Get Real part 5:

Worship is our response of love to the presence of God. Worship:

“Worship is a lifestyle. It's not just about leading worship on Sunday morning. It's getting to know the guy at the Mexican restaurant or the person you see at the grocery store. God has so many facets of worship. Music is a big part of it.” Michael W. Smith

“Understand that worship is more than just the songs we sing or the time in church that those songs are sung. Worship is an attitude and a lifestyle. Don't limit yourself by believing that it's just the music. Live it. This is what true worship is all about.” Mike Janke

W hole-hearted REAL WORSHIP WILL BE… W O R S H I P

"Worship must be genuine and heart-felt. It’s not just a matter of saying the right words; you must mean what you say. Heartless praise is not praise at all! It is worthless, and an insult to God.” Rick Warren

Psalm 105:3 (CEV) Celebrate and worship his holy name with all your heart.

Deuteronomy 30:10 (CEV) But you must decide once and for all to worship him with all your heart and soul and to obey everything in The Book of God’s Law.

O bvious yet Personal W O R S H I P REAL WORSHIP WILL BE…

1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV) Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

1 Peter 2:5 (NLT) And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple.

Matthew 6:2,5,16 (NLT) “When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity!... “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues “When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity!... “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues

Matthew 6:2,5,16 (NLT) where everyone can see them… “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting.” where everyone can see them… “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting.”

R egular but not routine W O R S H I P REAL WORSHIP WILL BE…

Psalm 33:3 (NIV) Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.

1 Chronicles 16:11 (CEV) Trust the LORD and his mighty power. Worship him always.

S acrificial W O R S H I P REAL WORSHIP WILL BE…

1 Chronicles 21:24 (CEV) But David replied, “No! I want to pay you what they’re worth. I can’t just take something from you and then offer the LORD a sacrifice that cost me nothing.”

H onouring to God W O R S H I P REAL WORSHIP WILL BE…

Isaiah 58:6-7 (CEV) I’ll tell you what it really means to worship the LORD. Remove the chains of prisoners who are chained unjustly. Free those who are abused! Share your food with everyone who is hungry; share your home with the poor and homeless. Give clothes to those in need; don’t turn away your relatives.

I mpacting Your Life W O R S H I P REAL WORSHIP WILL BE…

“It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.” Calvin Coolidge

Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face, And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, In the light of His glory and grace. - Helen Lemme - Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face, And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, In the light of His glory and grace. - Helen Lemme -

Romans 12:1-2 (NIV) Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

P rayerful W O R S H I P REAL WORSHIP WILL BE…

Matthew 21:13 (CEV) He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship.’”

Matthew 21:13 (NLT) He said, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a place of prayer’…”

W W holehearted P P rayerful I I mpacting your life H H onouring to God S S acrificial R R egular but not routine O O bvious yet personal