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The People’s Song
Steve Namie
Worship: A definition
(verb) To render reverent honor and
homage to a sacred personage,
or to any object regarded as sacred.
Worship is our response, both personal
and corporate, to God; for who He is,
and what He has done, expressed in and
by the things we say and the way we live.
Louie Giglio
Worship is our response, both personal
and corporate, to God; for who He is,
and what He has done, expressed in and
by the things we say and the way we live.
Louie Giglio
We GATHER
Let us consider how we may spur one
another on toward love and good deeds, not
giving up meeting together, as some are in the
habit of doing, but encouraging one another . . .
Hebrews 10: 24-25
Let us consider how we may spur one
another on toward love and good deeds, not
giving up meeting together, as some are in the
habit of doing, but encouraging one another . . .
Hebrews 10: 24-25
. . . speak to one another with
psalms, hymns, and songs . . .”
Ephesians 5:19
Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred
pianos all tuned to the same fork are
automatically tuned to each other? They are of
one accord by being tuned, not to each other,
but to another standard to which each one must
individually bow. So one hundred worshipers
meeting together, each one looking away to
Christ, are in heart nearer to each other . . .
A.W. Tozer
We GATHER
We MAKE MUSIC
Above Him were seraphim . . . And they were
calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD
Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
Isaiah 6:2-3
Above Him were seraphim . . . And they were
calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD
Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
Isaiah 6:2-3
I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of
rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The
sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their
harps. And they sang a new song before the throne . . .
Revelation 14:2-3
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly
host appeared with the angel, praising God and
saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on
earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
Luke 2:13-14
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly
host appeared with the angel, praising God and
saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on
earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
Luke 2:13-14
He will take great delight in you; in his love
he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice
over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness; come before
him with joyful songs.
Psalm 100:1-2
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness; come before
him with joyful songs.
Psalm 100:1-2
Sing and make music from your heart
to the Lord . . .
Ephesians 5:19
We GATHER
We MAKE MUSIC
We EXPRESS
Biblical Expressions of Worship
Clapping (Psalm 47:1)
Dancing (Psalm 149:3)
Kneeling (Psalm 95:6)
Shouting (Psalm 66:1)
Standing (Nehemiah 9:5)
Lifting Hands (Psalm 134:2, Psalm 63:4)
Bowing Down (Psalm 95:6)
When you recognize God’s awesomeness, it will
evoke a certain response from you because you
see something and Someone who is different and
higher than you are. To worship is to act as an
inferior before a superior.
Joseph Garlington
Then I heard what sounded like a great
multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and
like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah!
For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice
and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding
of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made
herself ready.”
Revelation 19:6-7
Worship is not passive, but is participative.
Worship is not simply a mood; it is a response.
Worship is not just a feeling; it is a declaration.
Ronald Allen