Restitutio

Off Script 27: Worshiping God

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Now that we’ve worked through several counterfeit gods, including love, money, success, and power, it’s time to dig in a little deeper.  Do you understand your own heart?  Can you discern where you are tempted to idolize something or someone?  In order to figure this out, ask yourself these four questions:

  1. What do you daydream about?
  2. What do you spend your money on?
  3. What happens when you don’t get an answer to prayer?
  4. What instigates the most uncontrollable emotions within you?

    5. Asking these kinds of questions can help you discover your own counterfeit gods.  However, even once you’ve identified and uprooted them, you still have to put God on the throne.  One of the best ways to do this is to recognize the incredible worth and value of God.  To that end, here are ten reasons why God is is worthy of worship.

    10 Reasons Why God Is Awesome

    1. Creation (dna, clouds, gravity)
    2. God calls the underdog (Saul, Esther, Mary Magdalene, Peter)
    3. The cross shows God’s love
    4. In the resurrection God defeats death
    5. When the kingdom comes, he plans to make everything wrong with the world right
    6. God’s love, compassion, grace (kings of Judah)
    7. Justice, wrath
    8. Power (10 plagues)
    9. His eye is on the sparrow (Matthew 10)
    10. Forgiveness

      11. Ultimately, we need to cultivate our relationship with God.  Worshiping him takes work and diligence, but it is grounded in God’s unfathomable love shown to us through the cross.

      Notes and Links:

      • Episodes in this series on Counterfeit Gods:
        1. Worshiping Love
        2. Worshiping Money
        3. Worshiping Success
        4. Worshiping Power
        5. Worshiping God
        6. Check out Kim Walker’s exhortation in the middle of this song on YouTube.
        7. For an excellent overview of this topic, listen to Tim Keller’s talk on Podcast 41: Counterfeit Gods or watch it on YouTube
        8. To purchase the book this series is based on by Tim Keller, go here
        9. Intro music: “Protofunk” by Kevin MacLeod.  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.
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