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Real worship goes beyond rituals and regulations, embracing a responsive attitude towards real-life people and needs. Drawn from Biblical verses, it emphasizes worshiping in spirit and truth, reflecting a heart that serves and remains unpolluted by worldly influences. This spiritual journey leads believers to offer their lives as living sacrifices in genuine gratitude to God. Watch the video "A Life of Worship" for inspiration on how all actions should glorify the Lord Jesus.
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REAL WORSHIP The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. John 4:19-21
REAL WORSHIP You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 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.” John 4:22-24
REAL WORSHIP Living in the Presence of God
REAL WORSHIP Cannot Be: Restrained Ritualized Regimented
REAL WORSHIP Must Be Responsive To: Real Life People Real Life Needs
REAL WORSHIP If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:26-27
REAL WORSHIP 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. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2
REAL WORSHIP And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17