1. Exalt His Name Understanding Music and Worship
Chapter 2: Worship and the Great Commission

2. Imagine

3. What Is Worship?

4. What Is Worship?
Personally engaging in the act of telling God that you love him.

5. What Is Worship?
Personally engaging in the act of telling God that you love him.
Intense devotion
Admiration
Communication
Nurtures our relationship with God

6. What Is Worship?
Personally engaging in the act of telling God that you love him.
Intense devotion
Admiration
Communication
Nurtures our relationship with God
Rejoices in the fact that Jesus is our:
Friend
Companion
Healer
Redeemer
Sovereign
Giver of Life
Comforter
Provider
Peace

7. What Is Worship?
Anglo-Saxon Word - weorthscipe.

8. What Is Worship? Anglo-Saxon Word - weorthscipe. Ascribe worth
To pay homage
To revere
To venerate

9. What Is Worship?
Worship is personal

10. What Is Worship? Worship is personal
A private exercise that involves communicating personal love to a personal God

11. What Is Worship? Worship is personal
A private exercise that involves communicating personal love to a personal God
Comes from a heart that is compelled by love for God

12. What Is Worship? Worship is personal
A private exercise that involves communicating personal love to a personal God
Comes from a heart that is compelled by love for God
Involves our emotions (Spirit)

13. What Is Worship? Worship is personal
A private exercise that involves communicating personal love to a personal God
Comes from a heart that is compelled by love for God
Involves our emotions (Spirit)
Encompasses our understanding of truth

14. What Is Worship? Worship is personal
A private exercise that involves communicating personal love to a personal God
Comes from a heart that is compelled by love for God
Involves our emotions (Spirit)
Encompasses our understanding of truth
The Holy Spirit prompts this heart-worship

15. What Is Worship? Worship is personal
A private exercise that involves communicating personal love to a personal God
Comes from a heart that is compelled by love for God
Involves our emotions (Spirit)
Encompasses our understanding of truth
The Holy Spirit prompts this heart-worship
Jesus is the giver and receiver of our worship

16. What Is Praise?

17. What Is Praise?
The act of bragging on God

18. What Is Praise? The act of bragging on God
Express approval or admiration for

19. What Is Praise? The act of bragging on God
Express approval or admiration for
Telling God that He alone deserves honor, glory, majesty

20. What Is Praise? The act of bragging on God
Express approval or admiration for
Telling God that He alone deserves honor, glory, majesty
Acknowledge to God and the world around us that he is Creator, all-powerful, Sustainer, eternal, holy and righteous

21. Why Worship?
Four Reasons

22. Why Worship? Four Reasons We have been commanded to worship God
The first Commandment – Exodus 20:2-3

23. Why Worship? Four Reasons We have been commanded to worship God
It takes the focus off of ourselves and directs it to God
Acknowledge of who God is.
Who is it though that we can do all things?

24. Why Worship? Four Reasons We have been commanded to worship God
It takes the focus off of ourselves and directs it to God
Prepares us to receive God’s Word
People who practice a life of worship are also listening carefully to God
When they hear God’s word – they will recognize it - they will obey it

25. Why Worship? Four Reasons We have been commanded to worship God
It takes the focus off of ourselves and directs it to God
Prepares us to receive God’s Word
Provides us with the opportunity to look at all of life though the lenses of worship
As we focus on God, (taking the focus off of us and focusing on His Word) we will begin to see the rest of life as God sees it – as it really is.

26. Why Worship? Four Reasons We have been commanded to worship God
It takes the focus off of ourselves and directs it to God
Prepares us to receive God’s Word
Provides us with the opportunity to look at all of life though the lenses of worship
Reminds us of who we are positionally and relationally to God
Bonus – not in the text
Positionally – God is God and we are not
Relationally – We are His son’s and daughters. Purposely called by Him
When we get this – truly understand it – it can be lie changing. We can come to him with confidence. He not only can do anything for us. But He WANTS to do it as well.

27. A Pattern for Worship
Shutting out the rest of life and focusing on meeting with God
Allows us to sharpen our focus
Give Him our full attention
Open our hearts (spirit)
Revel in the truth of who God is and what He has done for us
If you look at how we structure our worship service here.
Take care of all the business – we take time to greet people so that we can acknowledge each other
Then we pray to acknowledge the Lord’s presence so that we can begin to focus on Him
Songs are chosen that typically narrow the focus and point us to Christ and God

28. Where do We Worship?

29. Where do We Worship?
Anywhere

30. Where do We Worship?
Anywhere – but somewhere

31. Where do We Worship? Anywhere – but somewhere
It is not really important where you worship – but it must be purposeful and chosen to provide someplace that is set apart. A place where you can get away from the business of the world so that you can focus.
This applies to public and private worship both
Why do churches call their auditorium a “Sanctuary”?

32. When do We Worship?

33. When do We Worship? When we see Him Worship Him for who He is
Worship Him for what He has done
Worship Him for His great love for mankind
To see – but also to know
We won’t see until we reach heaven – but we have faith – and by faith – we know and see Him for who He is with out spiritual eyes

34. Doubters and Worship There will always be doubters
Jesus did not rebuke those that doubted – or tell them to go home.
He spoke truth with compassion and mercy.
He tried to prove to them that He was who He said He was.
He ministered to the believers and the doubters alike

35. Worship and the Word
Only after worshipping can we hear the voice of God
God speaks though:
Reading of the Word
Other Believers
Teaching of the Word
Still small voice of our circumstances
Preaching of the Word
Music
This is not to say – that there is a formula to hearing from God.
But by living a worshipful life – you are more in tune with what God is saying to you. You will be able to discern His voice and understand

36. Jesus Reveals His Credentials
18 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Mt 28:18–20.

37. Personal Worship Get away from the busy
Establish an appointed place to meet with God daily
“See” Jesus and recognize that He alone is the resurrected Son of God
Worship Him
Worship Him even if there are doubters in your life
Listen to and obey His Word
Recognize His power and receive His presence
Stand on His promises

38. God’s Recipe for Music and Worship
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God’s Recipe for Music and Worship

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