What's true worship???

[Madisa]

True worship should create God-intoxicated people.
Everyone worships. Some people worship money, possessions, popularity, prosperity, or other people. They may not sing worship songs to their bank account, but by the way they live they worship (i.e. give value to) their money.

Worship is not just singing songs in church; worship is a lifestyle that places value on its object. True worship of God means that the one worshiping is placing value on God and putting him at the center of life.That's what Jesus was getting at when he said, "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24)

Notice Jesus didn't say anything about singing "worship songs." To worship in spirit and in truth means that everything in your life is centered around God and guided by him that your choices reflect him, that your actions are directed by him, and that you words are filtered through him.

In short, true worship is such that the one worshipping should be so enveloped and surrounded in the presence (the spirit) of God.

 

[greatblue]

To worship in spirit and in truth means that everything in your life is centered around God and guided by Him that your choices reflect Him, that your actions are directed by Him, and that you words are filtered through Him.

Very nice post. It really brings to light that His word is of prime importance when it comes to understanding true worship. John 4 is probably my favorite NT passage as it shows Jesus clearly communicate the gospel well before anyone even fathomed it, and to a Samaritan woman to boot!

 

[Laodicea]

True worship should create God-intoxicated people.
Everyone worships. Some people worship money, possessions, popularity, prosperity, or other people. They may not sing worship songs to their bank account, but by the way they live they worship (i.e. give value to) their money.

Worship is not just singing songs in church; worship is a lifestyle that places value on its object. True worship of God means that the one worshiping is placing value on God and putting him at the center of life.That's what Jesus was getting at when he said, "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24)

Notice Jesus didn't say anything about singing "worship songs." To worship in spirit and in truth means that everything in your life is centered around God and guided by him that your choices reflect him, that your actions are directed by him, and that you words are filtered through him.

In short, true worship is such that the one worshipping should be so enveloped and surrounded in the presence (the spirit) of God.

Well said worship is a lifestyle. We need to worship God inwardly which is shown outwardly. The Pharisees only had an outward experience but not an inward experience.

 

[Madisa]

Thank you Greatbleu and Laodicia for your feedback...yeah, may God help us all to understand that true worship is not an option, it's a lifestyle.We must worship our mighty God in spirit and in truth.God bless you all.

 

[Laodicea]

It is important to understand worship because worship has always been an issue and will be until the end of time. In Revelation 13 & 14 worship is mentioned 8 times. Satan has a system of worship that resembles the true while leading away from the true. If we worship God as you have described then we will be safe.

 

[LawofLove]

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x2IpLSfqp8

 

[Laodicea]

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x2IpLSfqp8

I re-posted for you

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x2IpLSfqp8[/video]

 

[moment_of_faith]

I believe true worship is just praising the lord .. telling him thanks , that you love him,

 

[Descyple]

Very good post about worshiping God with our lives, Madisa!!!

"How uncomely it is for anyone to praise God if his whole life dishonors God! It is as indecent for a wicked man to praise God as it is for a usurer to talk of living by faith, or for the devil to quote Scripture. The godly alone are fit to be choristers in God's praises. It is called 'the garment of praise' (Isaiah 61:3). This garment fits handsomely only on a saint's back."
- Thomas Watson, The Godly Man's Picture, pg 129

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJa_hbSq-v8[/video]

 

[Abiding]

True worship should create God-intoxicated people.
Everyone worships. Some people worship money, possessions, popularity, prosperity, or other people. They may not sing worship songs to their bank account, but by the way they live they worship (i.e. give value to) their money.

Worship is not just singing songs in church; worship is a lifestyle that places value on its object. True worship of God means that the one worshiping is placing value on God and putting him at the center of life.That's what Jesus was getting at when he said, "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24)

Notice Jesus didn't say anything about singing "worship songs." To worship in spirit and in truth means that everything in your life is centered around God and guided by him that your choices reflect him, that your actions are directed by him, and that you words are filtered through him.

In short, true worship is such that the one worshipping should be so enveloped and surrounded in the presence (the spirit) of God.

I like the way Romans 12:1-2 works into this.....after Paul gives all the implications to our life he then
goes into the application......in relation to Gods mercies: our truest worship is.........

 

[oldhermit]

We generraly think of worship in terms of certain types of activities in which we engage at perscribed times. We participate collectivrly in a set of styalized forms of singing, praying, giving, and the Lord's supper and we refer to this as times of formal worship. Now, I certainly do not wish to make light of these activities nor do I wish to minimalize the importance of our involvement in them. These things are not only approved of the Lord but are mandated by him as part of our corporate involvement with one another in worshiping God as the body collective. However, these activities are not intended to represent the full body of our worship experience. This is not the total framework of worship that we see in scripture.

Scripture calls us to a more expanded concept of worship than the simple engagement of ourselves in styalized activities. Worship demands of us a total surrender of the whole person. We must learn to redefine our concept of worship and allow worship to extend beyond the walls of the assymbly. It must be allowed to permiate every area of our lives and our very being.

In Deut. 6:4-6 and Lk. 10:27, we find that worship involves the heart (this is the seat of emotion), the soul (the inner person, the true man), the might or strength (this is what governs one's actions), and our mind (this is the intellect). This leaves no part of the individual that is not connected to the Lord. But, what happens to a nation or the people of God when they begin to separate the idea of worship from the day-to-day activities of our lives? In Isa. 1, God tells Israel that because the worship of their lives (which is represented in the Burnt Offering sacrifice as the consecration of all that one is and all that one has) has become corrupt, wicked, unjust, and defiled, the worship of their offering and temple activities had become worthless. Consequently, God tells them not to bring these worthless things to him any longer.

Worship then, defines a lifestyle, not just a set of collective activities. Our entire lives must go up before God as "sweet smelling savor" or our participation in collective worship activities ceases to be worship and becomes a stench in the nosterals of God.

 

[GreenNnice]

God blessed us with song and dance, it heightens our understanding and knowing we are in the presence of our King. David danced sung wrote rhyme to God , it was David's own chosen way to worship Him ,

 

[resurrection33]

True worship should create God-intoxicated people.
Everyone worships. Some people worship money, possessions, popularity, prosperity, or other people. They may not sing worship songs to their bank account, but by the way they live they worship (i.e. give value to) their money.

Worship is not just singing songs in church; worship is a lifestyle that places value on its object. True worship of God means that the one worshiping is placing value on God and putting him at the center of life.That's what Jesus was getting at when he said, "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24)

Notice Jesus didn't say anything about singing "worship songs." To worship in spirit and in truth means that everything in your life is centered around God and guided by him that your choices reflect him, that your actions are directed by him, and that you words are filtered through him.

In short, true worship is such that the one worshipping should be so enveloped and surrounded in the presence (the spirit) of God.

Maybe the best worship is obedience to the Lord’s commandments.

 

[Mediate]

There's nothing more Holy than self sacrafice for the good of others. That is what true worship is.