SERVING CULTURE #1 WORSHIP
Pastor Jeremy Vines
Serving Culture Series
John 4:23–24 ESV
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Psalm 63:4 ESV
So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 134:2 ESV
Lift up your hands to the holy place
and bless the LORD!
Psalm 141:2 ESV
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!
Lamentations 3:41 ESV
Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven:
Romans 12:1 ESV
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Hebrews 13:15–16 ESV
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
Genesis 22:5 ESV
Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”
Job 1:20 ESV
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped.
Matthew 15:1–9 ESV
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God. You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
“ ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
Worship is the only thing you can give to God that God has not first given to you.
