True Worship: A Heartfelt Response to God

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "Worship isn't this thing that we can just put in a box and check off. It's not a task we can accomplish and move to the next thing. So why is this so important? Why is this so important, church? Why are we even talking about this? If any of this that I'm saying is new to you, great. We're going to be spending the next three weeks as a church unpacking what worship is, why we worship, and how we are called to worship." [33:39] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "If we worship the things of this world, it should be no surprise to us that we become more and more like the world. That shouldn't be a shock to anyone. It shouldn't shock us when people who spend their time, their money, their energy, investing in the things of the world, start to look like the world." [38:20] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "True worship has a good motivation. Romans chapter 12. Starting in verse 1. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, wholly acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. You see, our primary motivation to worship should be that we have received abundant mercies from God." [48:03] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "True worship will renew us. Not only does renewing our mind help us come to God with a pure heart of worship, but true worship, is renewing. And this is the amazing thing about worship, because it's not just for the glory of God, but God has designed it for your good. Did you know that, church? God has designed worship to partially be for your good." [01:00:08] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "True worship is contagious. Worship of any kind really is contagious, whether it be true worship or vain worship. Here is the reality, church. We need to understand this. Your kids see what you worship. They know what has your heart. Your spouse knows what you worship. Your coworkers, they see what has your affections based on how you talk to them and the things that you say." [01:02:20] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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### Quotes for Members

1. "We all worship something other than God. I know that's a bold statement. And we're going to spend time unpacking that. Because I think if we can't get to the place where we understand that to be true, then we have no hope of bringing about a worship that is holy and acceptable to God. We often find that God does not have our undivided heart." [34:37] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "True worship requires a holy heart. Man, that's a big one. How can we have a holy heart when our affections want to worship idols? We love what we worship. Our hearts desire to worship and praise things other than God. How can we have a holy heart?" [52:17] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "True worship is pleasing to God. Back to Romans 12, 1. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Worship that is pleasing to God comes from those who are living sacrifices. A living sacrifice is not something that is sacrificed once and it is over. Hey, I have done that. I have accomplished that and now it is done. It is a constant, continual sacrifice of dying to self." [01:05:34] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "True worship is only for God. Only for God. We cannot divide our worship. God will not accept that. He is not looking for a dual allegiance to worship and love the things of this world and the things of God. No matter what the culture says, those things do not make sense." [01:06:47] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "Church, we have to do something practical here. This is not just a high concept. We have to do something with this. How can we be a church of worship? How can we be a church of worship? The first thing we need to do we need to acknowledge the worship of idols to God. We need to acknowledge it. This is the part that no one likes. By the way, the word of God prompts us to change our lives in continually aligning our hearts with who God is." [01:09:31] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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