1. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 1.Worship is to God only Mathew 4.10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written “Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only” 18

2. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 2. Worship is loved by God. (A) Genesis 4.4 But Able brought fat portions from some of the first born of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering. (B) Genesis 8.20, 21 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The Lord smelled pleasing aroma and said in His heart “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood….” 17

3. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 3. Worship in the House of the Lord (A) Jeremiah 26.2 This is what the Lord says, Stand in the court yard of the Lord’s house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah, who come to worship in the House of the Lord (B) Luke 24.52,53 Then they worshipped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they stayed continously in the temple, praising God. 16

4. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 4. God’s divine presence is in our midst while worshipping (A) Isaiah 56.7 These I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. (B) Psalms 27.4 One thing I ask of the Lord, this what I seek, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple. 15

5. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 5.Worship is demanded by the Lord (A) Psalms 45.11 The king is enthralled by your beauty, honor Him, for He is your Lord (B) Psalms 96. 8,9 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name, bring an offering and come in to His courts. Worship the Lord in the splendor of His Holiness, tremble before Him all the earth. 14

6. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 6. Worship is by His children Philippians 3.3 For it is we who are the circumcission, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh…. 13

7. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 7. Worship enables to understand the scriptures Acts 8.27 So he started out, and so on his way met an Ethiopian enuch, an important official in charge of all the treasuries of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man has gone to Jerusalem to worship. 12

8. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 8. Why we should worship? (A) Psalms 100.4, 5 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good and His love endures for ever, His faithfulness continues to all generations. (B) Psalms 99.5 Exalt the Lord our God and worship at His footstool, He is holy 11

9. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 9. Worship casts away sorrow Isaiah 51.11 The ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them and sorrow and sighing will flee away 10

10. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 10. Worship is gratitude to God. Colossians 3. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 9

11. WORSHIP 11. Worship is gazing upon the beauty of the Lord Psalms 27.14 One thing I ask of the Lord, this what I seek, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple 8

12. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 12.Worship enables us to put trust in the Lord Psalms 40.3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.

13. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 13. Worship is the fruit of our lips Hebrews 13.15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. 7

14. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 14. Worshipping God through clapping Psalms 47.1 Clap your hands all you nations, shout to God with cries of joy 6

15. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 15. Worshipping God through shout I Chronicles 15.28 So all Isreal brought up the covenant of the Lord with shouts, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets and of cymbals and the playing of lyres and harps. 5

16. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 16. Worshipping the Lord by dance Psalms 149.3 Let them praise His name with dancing and make music to Him with tambourine and harp 4

17. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 17. Worshipping the Lord by lifting hands Psalms 134.2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord. 3

18. WORSHIP 18. Worshipping is the duty of His children I Peter 2.5 You also, like living stones, are being built in to a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 2

19. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 19. Promise regarding Worship revival Amos 9.11 In that day, I will restore David’s fallen tent, I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins and build it as it used to be 1

20. 05072740030JS WORSHIP 20. Reconfirmation of the promise regarding revival of worship Acts 15. 15,16 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written, “After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. 0