What is Worship?
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Today 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.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we'll continue our week looking at the foundation of a quality time alone with God |
| 0:10.0 | by looking at the value of worship. |
| 0:13.0 | Worship is perhaps the most foundational part of a quality time alone with God. |
| 0:20.0 | It takes what can so often be a self-centered time |
| 0:24.0 | and empowers us to put God with all his love and goodness right at the center of our time instead. |
| 0:32.4 | May God stir each of our hearts to engage with him in worship today. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Psalm 59 verse 16. |
| 1:11.6 | Scripture says, |
| 1:14.6 | But I will sing of your strength. |
| 1:17.6 | I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. |
| 1:26.6 | What is worship through song? |
| 1:29.5 | When we go to church or gather with other believers, why do we sing? |
| 1:35.8 | Clearly not everyone finds singing or music to be their greatest passion. |
| 1:40.9 | So why do we do it? |
| 1:43.1 | Worship is first and foremost about the longing of God for |
| 1:47.7 | unfettered relationship with his people. In authentic worship, we can touch the heart of our |
| 1:55.3 | creator, satisfying the desires of he who paid the highest price simply to have us. |
| 2:04.1 | Scripture is clear that God loves when we sing to him and about him. |
| 2:11.2 | Ephesians 5 verses 18 and 19 tells us to be filled with the spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual |
| 2:22.7 | songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart. John 4.23 states, but the hour is coming |
| 2:33.4 | and is now here when the true worshippers will worship the |
| 2:38.3 | Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship Him. |
| 2:47.8 | God loves worship. He longs for it. Think of that. You have an opportunity every day through worship |
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