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To download a copy of today’s lesson go to TheGoodTeacher.com and click on “Gospel Meetings”. Joy of Worship. Presented by Chris Reeves * Eastside church of Christ Gospel Meeting * October 02, 2011. Worship Attitude and Culture. Our Worship Attitude is Affected by Our Present-Day Culture
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To download a copyof today’s lesson go toTheGoodTeacher.comand click on “Gospel Meetings”
Joy of Worship Presented by Chris Reeves * Eastside church of Christ Gospel Meeting * October 02, 2011
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
Length of Time is Proportionalto 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?
Improper Worship Attitudes 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”
Worship AttitudeProper Attitudes of Worship in the Psalms • Reverently (5:7; 89:7) • Lovingly (26:8) • Joyfully (95:1-2) • Holy (96:7-9) • Thankfully (100:4) • Wholeheartedly (111:1) • Gladly (122:1) • Regularly (145:1-2) These Problems Are Solved with the Right Attitude talking, texting, 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.
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)
Worship AttitudeWhat Brings Joy to Your Life? • When you understand the value, importance, or greatness of something (Num. 23:19; Hos. 11:9) • When you get a good feeling about something (Isa. 40:31; Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 4:23) • When you can see the positive results that follow (Lk. 24:52)
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…”
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