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Worship

Worship. An Alternative Lifestyle. Well, I guess…considering the economy, I ought to be happy I even have a job. Worship- to declare worth or value. Christian Worship- to declare the worth or value of God as ultimate. Everything else finds it's rightful place. Event vs. Lifestyle.

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Worship

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  1. Worship An Alternative Lifestyle

  2. Well, I guess…considering the economy, I ought to be happy I even have a job

  3. Worship- to declare worth or value

  4. Christian Worship- to declare the worth or value of God as ultimate

  5. Everything else finds it's rightful place

  6. Event vs. Lifestyle

  7. NatureMusicWordAnswered PrayerShe actually said "Yes" to a date!10 Lepers…

  8. All of them= response

  9. Worship is the natural response of the redeemed to the revelation of God

  10. Worship is the natural response of the redeemed to the revelation of God- Event- Lifestyle

  11. Worship as a Lifestyle- Romans 12:1Response of the redeemedto the revelation of God

  12. Worship as a LifestyleHow I live my life is worship:Self, things, plans, people are ultimateOR- God is ultimate

  13. A. Ministers decide to go into the ministry. And God responds by blessing them with gifts and abilities

  14. B. God calls people into the ministry. And those who follow are empowered by God to carry out the ministry God calls them to

  15. A.Or…B.

  16. Why just ministers?

  17. Genesis: Name animalsFill the earth and subdue itFall: Nature will fight you

  18. “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field….

  19. …By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken;for dust you are and to dust you will return”- Genesis 3:17-19

  20. Genesis: God made laborThe Fall made labor hardLabor hasn't stopped

  21. Spiritual Gifts, Abilities,Personality, PassionGod has fit you for a jobAnd fit a job for youYour job is a calling

  22. How you work isHow you worship

  23. How you work isHow you worship(Proclaim God as ultimate)

  24. "Oh, God…work?""Work is God!"

  25. "Oh, God…work?"(Worship of self and leisure)Misunderstands: Calling and Purpose

  26. "Work is God!"(Worship of ego, avarice, security)Misunderstands: IdentitySecurity and Brevity

  27. Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you…

  28. Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you…- Drama-free - MYOB- Work

  29. …so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody- 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

  30. …so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody- 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12- Respect of unbelievers= witness - Not needy or a drain on anyone

  31. Work is a gift and a callingHow you work isHow you worship

  32. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.

  33. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

  34. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat”

  35. We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.

  36. Willingness to workFollows God's commands andFulfills calling

  37. Work is a gift and a callingHow you work isHow you worship

  38. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need - Ephesians 4:28

  39. Stealing= expecting othersto pay for my lifePurpose for work= more than just me…To bless people in need

  40. "My boss is unreasonable""My workmates dumpAll the work on me""I hate my company"

  41. Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

  42. Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. - Not just enough to get by- Not just when they're watching

  43. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ- Colossians 3:22-24

  44. The Calling of workNegates the rationalizationOf the lazy

  45. How you work isHow you worship

  46. "Oh, God…work?"- Calling, Command, Gift from God- Witness to unbelievers- To help people in need

  47. "Work is God!"Christian Worship- to declare the worth or value of God as ultimate

  48. Work as a calling- Excellence(as to the Lord)

  49. Work as a calling- Excellence (as to the Lord)- Balance(God is ultimate, so…)

  50. Work as a calling- Excellence (as to the Lord)- Balance (God is ultimate, so…)- Excuseless (boss isn't the issue)- Greater Purposes (not a drain on others, witness, help those in need)

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