Stuff That Stuck Out:
- The kind of worship that pleases God has four characteristics:
- God is pleased when our worship is accurate.
- Worship must be based on the truth of Scripture, not our opinions about God.
- God is pleased when our worship is authentic.
- When we worship, God looks past our words to see the attitude of our hearts.
- God-pleasing worship is deeply emotional and deeply doctrinal. We use both our hearts and our heads.
- The best style of worship is the one that most authentically represents your love for God.
- God is pleased when our worship is thoughtful.
- God is not pleased with thoughtless singing of hymns, perfunctory praying of clichés, or careless exclamations of "Praise the Lord," because we can't think of anything else to say at that moment.
- God is pleased when our worship is practical.
- Real worship costs. One thing worship costs us is our self-centeredness. You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time. You don't worship to be seen by others or to please yourself. You deliberately shift the focus off yourself.
- The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart.
Verse To Remember: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." Mark 12:30 (NIV)
Question To Consider: Which is more pleasing to God right now--my public worship or my private worship? What will I do about this?
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