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Worship…Discovering The Missing Jewel

WorshipDiscovering The Missing Jewel

Rev. Teddy A. Jones www.TeddyAJones.com

What is Worship?

• Discuss in groups of 3’s• Share your responses

• “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, to devote the will to the purpose of God. All this is gathered up in that emotion which most cleanses us from selfishness because it is the most selfless of all emotions – adoration.” - William Temple

What Is Worship?

• “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, to devote the will to the purpose of God. All this is gathered up in that emotion which most cleanses us from selfishness because it is the most selfless of all emotions – adoration.” - William Temple

Who Is The Worship Leader?

• Let’s hear your answers….• Worship should be unto God• Understand who God is• Jesus is the leader of our worship• The Holy Spirit is the link between us and God in

Worship• Worship is all of us connecting with all of God

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• 21 Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

• 22 You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.

• 23 But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.

• 24 God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

• Spirit is the highest, deepest, noblest part of our humanity, the point of contact between God and man

• The phrase in spirit and in truth describes the two essential characteristics of true worship

• in spirit, as distinguished from place or form or other sensual limitations (ver. 21)

• in truth, as distinguished from the false conceptions resulting from imperfect knowledge (ver. 22)

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• True worship includes a spiritual sense of the object worshipped, and a spiritual communion with it; the manifestation of the moral consciousness in feelings, motions of the will, "moods of elevation, excitements," etc.

• It includes also a truthful conception of the object. In Jesus the Father is seen(14.9) and known (Lk.10:22)

• Likewise through Him we come to the Father, and spiritually commune with Him. No man can come in any other way (14. 6).

• To worship in truth is not merely to worship in sincerity, but with a worship corresponding to the nature of its object.

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• Watch this video clip from Worship Leader Darlene Zschech. Click Here

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• Indeed, worship is not merely an aspect of our being, but the essence of our being as God’s image-bearers. As a result, all of life is ceaseless worship.

• Rather, we are continually giving ourselves away or pouring ourselves out for a person, cause, experience, achievement, or status. 

• Do not say “Let us come into the presence of the Lord”

• Do not say “Let us invite the Holy Spirit into our midst”

• DO NOT SAY PRAISE AND WORSHIP!!!

13Lift The Leads

• Watch the following video and meditate on it deeply. Click Here

It’s Not about You!

• Hebrews 13:15-17 - Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

• 15 Through him, therefore, let us offer God a sacrifice of praise continually.[a] For this is the natural product of lips that acknowledge his name.

• 16 But don’t forget doing good and sharing with others, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

15It’s Not About You

•  16Make sure you don't take things for granted and go slack in working for the common good; share what you have with others. God takes particular pleasure in acts of worship—a different kind of "sacrifice"—that take place in kitchen and workplace and on the streets.

•  17Be responsive to your pastoral leaders. Listen to their counsel. They are alert to the condition of your lives and work under the strict supervision of God. Contribute to the joy of their leadership, not its drudgery. Why would you want to make things harder for them?

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It’s Not About You Hebrews 13:15-17

• Praise • Proclamation (lips that confess his name) • Service (do good as a demonstration of the gospel to the

world) • Participation (share with others as a demonstration of grace

to the world) • Sacrifice (giving of time talent and treasure)• Submission (respecting godly authority placed over you so

as to grow in wisdom and holiness)•  

Principles for Corporate Worship

• It’s not about you! - The meeting is for corporate response to God, not just individual response.

• CORPORATE WORSHIP IS TO BE GOD-CENTERED

• Worship is not an occasion for us to hear sermons about us, sing songs about us, or focus on how to make ourselves feel happily inspired. Since we are prone to worship ourselves as idols, corporate worship is an important occasion to redirect our worship back to God.

Principles for Corporate Worship

• CORPORATE WORSHIP SHOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLE

• Worship should be intelligible. This means that not only is the service conducted in the known language of the hearers, but also that technical doctrinal terms are explained so everyone understands what is being said and sung.  We are to lead people to be impressed by Jesus not us!

Principles for Corporate Worship

• CORPORATE WORSHIP IS TO BE SEEKER-SENSIBLE

• Because there are non-Christians present in corporate worship meetings, people leading those meetings need to be hospitable to non-Christians. 

Principles for Corporate Worship

• CORPORATE WORSHIP IS TO BE UNSELFISH• If someone wants to express their personal response to

God in a way that draws undue attention to them and distracts from others responding to God, they should do that kind of thing at home in private.

Principles for Corporate Worship

• CORPORATE WORSHIP IS TO BE ORDERLY• While no church is perfect, and corporate worship

meetings not intended to be an impressive performance:• musicians who cannot keep time, singers who cannot

sing, audio speakers with continual feedback, long awkward pauses because no one knows what is happening next, and people speaking in tongues or prophesying out of turn in a way the Bible forbids are all things that distract people from being able to focus on God and falsely portray God as chaotic.

Principles for Corporate Worship

• CORPORATE WORSHIP IS TO BE MISSIONAL• Human beings are, as God’s image-bearers, culture

makers, receivers, and interpreters. Subsequently, it is nonsensical for Christians to ignore culture or assume Christianity, is in itself, a culture that exists completely separated from the cultures in which the church exists. 

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Principles for Corporate Worship

• To be missional, a church meeting has to fit the culture it is in rather than being a subculture imported from another time or place. This does not mean that older traditions (e.g., hymns, creeds) are not used, but they are used because they contribute to informing faithful worship of God rather than perpetuating a dated form that is no longer best for ministry.

Do an Audit

• Write down the 5 most popular songs for your praise team.

• How many of them are locally written/use local language?

• How theologically/Biblically sound are they?• How feminine/masculine are they?

Values

Humility… that leads to serviceDiversity… that leads to understandingInterdependence… that leads to partnershipsEmpowerment… that leads to multiplicationCreativity… that leads to new inventionsIntegrity… that leads to trustPassion…that leads to action

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