This is the last message in the series on worship.

And I believe God has done something in our hearts in the area of worship.

Do you feel that?

Do you believe God's done something in your art?

And these last two messages, again I want to tell you, are like a summary of the entire series.

And the title of the message today is The reward of worship and we're going to tie worship and giving together.

Now I realize that we are going to give an offering today for the satellite campus and the youth facility.

I didn't know this when we started. I didn't plan this. I want you to know. I'm not that

smart. I basically just kind of pray and hear God and just preach and then all of a sudden I look back and say wow that sure came together great you know and that's kind of what happened but worship and giving are tied together all through the Bible.

I knew somewhere in this series, we would have to talk about this because you can't read about

worship in the Bible and not read about offerings and altars and sacrifices.

It's all through the Bible.

So let me show you, Matthew chapter 2,

and I want you to notice some words that begin with W.

And I'll point them out.

There's three words that begin with W that I want you to notice, all right?

Matthew 2, verse 1.

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King,

behold wise men from the East came to Jerusalem.

It's very important to notice that the Wiseman did not go to Bethlehem first.

They didn't follow the start of Bethlehem.

They went to Jerusalem first.

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