Preparing for True Worship

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Preparing for True Worship

• Psalm 100

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Worship

• Expression of honor, adoration and praise to God
• Avoid vain worship through good preparation, Heb.
  1022-25
• To offer true worship we must prepare ourselves
  for the joy, benefits obligations of worship,
  Psa. 100

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Worship

• Worship is less than joyful to some Christians
• Chronically late or absent
• Little zeal personal involvement
• Spectators rather than participants
• Things to know and to do as a prelude to praise

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WorshipReverent adoration, homage

• proskuneo To kiss the hand towards make
  obeisance, do reverence, act of homage (Jno.
  424)
• sebomai Revere, feeling of awe (Matt. 159)
• latreuo Render religious service (Phil. 33)
• eusebeo To act piously towards (Ac 1723)
• External act motivated by and expressive of
  an internal sentiment

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Worship is

• NOT a spectator sport (to observe while others
  do things)
• Each Christian is a participant in worship, John
  423-24
• NOT a competition with others
• INVOLVES TRUTH, John 424
• Truth is not the emotion of worship
• The WHAT HOW of worship, Matt. 157-9

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Mind Set of True Worship In Spirit

• True worship is in SPIRIT, John 424 Psalm 1111
  (heart, inner person)
• Bodily presence alone not all that is important,
  1 Cor. 1117, 27-29
• Preparing our Hearts to Worship
• Plan ahead, Psalm 1221 Matt. 523-24
• Mind preparation VITAL to true worship

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Helpful Environment for True Worship

• Reverent setting, Heb. 1228 Psa. 897
• Begins with the heart, Hab. 220 (Zeph. 17 Psa.
  4610)
• Minimize distractions that hinder reverent
  worship, 1 Cor. 1120-22

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Helpful Environment for True Worship

• Setting that is decent orderly,
  1 Cor. 1440 (23, 26-33)
• Some distractions unavoidable unpredictable
  Many are preventable
• Not mere appearance of reverence, Malachi
  16-8, 13 (Matt. 158-9 235-7)
• Submissive hearts obedient behavior

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Never Let Worship Become Commonplace

• Do not take it for granteddisplays a lack of
  love, Psalm 1221
• Avoid ritualism by having private devotion,
  meditation, prayer, reading and study of Gods
  word
• One who does not offer God private worship will
  have trouble offering public worship!

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True WorshipPsalm 100

• Time of joy and gladness
• Time for thanksgiving and praise
• Spiritual edification of Gods people
• In truth (pattern of sound words)
• In spirit (a mind set of godly fear, showing
  orderliness in demeanor and devotion of
  service)