PASSION FOR WORSHIP

BY AIREEN MENDI

INITIAL OBSERVATIONA. There are different kinds

of passion

INITIAL OBSERVATIONB. Our passion for God and

passion for worship must be stronger than any other passion in our life.

We will automatically focus more and spend more energy on whatever we are passionate about.

INITIAL OBSERVATIONC. No one can determine your

level of passion but you. We choose what we want to be passionate about and through our thoughts, actions and words we shape that passion in our lives.

I. SCRIPTURES AND DEFINITIONI. Scriptures that Describe Passionate

Worship

“ As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You O God”

PSALM 42:1

SCRIPTURES AND DEFINITIONI. Scriptures that Describe Passionate

Worship

“ My flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water”

PSALM 63:1

I.SCRIPTURES AND DEFINITIONI. Scriptures that Describe Passionate

Worship

“ You’re all I want in heaven! You are all I want on earth!

I desire no one but You!PSALM 73:25

I. SCRIPTURES AND DEFINITIONI. Scriptures that Describe Passionate

Worship

“ How lovely is your dwelling place. O Lord of Hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints for the

courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. For a day in your

courts is better than a thousands elsewherePSALM 84:1-2

I. SCRIPTURES AND DEFINITIONB. Definition

Passion is defined as an intense emotional excitement or the object of any

strong desire.

I.SCRIPTURES AND DEFINITIONB. Definition

1. To be passionate means to rely and operate from your inner core, your heart, your soul.

2. To be passionate means to live with enthusiasm.

3. To be passionate for God means that every fiber of our being is drawn to God and given to God.

II. PASSIONATE WORSHIP DESCRIBED1. Passionate worship is enthusiastic.2. Passionate worship is heartfelt.3. Passionate worship involves the total

person 4. Passionate worship is expressive and unashamed

I rejoice with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord”

Psalm 122:1

O God, you are my god, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my

body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Psalm 63:1

David, wearing a linen ephod, dancing before the LORD with all his

might,2 Samuel 6:14

II. PASSIONATE WORSHIP DESCRIBED5. Passionate worship is overflowing6. Passionate worship is life changing7. Passionate worship is anointed by the

Holy Spirit.

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP

1. LOVE GOD FERVENTLY

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP1. LOVE GOD FERVENTLYo Passion for worship goes

deeper when your soul loves God fervently

“Love the Lord your God with all your hert and with all your soul and with all your

mind.”Matthew 22:37

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP1. LOVE GOD FERVENTLYo Passionate worship flows from

love.o Where love is deep, worship

will overflow. Where love is meager, worship will be scant.

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP

2. GET TO

KNOW HIM DEEPLY

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP2. GET TO KNOW HIM DEEPLYo Passion for worship goes

deeper when we get to know God more and what He has done for us

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP2. GET TO KNOW HIM DEEPLYo It goes without saying that

we cannot love someone we do not know. Knowledge is the foundation of a relationship.

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP2. GET TO KNOW HIM DEEPLYo This is the eternal life, that

they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

-John 17:3

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP

3. THIRST

AND HUNGER FOR MORE

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP3. THIRST AND HUNGER FOR MORE• When there is no hunger for the

presence of God, It is an individual that something is wrong spiritually.

• Thirsty people drink deeply. They worship deeply, passionately and with their whole heart.

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP

4. WORSHIP

IN SPITE OF

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP4. WORSHIP IN SPITE OF• Passion for worship goes deeper

when your soul worships in the hard places of life.“Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.”

Job 1:20

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP

5. LOVE GOD’S

PRESENCE

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP5. LOVE GOD’S PRESENCE• Passion for worship goes deeper

when we love and pursue God’s presence.“You will seek the Lord your God and you will find him. If you search after him with ll your heart and with all your soul”

Deuteronomy 4:29

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP

6. BE FILLED WITH THE

HOLY SPIRIT

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP6. BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT• Passion for worship goes deeper

when you are full of and filled with God’s Spirit.

“..But be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord.”

Ephesians 5:19

7Keys that unlock PASSION FOR WORSHIP

7. REMEMBER

HIS WONDROUS

DEEDS