What is Worship? - January 2
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🗓️ 2 January 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
On today’s podcast we’ll continue our week looking at the foundation of a quality time alone with God by looking at the value of worship. Worship is perhaps the most foundational part of a quality time alone with God. It takes what can so often be a self-centered time, and empowers us to put God, with all his love and goodness, right at the center of our time instead. May God stir each of our hearts to engage with him in worship today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 59:16, and today's worship is Only Jesus by Brian and Jenn Johnson.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's podcast, we'll continue our week looking at the foundation of a quality time |
| 0:09.4 | alone with God by looking at the value of worship. |
| 0:13.0 | Worship is perhaps the most foundational part of a quality time alone with God. |
| 0:19.0 | It takes what can so often be a self-centered time |
| 0:22.0 | and empowers us to put God with all his love and goodness |
| 0:26.6 | right at the center of our time instead. |
| 0:29.7 | May God stir each of our hearts to engage with him and worship today. Welcome to the |
| 0:35.4 | First of Team Podcast. Our verse for today comes from Psalm 59, verse 16. |
| 0:53.4 | Scripture says, but I will sing of your strength. |
| 0:57.7 | I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. What is worship through song? When we go to church or gather with |
| 1:09.2 | other believers, why do we sing? Clearly, not everyone finds singing or music to be their greatest passion. |
| 1:17.0 | So why do we do it? |
| 1:20.0 | I think worship is first and foremost about the longing of God for unfettered relationship with his people. Inauthentic worship, we can touch the heart of our Creator, satisfying the desires of he who paid the highest price, simply to have us. |
| 1:39.0 | Scripture is clear that God loves when we sing to him and about him. |
| 1:45.0 | Ephesians 5, 18 through 19, tells us to be filled with the spirit, |
| 1:50.0 | addressing one another in songs and hymns and spiritual songs, |
| 1:55.0 | singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart. |
| 1:59.0 | In John 423 states, |
| 2:01.0 | but the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshippers will worship |
| 2:06.8 | the Father and Spirit and Truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God loves worship. He longs for it. Think of that. You |
| 2:19.7 | have an opportunity every day through worship to satisfy the heart of the one who paints |
| 2:25.8 | sunsets, breathes life into dust and forms mountains, galaxies, animals, angels, and humankind with just the power of his voice. |
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