Wednesday Service | FAITH TRAINING: What It Means To Be A Disciple | Part 10 – Worship | Jordan Brawner

[1] Worship is an of my love and gratitude to God

Mark 12:29-30 (NIRV)

²⁹ Jesus answered, “Here is the most important one. Moses said, ‘Israel, listen to me. The Lord is our God. The Lord is one. ³⁰ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 

• Worship is a to God’s love

1 John 4:19 (NIV)

¹⁹ We love because he first loved us.

• Worship is a response to God’s for us

Ephesians 1:4-5 (NIRV)

⁴ God chose us to belong to Christ before the world was created. He chose us to be holy and without blame in his eyes. He loved us. ⁵ So he decided long ago to adopt us. He adopted us as his children with all the rights children have. He did it because of what Jesus Christ has done. It pleased God to do it.

• Worship is more than just

Romans 12:1-2 (NIRV)

Brothers and sisters, God has shown you his mercy. So I am asking you to offer up your bodies to him while you are still alive. Your bodies are a holy sacrifice that is pleasing to God. When you offer your bodies to God, you are worshiping him in the right way. ² Don’t live the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. And you will agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect.

• Worship… is him with our lives

[2] God loves worship that engages the

Psalm 122:1 (NIRV)

I was very glad when they said to me, “Let us go up to the house of the Lord.”

• God loves worship that is done with a heart

2 Chronicles 31:21 (NLT)

²¹ In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God’s laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.

• God loves worship that is done with the heart

Isaiah 29:13 (NIRV)

¹³ The Lord says, “These people worship me only with their words. They honor me by what they say. But their hearts are far away from me. Their worship doesn’t mean anything to me. They teach nothing but human rules that they have been taught.

John 4:23 (NIRV)

²³ But a new time is coming. In fact, it is already here. True worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth. They are the kind of worshipers the Father is looking for.

• God loves worship that comes through his son

[3] you choose to worship matters

James 1:12 (NIRV)

¹² Blessed is the person who keeps on going when times are hard. After they have come through hard times, this person will receive a crown. The crown is life itself. The Lord has promised it to those who love him.

• When I’m going through difficulties, discouragement and delays… worship helps me through it, not just go through it

• When things are out of my its a good time to worship

• Worship will help me

Psalm 73:16-17 (NIRV)

¹⁶ I tried to understand it all. But it was more than I could handle. ¹⁷ It troubled me until I entered God’s temple.

• When I worship in God’s house it helps me gain

Psalm 18:28-29, 32 (NIV)

²⁸ You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
²⁹ With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.

³² It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.

• When I worship I gain