What is worship?

• Luke 19
• 68 people baptized last weekend 😱
• We’ve lost it, aka banana duck tape sold for $6m
• God’s value and greatness is not dependent on our worship
• What we are willing to sacrifice reveals to ourselves how valuable we think He is
• Worship has to entail sacrifice
• When we sacrifice our time, that’s worship
• Worship should increase always, in the peaks and valleys of life

What is worship?

• the act of showing great respect, love, or devotion to something or someone.
• A present expression of a heavenly reality.

Why do we worship?

• It renews our mind and our thoughts
• Psalm 13:1-6 (“I don’t know if you just saw that but it was almost schizophrenic”)
• We have all been there.
• It’s okay to feel doubt, fear and anxiety but it’s not okay to stay there or let those feelings lead you. Bring them to The Lord.
• Don’t let our feelings lead us, let The Lord lead our feelings.
• Worship establishes confidence in God
• Psalm 56:1-4

How do we worship?

• What we think worship should look like is dependent on how we were raised and what we were exposed to.
• Worship is about Jesus, when someone begins to steal the attention (intentionally or not) a line has been crossed
• We sing praises to Him (Psalms, etc.)
  • Not suggested, it’s commanded
• We worship with instruments
  • 1 Chronicles 15:16
• Clapping is an act of praise
  • Psalm 47:1
• Bowing is an act of worship (there is something powerful in this posture, it’s complete surrender)
  • Nehemiah 8:6
• Raising our hands is an act of worship