WHAT is worship (and what is it not)?

1. Worship is celebrating God above
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   else and responding to Him with
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   we are and
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   we have. (Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 22:34-40; Romans 12:1; Exodus 20:1-3)

2. While there are many ways to express worship to God, it is

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an outward expression. (Matthew 15:8-9; Mark 7:7; Isaiah 1:12-17, 29:13; Ezekiel 33:31; Amos 5:23)

WHY do we worship?
3. God

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is

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of worship. (1 Chronicles 16:25; Psalm 96:4, 145:3; Revelation 4:11, 5:14; 2 Samuel 22:4; Psalm 63:3-4, 99:2-9)

4. We were

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for and are

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to worship. (Isaiah 42:8, 43:7,21; Psalm 29:2, 99:5, 150:6; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Romans 1:20-21; Exodus 34:14; Matthew 4:10)

5. Worship helps me grow in

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Who GOD is. (Revelation 4:10, 5:14; Exodus 33:12-20, 34:5-8; John 4:23-24)

6. Worship helps me grow in understanding who I

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(and who I am

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.) (Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:10-18; Isaiah 29:3)

7. Worship

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me for

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. (2 Chronicles 20; Joshua 1:8, 5:13-15; Psalm 144:1-2)

HOW do we worship?
(Colossians 3:23-24; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Psalm 27:6, 32:2, 34:1, 37:6, 47:1, 63:4, 95:6, 119:120, 149:13; Psalm 22:22-31)

Taking it Further To Help You THRIVE…

1. Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything that particularly caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?

2. What are some pursuits, possessions, or people in your life that compete with your worship of God? Are these pursuits, possessions, or people ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’? How are we to keep God (and these p’s) in proper perspective?

3. Why do we so often equate worship with what we do or solely about our outward expressions instead of first focusing on the posture of our heart? One praise song we sing says this: “The cry of my heart is to bring You praise from the inside out…” What does inside-out worship look like?

4. Discuss some ways other than singing songs of praise that we can express worship to God. (Perhaps think way outside the box, and discuss how/why God would receive these expressions as worship.)

5. In Romans 12:1, Paul says that our “rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship” (Amplified Bible) is to offer our bodies as living sacrifices. What is your understanding of what this means and how we are to live this way?

6. Colossians 3:16 says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” This verse talks about the horizontal element of worship. While God is the object of our praise (vertical), others benefit from our praise too! In light of this verse, how would you respond to someone who says “Worship isn’t for me because I don’t sing”?