Are you ready to worship the Lord? ENCOUNTERING GOD THROUGH WORSHIP PT.2 WE HAVE BEEN IN A SERIES CALLED ENCOUNTER – ENCOUNTERING: JESUS HOLY SPIRIT FATHER LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ENCOUNTER THE LORD THROUGH WORSHIP (WHAT IT MEANS TO ENCOUNTER HIM THROUGH WORSHIP IN A CORPORATE GATHERING AKA CHURCH SERVICE). THIS WEEK WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT VEIN…. IT STARTS WITH AN: INVITATION – PSALMS 96:8 – GIVE TO THE LORD THE GLORY DUE HIS NAME; BRING AN OFFERING, AND COME INTO HIS COURTS PSALMS 95:2 LET US COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKSGIVING; LET US SHOUT JOYFULLY TO HIM WITH PSALMS. PSALMS 100:2 SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS; COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH SINGING. PSALMS 100:4 ENTER HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, AND INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE. BE THANKFUL TO HIM AND BLESS HIS NAME. INVITATION – WHO? ALL WHO ARE WEARY, ALL WHO THIRST, ALL CAN COME.. THERE IS FIRST AN INVITATION WHICH SHOULD CULTIVATE ANTICIPATION – DAVID SAID IN PSALMS 122:1 I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME, “LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD” THAT ANTICIPATION SHOULD FOSTER AND STIR UP EXPECTATION. SO THAT WHEN YOU START WORSHIPING THE SAVIOR FOR WHO HE IS IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO BREAK OFF ALL OF YOUR LIMITATIONS THAT WORSHIP WILL CREATE A HABITATION FOR GOD’S PRESENCE BECAUSE PSALMS 22:3 SAYS THAT GOD INHABITS THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE… SO THAT HABITATION WILL BRING A GRAVITATION OF HIS PRESENCE AND THEN THE GRAVITATION WILL BRING ABOUT A VISITATION AS YOU LIFT YOUR HANDS AND VOICE IN EXALTATION AND THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WILL BRING DEVESTATION TO THE ENEMY OF YOUR SOUL BUT HERE IS WHAT SOMETIMES HAPPENS… SOME PEOPLE COME IN WITH HESITATION AND THAT HESITATION BRINGS IN FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD WITH ALL OF ITS FRUSTRATION. AND WITH THAT FRUSTRATION COMES AGITATION. AND IF THINGS DON’T GO THE WAY I WANT IT TO GO IN THE SERVICE THEN THERE IS AN IRRITATION WHICH BRINGS WITHIN YOUR SOUL AND SPIRIT A VEXATION BECAUSE YOU LOOK AROUND AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED AND YOU ARE STILL IN YOUR SAME SITUATION… WHICH BRINGS AN INFESTATION OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS THAT SPIRAL DOWN INTO A PIT OF ACCUSATION (SATAN IS THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHEREN) OF THE ENEMY, WHO NOW WANTS TO PELT YOU WITH TEMPTATION. ITS ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU HEART PALPITATIONS… THAT IS WHY SOME OF YOU TODAY NEED A REVELATION OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND TRUE WORSHIP AND GIVE YOUR SPIRIT MAN RESUSCITATION… WORSHIP IS A RESPONSE! POINT 1. RESPOND TO HIS PRESENCE HOW WILL YOU RESPOND? REVELATION 1 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. POINT 2. RESPOND TO HIS GOODNESS… THANKSGIVING PRAISE WORSHIP ADORATION POINT 3. RESPOND TO HIS MAJESTY Majesty, worship His Majesty. Unto Jesus be all glory, honor and praise! Majesty, Kingdom Authority, Flow from His throne, unto His own His anthem raise! So exalt, lift up on high the Name of Jesus! Magnify, come glorify, Christ Jesus the King. Majesty, worship His Majesty; Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings! Verse 2 Majesty, worship His Majesty. Unto Jesus be all glory, honor and praise Majesty, Kingdom Authority Flow from His throne, unto His own His anthem raise. So exalt, lift up on high the Name of Jesus Magnify, come glorify, Christ Jesus the King. Majesty, worship His Majesty; Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings! #WorshipGod#HowToWorship
