ChristMyLife.org - Pure Worship

Last week the topic was "A Life of Worship". The basic premise is that if God is worthy of our adoration, worship and praise at all, then He is most certainly worthy of our adoration, worship and praise all the time. It is not the practice of worship which we seek, but the object of our worship: God. We worship not to fulfill any duty or obligation, but as an honest response to our wonderful and incredible God. As we truly know Him we cannot help but worship. Our natural response to God's wonder and glory (worship) occupies our hearts and minds in all that we do every moment of the day. We literally live "A Life of Worship".

As we live a life of worship, it is natural to set aside time for what I will call "Pure Worship". This is a time you spend by yourself or with others in a simple focus on God and God alone. It is a pure seeking after Him and nothing else. Anything else but God is less. It is a seeking after the best: God.

This can take any form, but the idea is to spend time in worship and adoration of God. It is spending time in His presence. You can think of it as a worship focused quiet time or a worship focused prayer time. The guideline is to dwell solely and completely on God and nothing else. Do not think about yourself, your circumstances or anyone else, not matter how grave their circumstances. Do not pray for anything or anybody else. God is so worthy of our complete devotion and adoration. Spend the time in a worship Psalm or any part of scripture (see ideas below), or simply recount in your own heart and mind how wonderful He is. I only offer the concept as a suggestion for you to deepen your understanding, knowledge and worship of God. You can do this as often as you like whenever you can. You might set aside an entire day worshipping God or maybe 15 minutes. It may be regular or spontaneous. I had a wonderful half hour walk this past Saturday morning with a pure worship focus.

I would encourage you to set aside some time in "pure worship". I first discovered just few weeks ago how this could open my eyes more clearly to the wonder and glory of God. I promise you that as you sincerely do seek after Him, you will have a deeper and more vibrant relationship with our wonderful Lord.

Worship Scriptures

God's word is the place to start for any worship. Let the words of God guide your heart.

There are several pages on this site with sections of bible verses focused on different attributes of God: Creator, Holy, Sovereign, Love, Grace, Mercy, Faithful.

I have also included additional worship focused scripture references below with an excerpt from the passage to give you an idea of the content (and links to the full passage). These are great help in your worship focus.

Exodus 34:6-7 - And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, (v. 6)

Job 38-41 - "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand." (38:4)

2 Samuel 22 - He said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; (v. 2)

Psalm 19 - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (v. 1)

Psalm 63 - Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. (v. 3)

Psalm 65 - You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, (v. 5)

Psalm 96 - Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth. (v. 9)

Psalm 97 - The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. (v. 5)

Psalm 98 - Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; (v. 4)

Psalm 99 - The LORD reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. (v. 1)

Psalm 100 - For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (v. 5)

Psalm 103 - For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; (v. 11)

Psalm 145 - Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. (v. 3)

Isaiah 40 - "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One (v.25)

Isaiah 53 - But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. (v. 5)

John 1:1-18 - The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (v. 14)

Romans 8:28-39 - Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. (v. 34)

Romans 11:33-36 - Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! (v. 33)

Ephesians 1 - For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love (v. 4)

Ephesians 3:14-21 - …may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, (v. 18)

Colossians 1:13-23 - He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. (v. 15)

Hebrews 9:11-15 - He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. (v. 12)

Revelation 4-5 - In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!" (5:12)

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