How do I become the kind of person Jesus calls a “true worshiper”?

True Worshiper - someone who worships the Father from the heart with all they are...all they have

Worship - The Thing You Do/ have done all of your life.

Maybe you’re a passionate lover of God, but frustrated by the presence of little idols you kept around far too long.

For all of us, the time for true worship is now.

God is inviting us to join the ranks of true worshipers.

True Worshipers discover the connection between His infinite worth and their own inner longing to love something supremely.

Worship is our response to what we value most.

Worship = “extreme devotion or intense love or admiration of any kind.”

Worship is our response, both personal and corporate, to God -- for who He is! and what He has done!

Worship is expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live.

Worship is a verb.

It is something that you do, not something you watch.

Worship isn’t something that you attend.

Worship is something that you enter into with all your might.

Worship is a participative sport in a spectator culture.

Psalms - Shout, sing, dance, clap, bow, lift your heads, tell of His might, stand in awe, meditate on His truth, Walk in His ways. Still your heart. Lift your hands. Make a loud noise, Seek His face. Tell the nations.

Psalm 95:1-7

True worship is a whole life response to God’s greatness and glory.

Worship doesn’t start with us.

Worship is our response to God.

We don’t initiate worship, God does.

He reveals; we respond.

He discloses; we respond.

He unveils, we respond.

Our relationship with God works the same way:

He loves. We love in return.

He calls. We answer.

He leads. We follow.

Worship is what spontaneously flows out of us when we come face-to-face with Him.

Psalm 150:1-6

True worship is simply catching sight of the greatness, majesty, glory and grace of an infinite God.

When our worship is small, it’s because our concept of God is small.

When we offer God little itty-bitty sacrifices, it’s because we’ve somehow reduced Him in our hearts to a little-itty-bitty God.

When our worship is small our lives shrivel into insignificance and meaninglessness.

When our worship is small, we bump along with the mass of humanity, having no real clue of what life is all about, we fret, we worry, we get depressed, we try to accomplish things all by ourselves.

We don’t have the vision for the reality of realities, There is an infinite, limitless God high and exalted on His throne ruling with all power and authority over the heavens and the earth.

Question: Since God is the one who initiates worship, not us. What practical difference do you think this makes?

How can we get a better and higher view of God in our lives?

How can we become the true worshipers?

How do we become what we were designed to be?

How can we bring back into focus a sense of how awesome God is?

We can’t. Not on our own.

Unless God Himself shows us who He is, we can’t respond to Him with true worship from our hearts.

God reveals...so we can respond... in authentic, natural worship.

What is God showing us? What has God revealed about Himself?

1. God is infinitely awesome.
2. God is intimately approachable.