Worship

Worship is… 

IN US

 

His breath is our breath

 

Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils,  and the man became a living being. -Genesis 2:7

 

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Hallelujah! -Psalms 150:6

 

God knows all of you and wants all of you

 

Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame. -Genesis 2:25

 

This is the command — the statutes and ordinances — the Lord your God has instructed me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess.  Do this so that you may fear  the Lord your God  all the days of your life  by keeping all His statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.  Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. 

“Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One.   Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.  These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.  Repeat them to your children.  Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol  on your forehead.   Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. -Deuteronomy 6:1-9

 

FOR US

 

Worship is Heaven

 

I have asked one thing from the Lord; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking Him in His temple. -Psalm 27:4

 

“Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.” -Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ 

 

Eternity starts today

 

 “When you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.” -Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭14‬

 

NOT US - HIM

 

God did what we couldn’t do

 

“…There is no one who does good. God looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God. All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.” -‭‭Psalms‬ ‭53‬:‭1-3

 

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” -Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭23‬

 

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.” -‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭44‬

 

And He said to me, “It is done!  I am the Alpha and the Omega,  the Beginning and the End.  I will give water as a gift to the thirsty from the spring of life. -Revelation 21-6

 

For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person — though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves  His own love for us  in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood,  we will be saved through Him from wrath.  For if, while we were enemies,  we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life! -Romans 6:10

 

“For God loved  the world in this way:  He gave His One and Only  Son,  so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn  the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned…” -John 3:16-18

 

 

His cross IS His crown

 

“...Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage. Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men. And when He had come as a man in His external form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross. For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow  — of those who are in heaven  and on earth and under the earth  — and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”. -Philippians 2:5-11

 

THROUGH US

 

Live out your faith

 

“For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift —” -Ephesians 2:8

 

“Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭6‬ ‭

 

Come boldly

 

“Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4:16

 

Rejoice together

 

“Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith,  we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand,  and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only that,  but we also rejoice in our afflictions,  because we know that affliction produces endurance,  endurance produces proven character,  and proven character produces hope. This hope will not disappoint us,  because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” -Romans 5:1-5

 

What does rejoicing look like? Fellowship, singing, dancing, praising. What happens when your team goes to the Super Bowl, what happens when they score a touchdown?

 

Give all because He gave all