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Joy of Worship

Joy of Worship. Check Your Worship Attitude. Worship Attitude and Culture. Our Worship Attitude is Affected by Our Present-Day Culture Get it, and get it quick approach to life More comfort and convenience Change the service rather than my attitude Shorten the worship service

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Joy of Worship

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  1. Joy of Worship Check Your Worship Attitude Presented by Chris Reeves * South Livingston Church of Christ Gospel Meeting * February 22, 2004

  2. Worship Attitude and Culture • Our Worship Attitude is Affected by Our Present-Day Culture • Get it, and get it quick approach to life • More comfort and convenience • Change the service rather than my attitude • Shorten the worship service • Drive-in sermons and drive-through communion

  3. Improper Attitudes in Worship • Attitudes in Worship to Avoid • Worship is a place to socialize • Worship is a ritual, a routine • Worship because “I have to go…” • Worship is just a proper location • Worship is just the proper “5 acts” • Worship is like a periodic “tune-up”

  4. Length of Time is Proportional to Level of Interest • Do you spend along time at sporting events, or school functions? • Do you spend along time going hunting, fishing, boating, etc.? • Do you spend along time playing video games or board games, cards, etc.? • Do you spend along time watching T.V. or movies? • What about your time spent worshipping God?

  5. Reverently (5:7; 89:7) Lovingly (26:8) Joyfully (95:1-2) Holy (96:9) Thankfully (100:4) Wholeheartedly (111:1) Gladly (122:1) Regularly (145:1-2) Worship AttitudeProper Attitudes of Worship in the Psalms These Problems Are Solved with the Right Attitude talking, passing notes, “have to go,” drudgery, hypocrisy, selfishness, sleeping, daydreaming, boredom, clock-watching, “I don’t get anything out of the service…”, dreading to come, absenteeism, bare minimum attendance, etc.

  6. Worship AttitudeProper Attitudes of Worship by NT Christians • Joy in Preaching and Study of God’s Word (Acts 2:41-42) • Joy in Praying (Acts 12:5,12) • Joy in Communion (1 Corinthians 10:16) • Joy in Contributing (2 Corinthians 9:6-7) • Joy in Singing (Colossians 3:16)

  7. Worship TimeTime Spent Worshipping God is Time Well Spent • Deuteronomy 31:9-13 – “thou shalt read this law before Israel in their hearing…” • Nehemiah 8:3,18 – “And he read … from early morning until midday … Also day by day … he read in the book of the law…” • Mark 6:34-35 – “And he began to teach them many things. And when the day was now far spent…” • Acts 2:41,46 – “And with many other words he testified and exhorted them saying … And day by day … with one accord in the temple…” • Acts 20:7-11 – “and prolonged his speech until midnight … Paul discoursed yet longer … talked with them a long while…”

  8. What is Your Worship Attitude? Your Attitude Toward Worship in This Life Prepares You For Your Worship In the Next Life Revelation 7:15; 14:3,7; 22:3,9

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