I hope everyone takes the challenge to read through 1 Chronicles 13 – 16. You can take things to a whole new place in your life if you do. Below are the points we’ve been addressing out of those passage in our study of worship. Worship is so fundamental to our calling and identity as a church, learning and developing ourselves on a deeper level from the Bible can lead to greater fruit, greater connection with God and greater impact in the world.

Worship is:

(There are not definitions but principles surrounding it)

Deciding – not feeling  

Celebrating – reverence can be expressed in shouts, dancing, instruments, enthusiasm.

Obeying – Reverence is truly expressed in doing things the way God says to do them

Responding – worship is a recognition and an acknowledgment that God has done something

Learning – It is critical to understand that the first part of the story has a mistake and the second half of the story is a correction.

Consecrating – in Christ we are the new Priesthood with the call to connect to God and help others connect to God

Organized, Skillful Playing and Singing – The priority and purpose of music — both instrumental and vocal is unmistakable and compelling.

Rejoicing –the closer one approaches the presence of God the more joy there is. Joy is ours because He lives.

Meeting – God calls crowds. We experience things in a crowd we don’t on our own or in small groups. We should dedicate ourselves to meeting together.

Loving – the Bible says a simple thing: if you claim to live God and hate your brother you are a LIAR! Very strong but tied to the principle that our relationships with people are inextricably tied our relationship with God. We can’t disconnect the two.

Who are you going to intentionally express love and care to this week?