How to Worship

We wrapped up our worship series this past Wednesday night by taking some time to look at how we should worship in our response to who God is and what He has done for us.

To start the challenge, we gave the opportunity for students to share moments in the past week in which they were awe of who God is. Many students took the opportunity to share with each other the many ways they had been in awe of God. From the setting sun, friends, to an opportunity to serve someone else, it was amazing to hear the students response.

We then moved into a time of looking at how we worship. We centered our focus once again on John 4 and Romans 12 and discussed our attitude and actions when it comes to how we worship. Our attitude should be one of desire instead of obligation. Our attitude gives our worship purpose and meaning and moves it beyond just singing a song.

We then talked about our actions when it comes to worship. Hebrews 13:15-16 was our focus for this section. We encouraged the students to be who God has created them to be in worship. If that means they raise their hands, close their eyes, kneel, etc. However they worship, let it be what comes naturally to them. Also, we encouraged them to not value one "style" of worship over another. We then took time to discuss how worship is not just the songs that we sing, but the life that we live. Everything we do can be done in worship when it is done to glorify God.

Here are some questions that you may want to use in follow up this week::

1. How often do you think of your actions as worship?
2. What needs in the lives of people around you seem most urgent to you?
3. What needs in the world around you tend to weigh down your own heart the most?
4. What’s one thing you can do this week to worship God by serving others?