Worship Series - Life as Worship

Today we close with one more sermon on worship for our current Worship series.  Today, I will like to talk about how worship is more than just the hour or hour and a half we  are in service on Sunday afternoons.  Rather, every moment and being of who we are and what we do in life is to be a worship unto God.  In other words, our whole life is to be a worship unto God, for this is the type of worship God is calling for.

Passage: Romans 12:1-2

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Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:1-28 (CEB)

1 Corinthians 12:4-27 (CEB) 

12 Brothers and sisters, I don’t want you to be ignorant about spiritual gifts. 2 You know that when you were Gentiles you were often misled by false gods that can’t even speak. 3 So I want to make it clear to you that no one says, “Jesus is cursed!” when speaking by God’s Spirit, and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. 

4 There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; 5 and there are different ministries and the same Lord; 6 and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. 7 A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good. 8 A word of wisdom is given by the Spirit to one person, a word of knowledge to another according to the same Spirit, 9 faith to still another by the same Spirit, gifts of healing to another in the one Spirit, 10 performance of miracles to another, prophecy to another, the ability to tell spirits apart to another, different kinds of tongues to another, and the interpretation of the tongues to another. 11 All these things are produced by the one and same Spirit who gives what he wants to each person.

12 Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many. 13 We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jew or Greek, or slave or free, and we all were given one Spirit to drink. 14 Certainly the body isn’t one part but many. 15 If the foot says, “I’m not part of the body because I’m not a hand,” does that mean it’s not part of the body? 16 If the ear says, “I’m not part of the body because I’m not an eye,” does that mean it’s not part of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, what would happen to the hearing? And if the whole body were an ear, what would happen to the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God has placed each one of the parts in the body just like he wanted. 19 If all were one and the same body part, what would happen to the body? 20 But as it is, there are many parts but one body. 21 So the eye can’t say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” or in turn, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” 

22 Instead, the parts of the body that people think are the weakest are the most necessary. 23 The parts of the body that we think are less honorable are the ones we honor the most. The private parts of our body that aren’t presentable are the ones that are given the most dignity. 24 The parts of our body that are presentable don’t need this. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the part with less honor 25 so that there won’t be division in the body and so the parts might have mutual concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part gets the glory, all the parts celebrate with it. 27 You are the body of Christ and parts of each other. 

Worship Series - Extravagant Worship

Matthew 26:6-13

Worship has to do with giving God our best.  Not only is Jesus our #1 priority, He is also deserving of our excellence.  If Jesus really is the most precious thing to us (as we learned last week, “One Thing”), then we must learn to give our absolute best to Him.  To worship God is to fight the tendency for self-preservation, but we must move toward giving our all.  Much like Mary breaking the jar of precious perfume, we pray to release the fragrant worship unto God.

Worship Series - One Thing

Worship is simple, focused devotion to Jesus.  Making Jesus our One King means to choose Him above all else.  As many of us are busy (preoccupied) with life, the necessity of pulling away from our duties and be in the presence of Jesus is so needed.  I pray for us to strive to make Jesus that “One Thing”.  In response to the message, we pledge to set aside some time daily to commune with Him.

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Worship Series - Only King

Worship simply means “deeming the worth [of something]”.  We do not properly worship God because we fail to seat Him in His rightful place in our lives.  We have allowed other things in life to take His place as most important.  To worship God, to see God, all the “other kings” must die.  Without fully surrendering and yielding to Him, we cannot properly worship Him.  What are the kings in your life? What brings you joy?  What brings you comfort and peace?  Is it health?  Is it a healthy bank account?  Is it job security?  Today, we enthrone Him as THE King in our lives.

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Advent Series - Worship Him

Matthew 2:1-12

On the last day of the Advent, we explore the account of the magistrates in Matthew 2.  The wise men completed their long journey of following the great star they saw in hopes to finding the person whom the great star referred to.  Upon finding the Child, they worshipped Him and adorned him with the gifts they had brought.  We want to glean from the magi’s response to the birth of our Savior—to come to Him, honor Him, and worship Him. May we worship Jesus during this Christmas season.