WORSHIP THAT COUNTS: THE EXPRESSIONS OF WORSHIP, PT. 1 (2 OF 5)
Scripture: JOHN 4:21-24
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Worship That Counts: The Expressions Of Worship, Pt. 1 (2 of 5)
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
John 4.21-24
A. W. Tozer said that ''the missing jewel of the modern church is the jewel of worship.'' I don't know a more fitting subject during this worship hour than worship!
Last Sunday morning we began a series of messages under the heading: Worship that Counts! And it's my hope that you will be less interested in counting those in worship and more interested in having a worship that counts!
Take your Bible and join me again in the gospel according to John. And once you're there .. find the fourth chapter. We saw these verses last Sunday as we learned some things about The Experience of Worship.
We learned about the definition of worship. The word used by Jesus for ''worship'' literally means to kiss towards. It carries the idea of bowing down.
It speaks of giving honor .. to respect .. to praise. Psalm 103.1, ''Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.'' Deuteronomy 6.4-5, ''Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.'' Worship starts on the inside and works it's way to the outside!
An orthodox Jew quotes these verses twice a day! In fact .. today if you go to Jerusalem and find what we call the ''wailing wall'' you'll find orthodox Jews before it praying. As they pray .. they rock back and forth. Perhaps you've seen them do that.
Well .. the reason they rock back and forth as they pray is to express to God that their praying with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their might.
That's what worship is all about! It's expressing to God about how we feel about Him. It's bowing before God with praise and honor on our lips!!
Too often our worship its like that little girl who looked out the window and saw a mule grazing in the field. She said, ''Grandpa is that old mule a ...
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
John 4.21-24
A. W. Tozer said that ''the missing jewel of the modern church is the jewel of worship.'' I don't know a more fitting subject during this worship hour than worship!
Last Sunday morning we began a series of messages under the heading: Worship that Counts! And it's my hope that you will be less interested in counting those in worship and more interested in having a worship that counts!
Take your Bible and join me again in the gospel according to John. And once you're there .. find the fourth chapter. We saw these verses last Sunday as we learned some things about The Experience of Worship.
We learned about the definition of worship. The word used by Jesus for ''worship'' literally means to kiss towards. It carries the idea of bowing down.
It speaks of giving honor .. to respect .. to praise. Psalm 103.1, ''Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.'' Deuteronomy 6.4-5, ''Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.'' Worship starts on the inside and works it's way to the outside!
An orthodox Jew quotes these verses twice a day! In fact .. today if you go to Jerusalem and find what we call the ''wailing wall'' you'll find orthodox Jews before it praying. As they pray .. they rock back and forth. Perhaps you've seen them do that.
Well .. the reason they rock back and forth as they pray is to express to God that their praying with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their might.
That's what worship is all about! It's expressing to God about how we feel about Him. It's bowing before God with praise and honor on our lips!!
Too often our worship its like that little girl who looked out the window and saw a mule grazing in the field. She said, ''Grandpa is that old mule a ...
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