“…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
All true believers
recognize the privilege and responsibility to worship God. This worship begins
when the Holy Spirit enters our being and grows and continues throughout our
lifetime. Every believer should worship the Lord privately as well as gather
together with other believers to worship whenever possible. We can worship the
Lord because of who He is, because of what He has done in creation and redemption,
and because of all that He has done for us individually.
Worship in Scripture
seems to revolve around praising God. This is an act of the will not
necessarily related to how a person "feels" or the immediate
circumstances of life. In other words, we should praise the Lord even when
things seem to be going wrong. This is an act of submission to His divine will
and pleases the Lord (Psalm 67:3; Hebrews 13:15; Isaiah 12:1).
Worship is evidently a
matter of attitude that may be expressed outwardly in prayer, various bodily
positions (such as kneeling), singing, dancing, clapping etc. Music plays a
very important part in the heartfelt worship of most believers. The form of
worship should reflect the believer’s cultural methods of showing adoration as
long as it does not conflict with biblical guidelines.
Worship in the early
church was simply an outpouring of thanksgiving from a heart that rejoiced in
the Lord
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