Praise God!

Worship is very personal. It is God-centered.

Worship is about singing, praying, praising God, reading His Word. It is about taking communion, serving others, having your heart and attitude in the right place.

How do you know if you are worshipping in spirit and in truth? Look at your heart. Are you open to what the Bible says? Are you trying to obey God? Are you examining yourself, checking to see if you are on the right track? Is your heart right with God? Do you strive to honor God in everything that you do?

"You must be holy because I, the LORD, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own." Leviticus 20:26

"Long ago, even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. " Ephesians 1:4"

"But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God--who chose you to be his children--is holy. " I Peter 1:15


Worship is a time of JOY! A time to offer THANKS and ADORATION!

"Worship the LORD with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. " Psalm 100:2

"The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my victory. He is my God, and I will praise him; he is my father's God, and I will exalt him! " Exodus 15:2

"I will praise him from the bottom of my heart: "LORD, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the weak and helpless from the strong? Who else protects the poor and needy from those who want to rob them?" Psalm 35:10

"The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us everything he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God. " Ephesians 1:14

"And from the throne came a voice that said, "Praise our God, all his servants, from the least to the greatest, all who fear him." Revelation 19:5

Worship

Definitions of worship:

–noun

1. reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.

2. formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage: They attended worship this morning.

3. adoring reverence or regard: excessive worship of business success.

4. the object of adoring reverence or regard.

5. (initial capital letter) British. a title of honor used in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usually prec. by Your, His, or Her).

–verb (used with object)

6. to render religious reverence and homage to.

7. to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).

–verb (used without object)

8. to render religious reverence and homage, as to a deity.

9. to attend services of divine worship.

10. to feel an adoring reverence or regard.

—Synonyms
3. honor, homage, adoration, idolatry. 7. honor, venerate, revere, adore, glorify, idolize, adulate.

How do we set about to worship God? How do we bow at his feet? What pleases God when we worship? When should we worship? An intriguing topic.

(worship)
occurs 311 times in 301 verses in the NLT

"When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. It was during his lifetime that people first began to worship the LORD." Genesis 4:26

"Stay here with the donkey," Abraham told the young men. "The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back." Genesis 22:5

God said to Jacob, "Now move on to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to worship me--the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau." Genesis 35:1

"You must worship no other gods, but only the LORD, for he is a God who is passionate about his relationship with you. " Exodus 34:13

"Their worship is a farce, for they replace God's commands with their own man-made teachings.' " Matthew 15:9

"But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way. " John 4:23