Lesson 6 Meaningful Living

8/7/2019 Lesson 6 Meaningful Living

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Lesson 6...Getting the Most FromWorship


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Amazing grace! How sweet thesound

That saved a wretch like me!I once was lost, but now am

found;

Was blind, but now I see.


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Twas grace that taught my heart

to fear,

And grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace

appear

The hour I first believed


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Through many dangers, toils and

snares,I have already come;

Tis grace hath brought me safe thusfar,

And grace will lead me home.


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When weve been there ten

thousand years,

Bright shining as the sun,

Weve no less days to sing Gods

praise

Than when wed first begun.


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Before Worship 5:1

Prepare yourself for worship

1 Timothy 2:8

I was glad when they said unto me let us gointo the House of the Lord.

Psalm 122:1


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Before Worship 5:1

In John 4:23, what kind ofworshipers does Jesus say the

Father seeks?


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Before Worship 5:1

but the hour is coming, and is nowhere, when the true worshipers will

worship the Father in spirit and truth,for the Father is seeking such people to

worship him.


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Before Worship 5:1

Most of us spend

more time dressing up

the external thanpreparing the internal


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Before Worship 5:1

Three ways we can prepare to worship inspirit and truth.

1. Prayer

2. Anticipate3. Cultivate


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1. Prayer

Acts 1:14Prayer is how we experience what

promise of Jesus in John 16:24?


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1. Prayer

Until now you have asked nothing inmy name. Ask, and you will receive,

that your joy may be full.


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2. Anticipate

Come to worship expecting Godto do great things!

Hebrews 4:16


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2. Anticipate

What does Jesus promise will happenwhen two or three gather in His

name (Matthew 18:20) ?


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2. Anticipate

For where two or three are gatheredin my name, there am I among

them.

Matthew 18:20


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3. Cultivate

Cultivate your heartseed will not take root and

produce fruit in dry, hard soil.

Mark 4:19


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3. Cultivate

We can cultivate our hearts bypraying what prayer found in

psalm 19:14?


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3. Cultivate

Let the words of my mouth andthe meditation of my hear be

acceptable in your sight, O Lord

my rock and my redeemer.

Psalm 19:14

Psalm 139:23


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3. Cultivate

We should also cultivate anenvironment for others to

grow.


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During Worship 5:1-4

1. Be attentive2. Be reverent

3. Be focused4. Don't delay your

commitments


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Be attentive to God's Word

Nehemiah 8:3 Acts 2:41

Hebrews 4:12


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How does Solomon express thisprinciple of attentiveness in

Ecclesiastes 5:1?


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....to draw near to listen is betterthan to offer the sacrifice of

fools,


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1 Samuel 15:22

Hosea 4:6


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Be Reverent 5:2

Remember the differencebetween God and us.

2 Chronicles 7:1-3


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Be Reverent 5:2

What does Isaiah 40:28 remindus?


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Be Reverent 5:2

Have you now known? Have younot heard? The Lord is the

everlasting God, the Creator of the

ends of the earth. He does not faintor grow weary; his understanding

is unsearchable.


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Be Reverent 5:2

We must remember that God is theAlmighty Creator of all things in

order to be reverent in our worship. Exodus 3:5

Romans 1:25


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Be Focused 5:3

During worship we should not allowor thoughts to wander from the

things of God. That's why Godgives us what command in Psalm

46:10?


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Be Focused 5:3

Be still, and know that I amGod. I will be exalted among thenations, I will be exalted in the

earth!

Psalm 46:10


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Don't Delay Your Commitments 5:4

During worship remember that wehave committed ourselves to the

Lordship of Jesus Christ


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Jesus is called Savior about 20 timesin the New Testament

And Lord over400 times


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Jesus is called Savior about 20 timesin the New Testament

And Lord over400 times


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The word Lord comes from the Greekword kyrios which means To

whom a person belongs, the ownerwho has control.


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If Jesus is truly Lord of our lives, whatwill we say with the psalmist in

Psalm 116:18?


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I will pay my vows to the Lord in thepresence of all his people.


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After Worship

1. Keep your commitments

2. Take God seriously all week


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Keep Your Commitments 5:5

We should never make a vow toGod that we do not keep. Howdoes Psalm 66:14 express the

circumstances in which vows areoften made to the Lord?


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That which me lips uttered and my

mouth promised when I was in

trouble.


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If we never make commitments to

God we will not grow spiritually.

That's why we have what

command in Psalm 76:11?


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Make your vows to the Lord your

God and perform them; let all

around him bring gifts to Him who

is to be feared.


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God wants us to continue in our

spiritual growth- 2 Peter 3:18

Part of that growth includes putting into

practice what we hear- James 1:22


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Take God seriously all week 5:7

Two types of fear

1. Bad fear- thoughts put into our minds

from Satan. (there is no fear in love)

2. Good fear- A Reverence or Awe for

God. (Fear God and keep his

commandments)


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What does Proverbs 8:13 say is a

result of good fear?


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The fear of the Lord is hatred of

evil. Pride and arrogance and the

way of evil and perverted speech I

hate.


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We are promised that those who

fear God will not lack anything

that we need.

Fear the Lord, you his saints, for

those who fear him have no lack!


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