1. True Worship John 4

2. true worship Is... ① not a place but a Person Donald Whitney …regardless of what else we are doing we are not worshipping if we are not thinking about God.

3. true worship Is... ② not the letter but the spirit

4. true worship Is... ③ TRUE worship

5. true worship Is... ③ TRUE worship: mind Richard Foster To think rightly about God is, in an important sense, to have everything right.

6. true worship Is... ③ TRUE worship: mind A.W. Tozer The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him.

7. true worship Is... ③ TRUE worship: mind John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”

8. true worship Is... ③ TRUE worship: emotion Isaiah 29:13 “…this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote….”

9. true worship Is... ③ TRUE worship: emotion Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God...

10. true worship Is... ③ TRUE worship: body 1 Chronicles 13:8 David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might....

11. true worship Is... ③ TRUE worship: will William Temple For 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….”

12. true worship Is... ④ not performance but participation –engage on Sunday morning –practice 7 days a week

13. true worship Is... ⑤ God’s highest priority

14. application Practice worship this week Prepare yourself for Sunday

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