* Worship is reverence and adoration for a deity.

* We are called to worship God alone.

* When you worship God it fills you with the power of God (Jericho).

* Worship equips you for warfare.

* Satan wants to keep you from worshipping God.

* So he tempts you to worship other things.

* Problem - You become like the god you worship.

* Skip Moen - “Every man takes on to some degree the character and nature of the God he worships; The characteristic of all false gods is that they destroy their worshippers.”

* Here’s the deal - we can easily gravitate toward worshipping the things that draw us close to God rather than God Himself.

* Revelation 19:10 - Revelation 19:10 - the angel gave John a vision of Babylon being defeated and it caused John to fall down and worship the angel.

* John’s visions were meant to draw him close to God and encourage him to fight the good fight.

* The angel was simply God’s tool to make that happen.

* John didn’t need to worship the tool, but God alone.

* ** The “testimony of Jesus” is obedience to His commands and faithfulness to His teaching.

* ** The angel, who was a spirit and gave a prophecy, reminded John that those who hold to the teachings of Jesus are of the same spirit!

* Revelation 22:8-9 - it happened again! John got a glimpse of what heaven would look like and he fell down and worshiped the angel.

* This shows how easily we can drift into worshipping the things of God over God Himself.

* Don’t worship your church, worship God.

* When we worship God we’re filled with the power of God.