Scripture clearly teaches that the worship of God needs to be a priority in the life of every Christian.  Godly worship is a 24/7 lifestyle that can be manifested in various ways.

Where does our motivation to worship come from?

Our love for the Lord plays a significant role in our worship.

 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, ….” (Luke 10:27 ESV)

The Holy Spirit living inside of us plays a role in our worship.

 … be filled with the Holy Spirit,  singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, … (Ephesians 5:18-19 NLT)

Our heart plays a role in  our worship.

…. and making music to the Lord in your hearts. (Ephesians 5: 19 NLT)

 Our knowledge of scripture plays a role in our worship.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16 ESV)

Our mind and our soul plays a role in our worship.

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.  God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:23-24 ESV)

 Our intellect plays a role in our worship.

Well then, what shall I do? I will pray in the spirit, and I will also pray in words I understand. I will sing in the spirit, and I will also sing in words I understand. (1 Corinthians 14:15 NLT)

Where does our motivation to worship come from?

• Our love for the Lord plays a significant role in our worship.
• The Holy Spirit living inside of us plays a role in our worship.
• Our heart plays a role in our worship.
• Our knowledge of scripture plays a role in our worship.
• Our mind and our soul plays a role in our worship.
• Our intellect plays a role in our worship.

(Be sure to read future posts that will discuss the importance of worshiping God.)

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, … .” (Luke 10:27 ESV)

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Scripture clearly teaches that the worship of God needs to be a priority in the life of every Christian.  Godly worship is a 24/7 lifestyle that can be manifested in various ways.

We worship by recognizing and expressing the fact that God is a holy God.  We worship by recognizing and expressing the fact that God is perfect, without sin.

“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
(Isaiah 6:3 ESV)

Exalt the LORD our God;
worship at his footstool!
Holy is he!
(Psalm 99:5 ESV)

“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
who was and is and is to come!”
(Revelation 4:8 ESV)

We worship by recognizing and expressing the fact that God’s ways are always right.

 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
(Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV)

 God’s way is perfect.
 All the Lord’s promises prove true.
    He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
(Psalm 18:30 NLT)

We worship by recognizing and expressing the fact that God is always just and fair.

He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect.
Everything he does is just and fair.
He is a faithful God who does no wrong;
    how just and upright he is!
(Deuteronomy 32:4 NLT)

We worship by recognizing and expressing the fact that there is only one true God.

To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD is God;
there is no other besides him. … know therefore today, and lay it
to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the
earth beneath; there is no other.  (Deuteronomy 4:35-39 ESV)

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of all,
who is over all, in all, and living through all.
(Ephesians 4:5-6 NLT)

We worship by recognizing and expressing the fact that:

– God is a holy God.

– God is perfect, without sin.

– God’s ways are always right.

– God is always just and fair.

– there is only one true God.

(Be sure to read future posts that will discuss the importance of worshiping God.)

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
(Psalm 100:4 ESV)

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Scripture clearly teaches that the worship of God needs to be a priority in the life of every Christian.

Worshipping God is something every Christian should be highly motivated to do on a daily basis.

This series of posts will discuss different aspects of worship.

We worship God because He is the creator and sustainer of the universe.

We worship God because He created all things.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 ESV)

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:3 ESV)

 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” (Revelation 4:11 ESV)

 We worship God because He sustains the universe.

 “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.  “You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. (Nehemiah 9:5-6 ESV)

He (Jesus Christ) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.  For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.  And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:15-17 ESV)

We worship God because He created us in His image.

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”  (Genesis 1:26-28 ESV)

We worship God because we were created for His glory.

Bring all who claim me as their God,
for I have made them for my glory.
It was I who created them.’” (Isaiah 43:7 NLT)

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Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
(Psalm 100:4 ESV)

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The New Living Translation of the Bible uses some form of the word worship (worship, worshiping, worshiped, worshipers) 496 times.  Scripture commands us to love God.  Scripture instructs us to worship God.

Scripture clearly teaches that the worship of God needs to be a priority in the life of every Christian.

Worshipping God is something every Christian should be highly motivated to do on a daily basis.

This series of posts will discuss different aspects of worship.

Recently I’ve been trying to find a good definition for the word worship.  I asked numerous individuals to give me their definition of worship. Here are some of the definitions I received for worship.

• Glorifies God
• Praising God
• Communication with God
• Just loving God
• Anything you can do and love God while you do it, that is worship
• Obedience
• Who we are in proper perspective to God.
• Come into God’s presence. Tell Him how great He is.  Total submission.
• Focus on the Lord. Praise and thanksgiving.
• Everything that we spill out. Anything done in His name.

I also went on line to Webster’s Dictionary 1828.  Here is what I found.

Webster’s Dictionary 1828 – ONLINE EDITION
AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

WORSHIP, verb transitive

1. To adore; to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration.
   Thou shalt worship no other God. Exodus 34:14.

Still not satisfied, I decided to write my own definition of worship.  Here is what I came up with.

Godly worship is a 24/7 lifestyle of both knowing and responding.

We need to know:

• There is only one living and true God. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
• God is holy, perfect and without sin.
• God is the creator and sustainer of the universe and everything in it.
• God (God the Son) is Savior and Lord.
• God is omnipresent. (He is present everywhere at all times.)
• God is omniscient.(He knows everything.)
• God is omnipotent. (He can do anything.)
• God is worthy of our worship.

We need to respond by:

• Confessing with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believing in our hearts that God raised him from the dead.

… because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 ESV)

• Acknowledging that God is holy.

 “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” (Isaiah 6:3 ESV)

Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy.  (Matthew 6:9 NLT)

• Loving God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind.

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37 ESV)

• Living a life of obedience to God.
• Living a life that brings glory to God.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16 ESV)

Does this define Godly worship?  Let me know what you think.

(Be sure to read future posts that will discuss the importance of worshiping God.)

“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.” (Revelation 19:6 ESV)

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The New Living Translation of the Bible uses some form of the word worship (worship, worshiping, worshiped, worshipers) 496 times.  Scripture commands us to love God.  Scripture instructs us to worship God.

Scripture clearly teaches that the worship of God needs to be a priority in the life of every Christian.

Worshiping God is something every Christian should be highly motivated to do on a daily basis.

This series of posts will discuss different aspects of worship.

The focus of today’s post is simple.  Scripture tells us to worship the Lord.

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!  
Praise the LORD! (Psalm 150:6 ESV)

 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; (1 Chronicles 16:29 ESV)

Honor the Lord for the glory of his name.
    Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. (Psalm 29:2 NLT)

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!      (Psalm 95:6 ESV)

Exalt the LORD our God; 
  worship at his footstool!  
  Holy is he!         (Psalm 99:5 ESV)

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.   (Romans 12:1 ESV)

And Jesus answered him, “It is written,
   “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, 
              and him only shall you serve.’”     (Luke 4:8 ESV)

Question.  What have you done today to give God the glory He deserves?

(Be sure to read future posts that will discuss the importance of worshiping God.)

“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.” (Revelation 19:6 ESV)

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What are you telling the next generation?

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  (Psalm 78:4 NLT)

Tell the next generation that God created the universe and everything in it.  (Part 1 & Part 2)

Tell the next generation that God is the sustainer and upholder of all His creation.  (Part 3)

Tell the next generation that God knows even the smallest details about His creation. (Part 4)

Tell the next generation Bible stories that … tell about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.  (Part 5)

Tell the next generation how God transformed your life. (Part 6)

Why should you talk to the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders?

(So)  that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; (Psalm 78:6-7 ESV)

Tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and mighty works:

• So that they know how God is working throughout history
• So that the next generation is equipped to tell others about God
• So that the next generation puts their hope in God
• So that the next generation keeps God’s commandments
• So that the next generation desires to be delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of his beloved Son.

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  ( Psalm 78:4 NLT)

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What are you telling the next generation?

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  (Psalm 78:4 NLT)

Tell the next generation that God created the universe and everything in it.

Tell the next generation that God is the sustainer and upholder of all His creation.

Tell the next generation that God knows even the smallest details about His creation.

Tell the next generation Bible stories that … tell about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.

Finally, tell the next generation how God transformed your life.

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,  in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13-14 ESV)

 (You may want to include some or all of the following scriptures.)

… for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, … (Romans 3:23 ESV)

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 ESV)

… but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8 ESV)

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,  not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16 ESV)

… because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. (Romans 10:9-10 ESV)

Tell the next generation that God reigns.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!” (1 Chronicles 16:31 ESV)

(Be sure to read the next and final post in this series, Tell the Next Generation.)

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  ( Psalm 78:4 NLT)

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What are you telling the next generation?

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  ( Psalm 78:4 NLT)

Tell the next generation that God created the universe and everything in it.

Tell the next generation that God is the sustainer and upholder of all His creation.

Tell the next generation that God knows even the smallest details about His creation.

Tell the next generation Bible stories that … tell about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.

Tell the next generation the story of Noah.  Noah obeyed God and built an ark to save his family as well as animals that lived on the earth from the great flood that covered the earth.

Tell the next generation the story of Abraham.  Abraham left his country, his relatives, and his father’s house to become the father of the Hebrew nation.  He was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Tell the next generation the story of Joseph.  Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers, but God turned evil into good by placing Joseph second in charge to Pharaoh in the land of Egypt.

Tell the next generation the story of Moses.  Moses was used by God to lead His people out of the land of Egypt.

Tell the next generation how God used Joshua to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land.

Tell the next generation the story of David and the giant Goliath.

Tell the next generation the story of Daniel in the lion’s den.

Tell the next generation these and other Bible stories that … tell about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.

Tell the next generation that God reigns.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!” (1 Chronicles 16:31 ESV)

(Be sure to read future posts that will discuss more of the Lord’s glorious deeds, his power and his mighty wonders.)

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  ( Psalm 78:4 NLT)

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What are you telling the next generation?

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  ( Psalm 78:4 NLT)

Tell the next generation that God created the universe and everything in it.

Tell the next generation that God is the sustainer and upholder of all His creation.

Don’t stop there.

Tell the next generation that God knows even the smallest details about His creation.

Tell the next generation that God knows every bird in the world.

I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine.  (Psalm 50:11 NLT)

What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. (Matthew 10:29 NLT)

Tell the next generation that God knows every star in the sky.

 He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. (Psalm 147:4 ESV)

 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing. (Isaiah 40:26 ESV)

 Tell the next generation that God knows every detail of our lives.

 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. (Psalm 139:16 ESV)

 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.  (Psalm 139:2 ESV)

 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.         (Psalm 139:4 ESV)

 Tell the next generation that God knows the number of hairs we have on our head.

 … even the hairs of your head are all numbered. (Luke 12:7 ESV)

 Tell the next generation that God knows everything.

God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:20 ESV)

Tell the next generation that God reigns.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!” (1 Chronicles 16:31 ESV)

(Be sure to read future posts that will discuss more of the Lord’s glorious deeds, his power and his mighty wonders.)

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  ( Psalm 78:4 NLT)

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What are you telling the next generation?

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  ( Psalm 78:4 NLT)

Tell the next generation that God did much more than create the universe and everything in it.  Tell the next generation that God is the sustainer and upholder of all of His creation.  Talk about His power and His mighty wonders by telling how He holds the universe together.

Tell the next generation that God’s power keeps the planets in their orbits.  The universe and everything in it is constantly sustained by the Son’s powerful word.

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, [2] but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. [3] He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. … (Hebrews 1:1-3 ESV)

 Tell the  next generation that God’s power keeps electrons moving around the nucleus of an atom.

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.  And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:16-17 ESV)

Tell the next generation that God has control over all aspects of nature.

And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.  And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.  And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.”  And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.  And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?” (Matthew 8:23-27 ESV)

 Tell the next generation that God reigns.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!” (1 Chronicles 16:31 ESV)

(Be sure to read future posts that will discuss more of the Lord’s glorious deeds, his power and his mighty wonders.)

… we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord,  about his power and his mighty wonders.  ( Psalm 78:4 NLT)

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