Understanding the Essence and Impact of Worship

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1. "We have an innate reality in every one of our hearts to understand why. But the truth is, in our day and in our age, in our 21st century Christianity, most of us will just park at what? And my heart would be that we would discover that worship is far more than a couple of slow songs at the start of a service. Worship, in fact, is far more than just a feeling." [08:13] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Worship reminds us of God's goodness. No matter what you may be facing right now, I need you to know God is good. But it's not enough for me to tell you that when you're going through something that's insurmountable. You need to know it for yourself. And when you posture yourself in a place of worship, you start to discover for the first time for some, or maybe discover again and be reminded of God's goodness." [21:09] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "Worship should not just be limited to a great song. As Christians, worship should be a way of life. We worship because it's what we were made for. We worship because God is creator, and we worship because God is worthy of it." [20:18] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "Worship prioritises God and confuses the enemy. 2 Chronicles 20, passage of Scripture that's talking about a fight that's ensuing and there's three armies tanging up together against the army of God and on a natural playing field, they're cooked. There's no way out. It's gonna be not a pretty battle. And this isn't just a story that you read to your kids at bedtime. I want you to understand this was wartime." [27:05] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "Worship gives me access to God's presence. Now we say things like it gives us access to God's presence and we're like, yeah, that's nice. But the God of all creation who created the heavens and the earth, who created you, who created me, by living a life of worship, we can actually access His presence. Not just a presence, but the presence of almighty God." [30:12] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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1. "Why worship? Because we were created by God and for God. And so he says, realise everything starts with God, everything is in God's hands and everything will finish with God and you and I are blessed to get the in-between, but if we're not careful, we'll limit worship to just a song or we'll limit worship to just a feeling where he says, I plead with you, would you live and give your bodies to the Lord and live a way when you have breath now, that isn't just going through the motions and ticking the attendance of church box, but actually live a holy sacrificial life." [09:46] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Worship is actually when we give our deepest affections and our highest praises to something or someone. And we understand through God's word that biblical worship, true worship of God is actually when we get to a place where we don't just say, God, I love you, but we live out of a love for Him with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind and all our strength. It's when we put God as the prize, above everything else and make Him first in our hearts." [11:20] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "Worship reminds us of God's goodness. Worship is a witness to others that God is real. Thirdly, worship prioritises God, and I love this, it confuses the enemy. 2 Chronicles 20, passage of Scripture that's talking about a fight that's ensuing and there's three armies tanging up together against the army of God and on a natural playing field, they're cooked. There's no way out. It's gonna be not a pretty battle." [27:05] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "Worship keeps us focused on Jesus and not on ourselves. Worship is one of the most incredible ways of reminding me that not everything in life is about me. In a society, a modern day culture that we're in where everything is about us, worship reminds me and keeps me focused on what really matters and that's Jesus, not focusing on me, me, me, I, I, I, my, my, my." [31:49] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "Worship sets our minds on heaven and prepares us for eternity. Life on earth is temporal, people. But worship reminds us in Jesus and through Jesus, we will have eternity forever with Him. This is why the writer of Colossians reminds us, therefore, if you've said yes to Jesus, if you've been raised with Christ to life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead, don't think about the things of this world. Keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is." [33:40] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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