Week 4Week 4 Receiving God’s Love Receiving God’s Love

with My Spirit with My Spirit

The Habit of The Habit of

WorshipWorship

AN AUTHENTIC RESPONSEAN AUTHENTIC RESPONSE

•Share your Bible Study Share your Bible Study responses on pp. 24 and responses on pp. 24 and 2828

•Discuss questions 1 and Discuss questions 1 and 2 on page 322 on page 32

Table TalkTable Talk

WHAT IS WORSHIP?WHAT IS WORSHIP?

Worship in the Old Worship in the Old TestamentTestament

• SHACHAH (pronounced “shah – kah”): to bow down; prostrate oneself.

• ABAD (pronounced “ah – bahd”): to labor or to work– Deuteronomy 5:6-10

• YARAY (pronounced “yah – ray”): fear– Genesis 22:12– Psalm 112:1– Jonah 1:9

Worship in the New Worship in the New TestamentTestament• PROSKUNEO (pronounced “pros - coo- nay – oh”):

to protstrate oneself; to bow down.– Matthew 28:9

• SEBOMAI (pronounced “seb – oh – my”): to shrink away from; be in awe– Acts 16:14

• LATREUO (pronounced “lah – true – oh”): to serve (This word is similar to the Hebrew word “abad.”)– Philippians 3:3

• PHOBEO (pronounced “foe – beh – oh”): to fear– 2 Corinthians 7:1

THE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE WORSHIP SEEM TO FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES:

•THEY SPEAK OF OUR ATTITUDES.– We are to be humbled in the

presence of God and be filled with a sense of fear, devotion, and allegiancebecause God is our master.

•THEY SPEAK OF OUR ACTIONS.– Worship is the act of falling down

before God and of committing one’s whole self in service to God.

Putting it all TogetherPutting it all Together

“WORSHIP IS THE AWE-FILLED ACT OF THROWING ONESELF DOWN BEFORE

GODAND BRINGING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE

TO LAY AT GOD’S FEET.”

• Read Hebrews 9Read Hebrews 9

• What was the image/process of What was the image/process of worship for the Jewsworship for the Jews

• How does Jesus relate to this How does Jesus relate to this process?process?

Table TalkTable Talk

The Temple Today

•Read the following verses– 1 Corinthians 3:16-17– 1 Corinthians 6:18-20– Ephesians 2:19-22

• What is the temple now?What is the temple now?

• How does this concept affect our How does this concept affect our daily lives? daily lives?

Worship DefinedWorship Defined

• “[Worship is] the believer’s response of all that she is – mind, emotion, will, and body – to all that God is and says and does. This response has its mystical side in subjective experience, and its practical side in objective obedience to God’s revealed truth. It is a loving response that is balanced by the fear of the Lord, and it is a deepening response as the believer comes to know God better.”

• (from Real Worship: It Will Transform Your Life, by Warren Wiersbe)

Our Collective ResponseOur Collective Response

•We We gathergather. .

•We encounter God’s We encounter God’s WordWord..

•We share a We share a mealmeal at the Lord’s at the Lord’s table. table.

•And we are And we are sentsent into the world. into the world.

Our Unique Response:Our Unique Response:Discovering Your Sacred Discovering Your Sacred PathwayPathway• Naturalists:Naturalists: Loving God Out-of-Doors

• Sensates:Sensates: Loving God with the Senses

• Traditionalists:Traditionalists: Loving God Through Ritual and Symbol

• Ascetics:Ascetics: Loving God Through Solitude and Simplicity

• Activists:Activists: Loving God Through Confrontation

• Caregivers:Caregivers: Loving God by Loving Others

• Enthusiasts:Enthusiasts: Loving God with Mystery and Celebration

• Contemplatives:Contemplatives: Loving God Through Adoration

• Intellectuals:Intellectuals: Loving God with the Mind

Key VersesKey Verses

• Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

• Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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