Worship

  • Brad Darge
  • Jul 25, 2010
  • Series: Discovering Gods Purpose for US
  • Passage: Revelation 22:1-9

You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” - Revelation 4:11

 

Purpose #1:  You were ___________ for God’s ___________ = _____________.

 

 

“Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'  This is the first and greatest commandment.”  - 

            Matthew 22:37-38 (NIV)

 

 

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.”  -  Mark 12: 30                                                  

 

GOD WANTS ME TO LOVE HIM...

 

__________________________      “with my mind”

 

__________________________      “with my heart and soul”

 

__________________________      “with my strength”

 

“...rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.”  - Romans 6:13

 

1.             WORSHIP IS ____________________________ TO GOD.

 

“We love him, because he first loved us.”       1 John 4:19 (KJV)     

 

      “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will– to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One [Jesus] he loves.”  -Ephesians 1:5-6

 

      “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.”  - Hosea 6:6

 

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” - James 1:17

 

      “Give yourselves completely to God since you have been given new life.” -

 Romans 6:13 (NLT)         

2.            WORSHIP IS _________________________ON GOD.

 

“O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.” - Psalm 139:1-3

 

“For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.” - Psalm 117:2           

 

“But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father secretly. Then your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.”  Matthew 6:6 (LVG)           

 

3.             WORSHIP IS __________________________FOR GOD.

 

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,” -  Colossians 3:23           

 

“Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering.”       - Romans 12:1a (MSG)     

 

“Dear brothers and sisters, what's the use of saying you have faith if you don't prove it by your actions? That kind of faith can't save anyone. Suppose you see a brother or sister who needs food or clothing, and you say, "Well, good-bye and God bless you; stay warm and eat well"-but then you don't give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?  So you see, it isn't enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn't show itself by good deeds is no faith at all-it is dead and useless.  Now someone may argue, "Some people have faith; others have good deeds." I say, "I can't see your faith if you don't have good deeds, but I will show you my faith through my good deeds." -  James 2:14-18 (NLT)

 

Truth to take home:  My _________________ should be a ____________ of what God has already been doing ____________ all week.