1. WORSHIP THROUGH PRAYER: RIGHTEOUS or ROUTINE
Possibility Place Christian Ministries
Annual Retreat: April 1, 2016
Minister C.W. Flood Instructor

2. Today’s Goal’s
To view prayer as an essential component of worship where our communication with God demonstrates our understanding of God;
To move from the casual practice of prayer as a ritualized activity of private process or public performance; and
To gain a broader understanding of what it means to be righteous.

3. The Groundwork of Worship
Worship is the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for GOD.
Attitude and Action
Acknowledgement and Access
Ascription and Adoration
Attending and Application

4. Worship is … Proskuneo: to bow down before, to prostrate oneself
Latria: submission to and acknowledged dependence
Dulia: honor and reverence
The MOST common form of worship is PRAYER

5. Worship and Prayer
Worship consciously acknowledges the relationship and roles of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
Rightly understood, prayer is to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit

6. Prayer and Worship
In prayer you occupy yourself with God: who He is, what He has done, what He has promised …
Prayer is a privilege and an obligation of the Christian where we communicate with God

7. Prayer is Righteous RIGHT-E-O-US: Right Even Outside of Us
We care commanded to pray!
Justice, grace and mercy are all present when we pray. Our confessions, requests, intercessions, and thanksgiving are offered to a Holy God

8. Prayer Ascribes The focus is on the WHO
Ascribing to God all glory and honor
Majesty
Sovereignty
Holiness
Purity
Power
Dominion
The focus is on the WHO

9. Prayer Acknowledges
Acknowledging what God has done and our dependence on Him
Creator
Sustainer
Provider
Protector
The focus is on the WHAT of the WHO

10. Prayer Ask’s Asking for our daily needs
This is a commanded process
This is a faith process
This is a relational process
This is a repetitive process
The focus is on the WILL of the WHO

11. Prayer Accepts
Accepting all of the blessing provided with thanksgiving
Thanksgiving vs Taking
Graciously receiving
Sacrificially honoring
Recognition of the gift, the giver, and our unworthiness
The focus is on the WHY of the WHO

12. Summary Worship is an end to itself, not a means to an end.
We do not worship to become holy we are made holy to worship.
We worship in prayer
Look Up - Adoration
Offer Up – Dedication
Gather Up - Appreciation
Get Up - Demonstration