WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH 7-1-22 VIDEO AWESOME WORSHIP ADVICE
Worshiping the Father in Spirit and in Truth means worshiping from our hearts as the Holy Spirit leads us. It means outside of any tradition, religious rules, or repetition. we are also free to worship in any geographic location. In Truth means not from the flesh but from the living Word of God. The Holy Spirit has revealed in us in the word to return to our first love. Worshiping God in Spirit and Truth is more than just singing songs. It is bowing down before Him. It comes from everything in us our whole heart.
JOHN 4:20 I’m also religious! Our forefathers worshiped here in this mountain; yet you Jews insist that everyone should worship in Jerusalem!
21 Jesus said unto her, “Believe me lady, the moment everyone was waiting for has come! From now on worship is no longer about a geographic holy mountain – or a sacred city in Israel experience!
22 You have been worshipping in ignorance all along while the Jews continue to anticipate the Messiah in their devotion, knowing that the promise pointing to the Savior of the world would be emerging from within.
23 The end of an era has arrived – the future is here! Whatever prophetic values were expressed in external devotional forms and rituals are now eclipsed in true spirit worship from within, face to face with the Father – acknowledging our genesis in him – this is his delight! The Father’s desire is the worshipper more than the worship!
24 God is Spirit and not a holy mountain or a sacred city with man-made shrines! Return to your Source – the Father is our true fountainhead! MIRROR
Isa 29:13 The Master said: “These people make a big show of saying the right thing, but their hearts aren’t in it. Because they act like they’re worshiping me but don’t mean it, MSG
2 I see how hard you work and all your exhausting efforts; also your unyielding commitment to the task and how you cannot stand the wicked. You have made it your business to scrutinize some so-called Apostles and judge them to be false.
3 You have applied great diligence and have relentlessly pushed yourself beyond limits – and all along you did it in my Name as if you were representing me!
4 Here is my problem, you have divorced me and abandoned your first love!
5 Now, I implore you to call to mind that place where you have fallen from. Remember our intimate romance. The poetry of this union is the driving force of your life! It is so different from being duty- or guilt-driven. It is in your entwining with my thoughts that you are most strategic and effective. MIRROR
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Revelation 2:1 Write the following to the messenger of the congregation in Ephesus. For these are the words of the one who holds the seven stars firmly in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
2I know all that you’ve done for me—you have worked hard and persevered. I know that you don’t tolerate evil. You have tested those who claimed to be apostles and proved they are not, for they were imposters.
3I also know how you have bravely endured trials and persecutions because of my name, yet you have not become discouraged.
4But I have this against you: you have abandoned the passionate love you had for me at the beginning.
5Think about how far you have fallen! Repent and do the works of love you did at first. I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place of influence if you do not repent. TPT
PHIL 3:3 We give “circumcision” its true spiritual meaning! Our worship is not defined by anything external that would even remotely resemble the law of works and religious rituals! We worship God in the certainty of our redeemed innocence and rejoice in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Faith-righteousness gives substance to spiritual worship; the flesh occupies the religious mind with its own futile efforts to attain to righteousness. I am convinced that circumcision or any work of the law can add nothing to the righteousness that Jesus secured on our behalf. MIRROR
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Phil 3:3 For we have already experienced “heart-circumcision,” and we worship God in the power and freedom of the Holy Spirit, not in laws and religious duties. We are those who boast in what Jesus Christ has done, and not in what we can accomplish in our own strength. TPT
JOHN 7:38 In your realizing that I am what the Scriptures are all about, you will discover uniquely for yourself, face to face with me, that you are what I am all about and rivers of living waters will gush out of your innermost being!
39 Jesus spoke about the Spirit whom those who would believe that he is the conclusion of Scripture were about to grasp since who Jesus was in all of his majestic splendor was not yet fully acknowledged and thus the Spirit was not yet evident. MIRROR
Ps 25:14 God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in. MSG ▼▼▼
Psalms 25:14 There’s a private place reserved for the devoted lovers of Yahweh,
where they sit near him and receive the revelation-secrets of his promises. TPT
Psalms 29:2 Be in awe before his majesty. Be in awe before such power and might! Come worship wonderful Yahweh, arrayed in all his splendor, bowing in worship as he appears in the beauty of holiness. Give him the honor due his name. Worship him wearing the glory-garments of your holy, priestly calling! TPT
Psalms 33:8 With breathtaking wonder, let everyone worship Yahweh, this awe-inspiring Creator. TPT
Ps 34:9 Worship God if you want the best; worship opens doors to all his goodness.
10 Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God-seekers are full of God. MSG
Acts 16:24 So the jailer placed them in the innermost cell of the prison and had their feet bound and chained.
25-Paul and Silas, undaunted, prayed in the middle of the night and sang songs of praise to God, while all the other prisoners listened to their worship.
26Suddenly, a great earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. All at once every prison door flung open and the chains of all the prisoners came loose.
27 Startled, the jailer awoke and saw every cell door standing open. Assuming that all the prisoners had escaped, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself
28when Paul shouted in the darkness, “Stop! Don’t hurt yourself. We’re all still here.”
29The jailer called for a light. When he saw that they were still in their cells, he rushed in and fell trembling at their feet.
30 Then he led Paul and Silas outside and asked, “What must I do to be saved?” TPT
1 COR 14:24 However if all speak with inspired revelation, the newcomer will feel drawn by the message that brings conviction and light.
25 By witnessing the gift of the word of knowledge, where something that could not be known in any other way comes to light, the visitor will be struck with awe and acknowledge God in you and will yield himself to God in worship. MIRROR
ROM 12:1 Live consistent with who you really are, inspired by the loving kindness of God. My brothers, the most practical expression of worship is to make your bodies available to him as a living sacrifice; this pleases him more than any religious routine. He desires to find visible, individual expression in your person. MIRROR
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Romans 12:1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. TPT
2 Cor 7:1 With promises like this to pull us on, dear friends, let’s make a clean break with everything that defiles or distracts us, both within and without. Let’s make our entire lives fit and holy temples for the worship of God. MSG
HEB 12:28 We are fully associated in this immovable Kingdom; an authority that cannot be challenged or contradicted. Our participation echoes grace [and not law and fear-inspired obedience] as we accommodate ourselves to God’s delight, yielding in awe to his firm embrace.
29 His zeal for us burns like fire. MIRROR
Psalms 145:1 My heart explodes with praise to you! Now and forever my heart bows in worship to you, my King and my God! TPT
PHIL 2:10 What his name unveils will persuade every creature of their redemption! Every knee in heaven and upon the earth and under the earth shall bow in spontaneous worship!
11 Also every tongue will voice and resonate the same devotion to his unquestionable Lordship as the Redeemer of life! Jesus Christ has glorified God as the Father of creation! This is the ultimate conclusion of the Father’s intent! MIRROR
Rom 14:11 Read it for yourself in Scripture: “As I live and breathe,” God says,
“every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will tell the honest truth that I and only I am God.” MSG
Eph 3:14 My response is to get down on my knees before the Father,
15 this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth.
16 I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit — not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength —
17 that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, MSG