actively worshipful your worship directly affects your mission work
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John 4:23-24 “Yet a time is coming and has now come when
the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of
worshipers
Definition: To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of
God, to purge the imagination by the beauty
of
God, to open the heart to the love of God and to devote
the will to the purpose of God. (William Temple)
True worship of God brings us into His presence, which
immediately convicts us of the sin in our
lives.
Unfortunately this is a main reason that many don’t
genuinely worship today.
They refuse to get honest with God.
If we hold onto sin in our life, then that
means we are saying that our sin is more important to us than
God.
Romans 12:1-2 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of
God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy
and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to
the
pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Authentic worship always produces the experienced presence of God. People’s
lives are changed in His presence.”-Pastor Ray Jones
“Worship anticipates not only an encounter with God, but also
a clear next word from God. Worship is totally God-
centered! God-focused! Out of worship comes a clearer and more focused relationship of
faith and
obedience with God. Worship is God’s way of developing
character and directing life into the center of His will.” Henry
Blackaby
This means our scorecard for worship is not how many
people show up, but how many encounter the transforming presence of God through our
worship.
3. Our worship provides a defense for the faith that is not man-made but is God authored
and supernatural.
The time to measure the genuineness of our worship is not at 10:30 on Sunday, but at
8:30 on Monday.