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ACTS 29

ONE GOD, ONE WORLD, ONE CHURCH

23Yet 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. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

John 4:23-24

 

Worship

By Spencer Chapman

                I give the Lord all the Honour, Praise and Glory firstly for He is the master and creator of us all, and it is through His Spirit that enables us to do good things.

                I pray that as I write this that the Holy Spirit may guide me and give me the words to encourage you, to raise you up as living sacrifices to worship the Lord God, creator of the universe. Be bold and strong, never giving up on yourself or your dreams that the Lord has given you. All Glory to Him that sits on the throne forever and ever, Amen.

 

                Where does one start on worship, as the subject is endless as time itself? What is worship? Why do we worship? To what do we worship? WORSHIP. Our English word means “worth ship” denoting the worthiness of an individual to receive special honour in accordance with that worth. (From Evangelical Dictionary of Theology by Walter a. Elwell.)  

                The Greek word for worship is PROSKYNEO act of prostration, to bow down, may be done out of regard for the dignity, out of reverence. There are many aspects of “Worship”, some that we use everyday. Adoration, prayer, surrender, repentance, seeking God, exaltation, celebrating, praise and rejoicing.

                In all of the aspects of worship we have one basic common idea. It is communication. Also it is a doing word, we choose to do something to communicate to God. Like prayer we choose to do this to know our Lord better, to show our love, thankfulness, joy, respect, to give ourselves as an offering.

I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness

                and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalm 7:17

I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;

            I will tell of all your wonders.

²          I will be glad and rejoice in you;

I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Psalm 9:1-2

 

Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD;

                   I will sing praises to your name.

Psalm 18:49

    We should not be ashamed of pouring out ourselves to our Lord and maker as we would not be ashamed to show affection to someone we love eg; wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend.

                so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, as it is written:

      “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;

          I will sing hymns to your name.”^£

¹⁰Again, it says,

      “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”^£

¹¹And again,

      “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,

          and sing praises to him, all you peoples.”^£

¹²And again, Isaiah says,

      “The Root of Jesse will spring up,

          one who will arise to rule over the nations;

      the Gentiles will hope in him.”^£

¹³May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:9-13

    I shall be mainly talking about Worship as singing, celebrating, praise and rejoicing in our own congregations, churches, within a group or leading a group.

    Over the years I have been to many churches and denominations in Australia and overseas, most of which I had been involved in the band or worship team in one-way or another. Although each one was a little different in certain rituals, the Worship has remained the same, in that we all worship the One and true God.

    There is no one-way to worship our Lord. In a sense for example I am worshiping the Lord now as I write this. I am expressing my love for Him, all the wonders, grace, mercy He has shown me, thanking Him, worshipping in words.

    King David was fantastic at worshipping with words and a lot of the songs we sing and listen to have started with a one on one personal encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ, and then are written down to remember and to repeat as a vocal expression that we know as singing.

“My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;

I will sing and make music.

Awake, my soul!

Awake, harp and lyre!

I will awaken the dawn.

 

I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;

I will sing of you among the peoples.

For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;

Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

 

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let your glory be over the earth.”

Psalm 57:7-11

What a fantastic thought, David overjoyed with emotion to love and praise his creator, his King, his friend, his brother. Exclaiming greatness and power to someone he knows really well, to someone he is in love with. True worship in every sense. David is using his whole being to convey what he feels to the Lord.

The idea that David had to write down what he feels right or wrong, it is a great idea. Many songs that we hear today, Christian and non-Christian reflect peoples thoughts and emotion. The themes vary on people, places, feelings and emotions. A song is never the same and one would tend to think that there would be a limit to what one can write or sing on? But this isn’t the case as there is no one person in the world the same; therefore the same can be said about songs and music, each one is different and never the same.

Worship works in the same way. The theme is Jesus Christ, and within songs there are many ways to write about Him, and there are many different ways to worship Him.  

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^{24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.}

^{Mark 11:24}

    Last updated. Monday, 14 July 2008