember us.

Worship is an attitude of our heart. We tune our hearts to Him and we can worship the Lord anywhere.

We often hear people asking, “So where do you worship?”

A choir teacher was helping a church with their choir. When people ask, his usual answer is: “Oh, I’m here to help the choir; I don’t worship here. I worship at such-and-such church.”

We know what he means, but such words are helping our minds think right.

• Worship is not about a service or a place. A worship without the heart is a religion or a ritual. It’s going through the motions.

• Worship flows from the heart because it stems from a relationship.

TRUE WORSHIP BRINGS HOPE

How can it not be when my own mind is saturated with the thoughts of God!

• Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow STRANGELY DIM, in the light of His glory and grace.

See how Hannah ended the song – 1 Sam 2:9b-10 "It is not by strength that one prevails; 10those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder against them from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to His king and exalt the horn of His anointed."

She ends with a prophetic word! There is no king in Israel yet but she sings of one.