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Message Notes:
Hosea 4:6
My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. NLT
My prayer: When I stand before the Lord, He doesn’t say I don’t know Him.
Luke 4:8
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’ NIV
Basic Definition of WORSHIP = Giving worth to God in everything we do.
- Expressions of adoration, obedience, thanksgiving, and gratitude
Main Idea:
The heart of worship expresses “more of you, less of me” in everything it does.
History of Biblical Worship
God has always been very particular about how He wanted the Israelites to worship him.
1 Chron 13 - 6
Then David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (also called Kiriath-jearim) to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name[b] of the Lord who is enthroned between the cherubim. 7 They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart… 9 But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon,[c] the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark. 10 Then the Lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had laid his hand on the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God… 12 David was now afraid of God, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of God back into my care?” 13 So David did not move the Ark into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath. 14 The Ark of God remained there in Obed-edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom and everything he owned.
Months later…He made sure he didn’t make the same mistake.
1 Chron 15:15
David now built several buildings for himself in the City of David. He also prepared a place for the Ark of God and set up a special tent for it. 2 Then he commanded, “No one except the Levites may carry the Ark of God. The Lord has chosen them to carry the Ark of the Lord and to serve him forever.”… 12 He said to them, “You are the leaders of the Levite families. You must purify yourselves and all your fellow Levites, so you can bring the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. 13 Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the Lord our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly.” 14 So the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to bring the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to Jerusalem. 15 Then the Levites carried the Ark of God on their shoulders with its carrying poles, just as the Lord had instructed Moses… 16 David also ordered the Levite leaders to appoint a choir of Levites who were singers and musicians to sing joyful songs to the accompaniment of harps, lyres, and cymbals… 25 Then David and the elders of Israel and the generals of the army[f] went to the house of Obed-edom to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant up to Jerusalem with a great celebration. 26 And because God was clearly helping the Levites as they carried the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams… 29 But as the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David skipping about and laughing with joy, she was filled with contempt for him.
- Lifting up of hands – Psalm 134:1-3
- Singing – Psalm 96:1-
- Clapping/Shouting: – Psalm 47:1
- Worship In Silence Ps. 46:9-10
- Meditate Psalm 145:4-5
Romans 12:1 NIV - A Living Sacrifice - 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship
Luke 22:41-42 (NIV) 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
Jesus about the Pharisees
Matt. 15:8-9 - These people make a big show of saying the right thing, but their heart isn’t in it. They act like they’re worshiping me, but they don’t mean it. They just use me as a cover for teaching whatever suits their fancy.” MSG
The lesson here:
Songs and prayers, along with any public spiritual thing you do….doesn’t mean anything to God if your heart is not in it
CLOSING CHALLENGE:
Commit to worshipping God the right way…not in any kind of selfish way.
More of Him…Less of us.
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