Proverbs 4:23 // Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Romans 12:1 // Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice… this is your true and proper worship.
- “Worship” comes from the Old English word weorþscipe — worth-ship — to acknowledge worth.
- Worship is the posture of your heart
Romans 12:2 // Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
- In v.1, Paul calls for total surrender — presenting your body as a living sacrifice. That’s the outward expression: worshiping God in your daily life.
- In v.2, Paul gives the “how” — renewal of the mind. Transformation starts internally. Your thinking, perspective, and mindset fuel the worship lifestyle.
Luke 7:36-50 // A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. …..44 Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown….
- What is the current posture of my heart toward God?
- Is there anything I’m holding back from Him?
- True worship draws you closer to the Father
Psalm 22:3 // God inhabits the praises of His people.
- Worship creates space for God to move in.
- Before starting His ministry. Luke 4:1-2, 14-15
- Before making important decisions. Luke 6:12-13
- After a long, hard day of work. Matthew 14:23
- After ministering tol ots of people. Luke 5:15-16
- After losing a close friend. Matthew 14:10-13
- Intimacy cannot come without intentionality
- Do I intentionally create space for God, or do I rush past Him?
- Where has my relationship with God grown lukewarm instead of alive?
- What would it look like for me to intentionally draw near again?
- To worship you I live
Romans 12:1 // Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice… this is your true and proper worship.
Colossians 3:17 // Whatever you do… do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Mark 12:41-44 // Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
- Ways we can live out our worship:
- Your parenting
- Your marriage
- Your generosity
- Your prayers
- Your finances
- Your rest
- Your hobbies
- Your serving
- Your work
- Your friendships
- Your leadership
- Your home
- Your faithfulness
- Your words
- Your time
- Your creativity
- Your attitude
- Your decisions
- Your obedience
- Your influence
