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“The Art of Worship”

What do I “DO”?

People feel like bystanders, waiting around while the minister works. The
congregation must begin to be involved with the worship--people must give
themselves over to the service of the Lord.

It is no accident the relationship of Christ and the church is illustrated in the New
Testament as that of a husband and wife. Just as in a marriage you give your body
to your partner, when you make a commitment to Christ you offer Him your body.

God created man with both body and soul, and He wants His children--the
church--to reflect their love for Him through their bodies. He even designed rituals
that require you to use your whole body in worship, namely baptism and
communion. That is why the television can never replace corporate worship. God
wants us together, to worship Him with our whole selves.

Let's look at the body language of worship... The Art of Worship.

Clapping
Psalm 47:1
“O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.”
KJV

We can clap with the music, We can clap in applause to celebrate God

Did you know that the sign for praise in sign language is clapping?!!

Singing
Judges 5:3
"Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I will sing to the LORD, I will sing; I will
make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
NIV

1 Chronicles 16:9
“Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.”
NIV
Singing is mentioned (in one form or another) 190 times in the bible. Think maybe
it might be important?

D.L. Moody once said that "music and song have not only accompanied all
scriptural revivals, but are essential in deepening one's spiritual life. Singing does
at least as much as preaching to impress the Word of God upon people's minds."

Kneeling
Ps 95:7
“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
outing

Kneeling is an act of expressing reverence and honor, of submission and humility.

Shouting
Psalm 47:1
“O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.”
KJV

definition of shout:
Hebrew: ruwa` (roo-ah'); a primitive root; to break, to split the ears with sound,
blow an alarm, cry aloud, destroy, make a joyful noise, shout for joy, sound an
alarm, triumph.

That’s some serious, heavy-duty noise making! What must it have sounded like
when Israel shouted and the walls of Jericho fell?!!!

Dancing
Ps 149:3
“Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the
timbrel and harp.
KJV
Prostrating one's self
1 Cor 14:25
“And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on
his face he will worship God....”
KJV

The great Bible scholar William Hendrickson once ,carefully analyzed all the
occasions in the Old Testament when bodily praise was used. He found 4
instances of bowing heads, 6 references to standing with reverence, 9 examples
of lifting eyes toward God who is the source of blessing, 12 instances of kneeling
in adoration, 14 descriptions of hands lifted toward God, and 28 references to
people laying prostrate before the Lord.

If the frequency with which these things are mentioned in the Old Testament is in
any sense related to their importance, our current worship practice is exactly the
opposite of what Scripture says is important. What do we do most? We bow our
heads. What do we do least? Well, I don't know of many instances of Christians
prostrating themselves before God.

Lifting one's hands


Ps 134:2
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
KJV

Lam 3:41
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
KJV

Ps 63:4
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
KJV

As our hands are in the air, we slyly scan the room and look behind us, to see if
anyone else is lifting their hands so we aren’t the only ones doing it.

Freedom to worship in other ways

2 Cor 3:17
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
KJV

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