1. Our Mission Measures: Worship and invest
Week 3
God-sized dreams
Our Mission Measures: Worship and invest
Chris Besser

2. Mission statement
Building relationships that connect all people to God-sized life and love.

3. What are some things you associate with worship ?

4. What are some things you associate with Investment in God’s work ?

5. We give our worship to and invest our lives in the things that bind our hearts

6. Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down”

7. The praise, adoration and reverence of God, both in public and private
The praise, adoration and reverence of God, both in public and private. It is a celebration of the worthiness of God, by which honour is given to his name
Manser, M. H. (2009). Dictionary of Bible Themes: The Accessible and Comprehensive Tool for Topical Studies. London

8. Worship = Human response to a gracious God

9. Matthew 22:37
And He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Deut. 6:5 - You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

10. How should we love God? Passionately – with our heart and soul
And He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind –
Matt. 22:37
Passionately – with our heart and soul
Thoughtfully – with our minds
Actively –with all our might

11. Which is most difficult for you ?
Passionately
Thoughtfully
Actively

12. John 4:23-24
23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

13. Where should we love God?
God is not confined materially
God is not confined spatially
We worship God from the inside out

14. Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

15. Worship = Service

16. Worship = Service = Discipline

17. The discipline of worship
“If you will not worship God seven days a week, you do not worship Him on one day a week.”
A.W. Tozer

18. Investing
The discipline of stewardship

19. Time and money

20. Time = money

21. Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.

22. Ephesians 5:15-16
15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.

23. God owns everything you own
God’s Top 10 List - giving
God owns everything you own
Giving is an act of worship
1 Cor. 10:26 - for the earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains.
Phil 4:18- Philippian Church…an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
Whitney, Donald S. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2014

24. Reflects faith in God’s provisions
God’s Top 10 List - giving
Reflects faith in God’s provisions
Should be sacrificial and generous
Mark 12:41-44 – Poor woman…out of her poverty, put in all she owned…
2 Cor. 8:1-5 – Macedonian Church…beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord...
Whitney, Donald S. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2014

25. Reflects spiritual trustworthiness
God’s Top 10 List - giving
Reflects spiritual trustworthiness
Love not legalism
Luke 16:10-13– He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much…
2 Cor. 9:7 – Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart...
Whitney, Donald S. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2014

26. Give willingly, thankfully, cheerfully
God’s Top 10 List - giving
Give willingly, thankfully, cheerfully
Appropriate response to real needs
2 Cor. 9:7 – …God loves a cheerful giver
Acts 2:43-45 – …were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need
Whitney, Donald S. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2014

27. Should be planned and systematic
God’s Top 10 List - giving
Should be planned and systematic
Results in bountiful blessing
1 Cor. 16:1-2 – On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save…
Luke 6:38 – Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure…
Whitney, Donald S. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2014