What is Worship?
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Psalm 95:1-2
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
This psalm is a call to worship! Worship is about singing. Singing is a way of expressing joy and emotion. Though we worship our God with our mind, heart and strength, we also worship God with our soul. The soul is a deep place within us where we experience emotions and relationships. Worshipping God with our heart and soul create an experience of coming into God's very presence. As someone has said, "God has given us a heart for worship!" When we worship God we are doing the very thing we are made for.
Three times in these first two verses, the psalmist says, "let us". "Let us" is an exhortation to praise God together as the family of God. It is what we might call a, "call to worship". Of course, we can worship God alone, but in this psalm the psalmist calls us to worship together as a community of faith. There is a power when God's people join together singing and praising God for who he is.
Finally, the psalmist tells us to have an attitude of thanksgiving when we worship God. We thank him for who He is, what He has done for us, and what He promises to do.
You might hear people talk about going to "church". We all understand what they are saying. But it might be more appropriate and fitting to say we are going to "worship" God. In going to worship God in church on a weekly basis, we are in effect saying that singing and praising God with thanksgiving is the most important thing I can do.
Psalm 95:1-2
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
This psalm is a call to worship! Worship is about singing. Singing is a way of expressing joy and emotion. Though we worship our God with our mind, heart and strength, we also worship God with our soul. The soul is a deep place within us where we experience emotions and relationships. Worshipping God with our heart and soul create an experience of coming into God's very presence. As someone has said, "God has given us a heart for worship!" When we worship God we are doing the very thing we are made for.
Three times in these first two verses, the psalmist says, "let us". "Let us" is an exhortation to praise God together as the family of God. It is what we might call a, "call to worship". Of course, we can worship God alone, but in this psalm the psalmist calls us to worship together as a community of faith. There is a power when God's people join together singing and praising God for who he is.
Finally, the psalmist tells us to have an attitude of thanksgiving when we worship God. We thank him for who He is, what He has done for us, and what He promises to do.
You might hear people talk about going to "church". We all understand what they are saying. But it might be more appropriate and fitting to say we are going to "worship" God. In going to worship God in church on a weekly basis, we are in effect saying that singing and praising God with thanksgiving is the most important thing I can do.
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