The Heart of Worship (1 of 3)
Series: Who We Love How We Live
Lenny Ports
Romans 12:1
We are beginning a brand-new sermon series today WHO WE LOVE, HOW WE LIVE about what it means to worship the Lord.
What is worship?
First, some popular misconceptions about Worship:
- It is just the beginning part of the service when the worship team sings, and we listen.
- It is just about singing songs, and since I can't sing, I really can't worship.
- The style of worship is what makes it worship. (''If it isn't my style, it isn't worship.'')
- Worship must be felt in order to be worship. (''I'll respond in worship as soon as I feel something,'' or ''If I am not feeling anything, it means I'm not worshiping 'hard' enough'')
- Worship can only be expressed in music.
- Worship can only take place at church.
-It must be in the right setting.
- Our worship time is for us.
I have to be nearly perfect to be used in worship.
As a church, we love to worship the Lord. We love to worship because we love Jesus. We have been saved and we love Him because He first loved us. Our love, honor and reverence for Jesus is expressed in how we love our neighbor, ourselves, AND in our praise and worship to Him. We love our time in the church service where we join together in one accord and with one voice worship our Savior together. We love when the heavens are opened to us and we can feel a shift in the spiritual atmosphere of the church. When we enter into worship, we enter into another dimension - the spiritual realm, and we are transformed from the natural realm into the supernatural realm, where the Holy Spirit begins to minister to us and we are transformed in His presence. We love how God uses worship to break up our hardened hearts and He gracefully prepares us to receive the seed of His word. We love how our faith in the power of God is activated in worship and the Holy Spirit can be sensed and felt. We love how He begins to move and speak to us ...
Series: Who We Love How We Live
Lenny Ports
Romans 12:1
We are beginning a brand-new sermon series today WHO WE LOVE, HOW WE LIVE about what it means to worship the Lord.
What is worship?
First, some popular misconceptions about Worship:
- It is just the beginning part of the service when the worship team sings, and we listen.
- It is just about singing songs, and since I can't sing, I really can't worship.
- The style of worship is what makes it worship. (''If it isn't my style, it isn't worship.'')
- Worship must be felt in order to be worship. (''I'll respond in worship as soon as I feel something,'' or ''If I am not feeling anything, it means I'm not worshiping 'hard' enough'')
- Worship can only be expressed in music.
- Worship can only take place at church.
-It must be in the right setting.
- Our worship time is for us.
I have to be nearly perfect to be used in worship.
As a church, we love to worship the Lord. We love to worship because we love Jesus. We have been saved and we love Him because He first loved us. Our love, honor and reverence for Jesus is expressed in how we love our neighbor, ourselves, AND in our praise and worship to Him. We love our time in the church service where we join together in one accord and with one voice worship our Savior together. We love when the heavens are opened to us and we can feel a shift in the spiritual atmosphere of the church. When we enter into worship, we enter into another dimension - the spiritual realm, and we are transformed from the natural realm into the supernatural realm, where the Holy Spirit begins to minister to us and we are transformed in His presence. We love how God uses worship to break up our hardened hearts and He gracefully prepares us to receive the seed of His word. We love how our faith in the power of God is activated in worship and the Holy Spirit can be sensed and felt. We love how He begins to move and speak to us ...
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