worship in spirit & truth
Worship and spirit and truth… notes from a Chris Tomlin Thirsty '06 talk
Part 1 - Worship in spirit...
Focused on Jesus (John 16 – Holy spirit brings glory to Jesus)
Worship is unpredictable (You don’t know what the spirit is going to do in others lives – the Spirit is unpredictable)…It’s not about me, and we have no idea what’s going on in people’s lives.
God is orderly, so this is not permission to do whatever we want to do, but God’s ways are higher than ours…
The people (leaders) that are most prepared to worship are the ones that are most lead by the Spirit of God….when you have prepared you heart, you are lead by God
Proverbs 20:27 (KJV)
Are we singing Truth? (content)
Wonderful Maker…
No eye has fully (was truly) seen how beautiful the cross and we have only heard the faintest whispers of who you are….truly is a derivative of the word truth, and that is not right and we have seen the truth of the cross, because we have been saved…you have not seen it fully, you’ve only seen in part now, one day you’ll see in full
The Adventure of Worship (Garrett Gustafson)
Worship in truth quote “External expression (lifting hands) without internal reality is unacceptable worship to God”
Jesus said “They praise me with my lips, but their hearts are far from me – their worship is in vain” (Mark 7 or 2)
Practical tips:
Community event (revelation, worship around the throne – thousands upon thousands – day and night they never stop singing)
Psalm 22:3 – God is enthroned upon the praises of
Hebrews 10 – let us not give up meeting together (why we do what we do)
Leading is a continual process of reminding those who follow of where we’re going…
This was not made up by man – this is biblical worship to God.
Key aspects to worship:
- Humility….the favor of God comes in humility
“Humility comes from seeing God” God will raise you up from humility! “Those who are exalted will be humbled, and those who are humbled will be exalted”
- The gift of Leadership (from the holy spirit) – You will never lead the masses unless you can lead the people closest to you
- Discernment – ability to be sensitive to what God is doing in people’s hearts
- Excellence (David was known as a skillful excellent musician – 1 Sam 16.)
- To love your audience (an effective leader loves the people he’s leading) – love your neighbor as yourself
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