Worship

WORSHIP

Dear children,

Our God is no ordinary king but the King of kings and Lord of lords (1 Timothy 6:15; Revelation 17:14; 19:16), how could we treat then Him so casually and full of disrespect?

What is Worship?

When we come to church to worship, let us know what is worship. Worship is submitting ourselves to God. When we worship God we are:

a. To acknowledge His holiness.
b. To be fed with His truth.
c. To praise His beauty.
d. To open our heart to His love.
e. To surrender of our will to His purpose.
f. To let God know that He is indeed worthy of our worship.

How Should We Worship God?

From Monday to Saturday, we received blessings after blessings from God. When it comes to Sunday, it is our turn to give to God our heartfelt praise and thanksgiving. Giving without the heart is not giving at all. When we worship God, it must be from the heart.

Preparation for Sunday Worship begins when that worship service ended. We begin to reflect on the Bible lessons we learnt and ask God to help us to live it out in our lives. Daily, we continue to worship God in doing our quiet time—reading the Bible and praying to God.

A day or a few days before Sunday, we prepare the clothes we are to wear. In response to God’s love and grace upon us, we prepare our offerings and tithes lovingly to offer to God.

On Saturday night, we are to shun TV programmes or computer games or MSN chats that will rob us of an eight-hour sleep. We sleep early so that our body would be fresh to worship God and our minds and hearts are alert and in tune to singing and God’s Word. We do not want to worship Him with a tired body.

At the worship service, we prepare our hearts in silent praying and with an attitude of fear and reverence. We have to humbly come before God acknowledging and confessing our sins and asking Him to cleanse us that the meditation of our hearts and the words from our mouth would be accepted in His sight.

We sing clearly and audibly from our heart knowing that God is our audience and not men.

When we read God’s Word during responsive reading, we read clearly and with understanding enjoying every word of the Bible.

We give our attention to the preaching of God’s Word and if possible take down lessons we can learn that would help us in our lives.

We refrain from talking among ourselves or be a distraction to others.

Conclusion

Remember that it is God that we are worshipping. Let us every worship service we worship Him with reverence and fear. Let us not be reproved by Jesus in Matthew 15:8-9 “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me….”