PASTOR JOHN COWLES
FAMILY WORSHIP ASSEMBLY
WORSHIP AS A LIFESTYLE
Psalm 95
May 14, 2023
John 4:23 ESV – 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.
We miss God when we allow worship to be a feeling that we enjoy rather than a sacrifice we give.
Psalm 95 ESV -Oh come, let us sing to the Lord let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, 9 when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” 11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They shall not enter my rest.”
Psalm 122:1 ESV - I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
Matthew 18:20 ESV – For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
Worship is all about Jesus.
Romans 15:5-6 ESV - May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
YOUR
Let us sing for joy. Let us shout aloud. Let us bow down. Let us kneel.
Psalm 47:1 ESV - Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
Psalm 63:4 NLT – I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
Luke 19:40 ESV - He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
MY
A. HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF THANKSGIVING!
Psalm 95:2 ESV – Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
Psalm 100:4-5 ESV – Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
B. HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF SURRENDER!
Psalm 95:6-7 ESV – Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! 7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
C. HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF EXPECTATION!
Psalm 95:8 ESV – Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…
Psalm 95:10-11 ESV – They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways. 11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter my rest.
D. HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF OBEDIENCE!
Psalm 95:7-8 ESV – …Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…
Psalm 95:7 ESV – For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.