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Introduction:
What is worship?
“Worship is the recognition of God for who he is, what he has done, and what we are trusting him for.
“ Tony Evans
“True worship is a valuing or a treasuring of God above all things.”
John Piper
True worship is not the mechanical repetition of rituals, but should be wholehearted and reverent.
It should be based upon trustful and obedient lives, in that obedience is itself to be seen as an act of worship.
The job of believers as worshipers is to praise and exalt the glory of our great God and his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
God fills all of the universe and eternity.
There is no lack in him that requires us to magnify him so that he becomes bigger.
Rather, worship recognizes and extols how big he truly is.
Magnifying God is when we focus our praise and worship on him.
We see him for the great and awesome God that he is ; he is bigger than our problems and circumstances.
That’s the power worship has.
It changes us by changing our perspective of God.
Worship it to be the lifestyle of the believer.
Every Man Must Worship God In Three Ways
Rightly
Barak–To kneel, to bless God, to bow down
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Barak means to bow down to, or kneel before, the Lord.
It communicates that the Lord holds a place of importance and helps us remember just how great He is.
Halal–To be clear, to shine, to boast, to show, to rave, to celebrate, to be clamorously foolish
“David appointed the following Levites to lead the people in worship before the Ark of the Lord—to invoke his blessings, to give thanks, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.”
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Halal appears more than 110 times in the Old Testament.
It translates as to shine, boast, rave about, celebrate or even to be clamorously foolish.
Can you imagine a more wondrous noise raving about about all the Lord is and all He has done?
Shabach–To shout loudly, to command
“Come, everyone!
Clap your hands!
Shout to God with joyful praise!” –
Shabach means to shout loudly or command.
Of course, it isn’t simply about being loud.
Its focus is to worship the Lord with one’s whole being.
Tehillah–To sing praises, singing out of the spirit spontaneously
“But you are holy, O You Who dwell in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].”
–, AMPC
Tehillah means to sing unrehearsed, unplanned praises to the Lord.
It can include adding words to an existing song or even singing in the spirit to the Lord.
Towdah–Extending hands, acting out of thanksgiving for what has or will be done
“But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me.
If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.” –
Towdah is a type of worship that includes extending your hands or raising them in thanksgiving for something that has been done or will be done.
Yadah– Extending the hands vigourously
“After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord and praising him for his holy splendor.
This is what they sang: ‘Give thanks to the Lord; his faithful love endures forever!’”
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Yadah means to extend your hands vigorously as in complete surrender.
Zamar – To touch the strings, to make music with instruments, mostly rejoicing
“Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp!
Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes!
Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals.
Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord!
Praise the Lord!” –
Zamar means to touch the strings.
It involves rejoicing and making music to the Lord.
True worship
Tyndale House Publishers.
(2015).
Holy Bible: New Living Translation (
2. Reverently
Worship with awe!
, And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you?
He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.
And you must always obey the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.
Serve the LORD with reverent fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry,
and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
, Serve the Lord in awe/reverently and rejoice with trembling.
3. Regularly
Regularly
Point 1.
How do we worship God rightly?
Worship, acceptable attitudes in
Synopsis
True worship is not the mechanical repetition of rituals, but should be wholehearted and reverent.
It should be based upon trustful and obedient lives, in that obedience is itself to be seen as an act of worship.
Worship should be in accordance with God’s commands
(NLT) — 2 “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah.
Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
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(NLT) — 1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.
(NLT) — 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.”
And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east.
There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.
(NLT) — 16 For I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways.
If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.
17 “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, 18 then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed.
You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.
19 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses.
Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make.
Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!
20 You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him.
This is the key to your life.
And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
(NLT) — 22 But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice?
Listen!
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