Worship 1

Amancio Rosas

Preparing To Worship • Sermon • Submitted 5 years ago

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Teaching youth about worship and the importance of what it does in the believers life.

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Worship & Praise

What is Worship:

The Role Of The Worshippers:

What is worship?

Worship is giving worth to something/someone

We are to worship God in Spirit and In Truth.

John 4:23 NIV

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

John

Benefits of Praise:

- Praise silences the foe and the avenger

Psalm 8:2 NIV

Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

§ Praise silences the enemy

o Silencing the voice of temptation

§ Our thoughts are everywhere

§ Stay in tune with God by turning away the voice of temptation

James 1:14–15 NIV

but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

o Silencing the voice of despair

§ Hopelessness = Discouragement + Depression = Despair

§ Discouragement and Depression will creep into our minds

§ Praise shifts our focus away from problems towards God’s awesome ability

§ Imperfections to God’s matchless character

§ Enemies lies to God’s unchanging truth

Psalm 42:9–10 NIV

I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 43 NIV

Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

We become consumed with the fullness of God’s:

Ability

Nature of His Character

Power of His truth

Rather than lies and defeatist-type attitudes

Philippians 4:8–9 NIV

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

B.) Outwardly: giving the enemy indisputable evidence of his defeat.

Our praise confronts the enemy, intimidates him, and causes him to shut his lying mouth!

Carman who is a 80/90s Christian singer and songwriter used to say “When the devil reminds you of your past, you remind him of his future”

2 Chronicles 20:14–21 NIV

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly. He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel. You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.’ ” Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the Lord. Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice. Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.” After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.”

2 Chronicles 20:

The Role Of The Worshippers:

Singer and musicans pasied Him in the frontline of battle