Worship, Love And Grace PART THREE
This is how this evening went down!
I am hoping your week has started fine wherever you are.
I will start by encouraging you with this: as long as you are in God's will, do not worry; He has you right where He wants you!
I know you may be in a place where you are asking more questions than there are answers, but it is okay. The Lord is still in control
Your dream/vision may be looking really out of reach and you may even be wondering if you really heard God; well, it is okay! The Lord still reigns!
Be strengthened again! The battle was won before it began! You are a child of the most High God! You run things; things don't run you! Close your eyes for a minute and remember! Remember how faithful He has been!
Has He not done it before? Will He not do it again? Has He not said it in His word that He is the Alpha and Omega? That everything was created by Him, through Him and for Him?
Stand firm in His word! Be secure in His promises! Be encouraged tonight! Feel the power in His word! Feel Him whisper hope to you!
Tonight as we wrap up on worship in our "Worship, Love and Grace" series, get connected to the throneroom of God! Let that be your chief desire!
This message is not about eloquence of speech and use of powerful words; it is about feeling the power behind what God is speaking, and actually connecting with Him on the spot!
Hear this: Am not ministering this so that you can begin using it tomorrow, next Sunday or sometime later in your life! NO! I am ministering this so that even now as you read this, you can begin to feel His presence around you!
Today we will talk about 'The Heart of Worship'
While there are many meanings of the word heart, the one am going with today demotes: depth of, or root of, or innermost part of!
As we have previously established, the journey to the heart of worship is a journey began by our hearts
Sadly enough, we often become victims of norm and familiarity and we end up accessing all else except the heart of worship
Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.
Now, looking at that verse, we can get quite alot!
1. In our quest to worship, we actually do come near! If only near was the target!
The heart of worship is accessed when God reveals His heart to us!
At that time we are not near, we are in it! Swimming in the waters of the Spirit of God!
Near is not good enough! Near is just the shoreline! What we are after is not ankle-deep or knee-deep waters, it is total immersion in the Spirit of God!
Our worship has to come to a place of accessing the throneroom of God! I refuse to be shallow about it! I want to go deep! Halleluyah!
2. If our hearts are not in our honouring of God, then all we are doing is lip service!
Again, here I am reminded that it is not our lovely voices, beautiful singing or even articulate and eloquent utterance, dictum or oration that will get us into the heart of worship, from where we will access the heart of God!
It is in bringing our hearts to God!
You see those things that are in your heart that you keep away from everybody, well, God wants to sort them out! He wants your heart! Because worship that is not from the heart is not good enough!
So, what is it gonna be? Lip service or Heart service?
3. If our worship is made up of the rules of men, then the heart of worship will just be something we keep hearing about but can never access!
Hear this: The only way to truly worship God is not by our terms, rather, His terms!
The moment you enter the door marked "This way to the Heart of Worship", you automatically cease being a slave to carnality!
When carnality ceases, you begin to sink deeper in God and as you let God take you deeper, you access freedom (the heart of worship)!
So today enter rest in God, approach Him with your heart and allow Him to take you deeper into Himself.
I am hoping your week has started fine wherever you are.
I will start by encouraging you with this: as long as you are in God's will, do not worry; He has you right where He wants you!
I know you may be in a place where you are asking more questions than there are answers, but it is okay. The Lord is still in control
Your dream/vision may be looking really out of reach and you may even be wondering if you really heard God; well, it is okay! The Lord still reigns!
Be strengthened again! The battle was won before it began! You are a child of the most High God! You run things; things don't run you! Close your eyes for a minute and remember! Remember how faithful He has been!
Has He not done it before? Will He not do it again? Has He not said it in His word that He is the Alpha and Omega? That everything was created by Him, through Him and for Him?
Stand firm in His word! Be secure in His promises! Be encouraged tonight! Feel the power in His word! Feel Him whisper hope to you!
Tonight as we wrap up on worship in our "Worship, Love and Grace" series, get connected to the throneroom of God! Let that be your chief desire!
This message is not about eloquence of speech and use of powerful words; it is about feeling the power behind what God is speaking, and actually connecting with Him on the spot!
Hear this: Am not ministering this so that you can begin using it tomorrow, next Sunday or sometime later in your life! NO! I am ministering this so that even now as you read this, you can begin to feel His presence around you!
Today we will talk about 'The Heart of Worship'
While there are many meanings of the word heart, the one am going with today demotes: depth of, or root of, or innermost part of!
As we have previously established, the journey to the heart of worship is a journey began by our hearts
Sadly enough, we often become victims of norm and familiarity and we end up accessing all else except the heart of worship
Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.
Now, looking at that verse, we can get quite alot!
1. In our quest to worship, we actually do come near! If only near was the target!
The heart of worship is accessed when God reveals His heart to us!
At that time we are not near, we are in it! Swimming in the waters of the Spirit of God!
Near is not good enough! Near is just the shoreline! What we are after is not ankle-deep or knee-deep waters, it is total immersion in the Spirit of God!
Our worship has to come to a place of accessing the throneroom of God! I refuse to be shallow about it! I want to go deep! Halleluyah!
2. If our hearts are not in our honouring of God, then all we are doing is lip service!
Again, here I am reminded that it is not our lovely voices, beautiful singing or even articulate and eloquent utterance, dictum or oration that will get us into the heart of worship, from where we will access the heart of God!
It is in bringing our hearts to God!
You see those things that are in your heart that you keep away from everybody, well, God wants to sort them out! He wants your heart! Because worship that is not from the heart is not good enough!
So, what is it gonna be? Lip service or Heart service?
3. If our worship is made up of the rules of men, then the heart of worship will just be something we keep hearing about but can never access!
Hear this: The only way to truly worship God is not by our terms, rather, His terms!
The moment you enter the door marked "This way to the Heart of Worship", you automatically cease being a slave to carnality!
When carnality ceases, you begin to sink deeper in God and as you let God take you deeper, you access freedom (the heart of worship)!
So today enter rest in God, approach Him with your heart and allow Him to take you deeper into Himself.
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