The Climb Journey towards holiness

The Climb: Journey to Holiness “Worship is everything we think, everything we say, and everything we do, revealing that which we treasure and value most in life.” Josh Riley “Worship is everything we think, everything we say, and everything we do, revealing that which we treasure and value most in life.” Josh Riley “Worship is our response, both personal and corporate, to God for who He is, and what He has done; expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live.” Louie Giglio What worship is ….

The Climb: Journey to Holiness “Worship is what we were created for. This is the final end of all existence. God created the universe so that it would display the worth of His glory. And He created us so that we would see this glory and reflect it by knowing and loving it -with all our heart and soul and mind and strength.” John Piper What worship is ….

The Climb: Journey to Holiness “Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of imagination by His Beauty; the opening of the heart to His love; the surrender of will to His purpose – and all of this gathered up in adoration, the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable and therefore the chief remedy for that self-centeredness which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.” William Temple What worship is ….

The Climb Journey towards holiness

The Climb: Journey to Holiness

Worship is turning our attention toward God, recognizing His presence, recalling His attributes and actions, agreeing with who He is and what He has done and then aligning our lives with His purposes and mission for us. Worship is turning our attention toward God, recognizing His presence, recalling His attributes and actions, agreeing with who He is and what He has done and then aligning our lives with His purposes and mission for us. What worship is ….

The Climb: Journey to Holiness 1. Worship provides a divine framework for life What worship does …. 2. Worship allows us to exchange our burdens for God’s joy 3. Worship reminds us of God's purposes 3. Worship reminds us of God's purposes 4. Worship nurtures our relationship with God

The Climb: Journey to Holiness "As you come to him, (Jesus) the living Stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him, you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ". 1 Peter 2:5 "As you come to him, (Jesus) the living Stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him, you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ". 1 Peter 2:5

The Climb: Journey to Holiness 1. Worship provides a divine framework for life What worship does …. 2. Worship allows us to exchange our burdens for God’s joy 3. Worship reminds us of God's purposes 3. Worship reminds us of God's purposes 4. Worship nurtures our relationship with God 5.Worship focuses our attention on God's Word

The Climb: Journey to Holiness “A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot” St. Augustine of Hippo “A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot” St. Augustine of Hippo "Worship is an act which develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God which is expressed in an act of worship. When we obey the command to praise God in worship, our deep, essential need to be in relationship with God is nurtured." Eugene Peterson

The Climb: Journey to Holiness 1. Worship provides a divine framework for life What worship does …. 2. Worship allows us to exchange our burdens for God’s joy 3. Worship reminds us of God's purposes 3. Worship reminds us of God's purposes 4. Worship nurtures our relationship with God 5.Worship focuses our attention on God's Word

The Climb: Journey to Holiness "All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoughtfully equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoughtfully equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16 "God's word comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.”

The Climb: Journey to Holiness 1. Worship provides a divine framework for life What worship does …. 2. Worship allows us to exchange our burdens for God’s joy 3. Worship reminds us of God's purposes 3. Worship reminds us of God's purposes 4. Worship nurtures our relationship with God 5.Worship focuses our attention on God's Word 6. Worship calls us to peace and future hope 6. Worship calls us to peace and future hope

The Climb: Journey to Holiness "There is one thing we do on earth that we will continue to do in heaven. That is to praise and worship God. That is why we view life on earth, for those who love Jesus, as worship practice for heaven." Michael Coleman "There is one thing we do on earth that we will continue to do in heaven. That is to praise and worship God. That is why we view life on earth, for those who love Jesus, as worship practice for heaven." Michael Coleman

The Climb Journey towards holiness