Chris Tiegreen - The One Year Worship the King Devotional: 365 Daily Bible Readings to Inspire Praise

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What is worship? What does it mean to present yourself as a living sacrifice? Is there a set time and place for it, or does it encompass all of our lives? Considering the priority the Bible places on true worshipand Jesus declaration that real worship is what God is afterthese are enormously important questions. If we want to fulfill the purpose God has for us, and in fact to be fulfilled, we need to know how to love and adore Him.

The readings in The One Year Worship the King Devotional explore the heights and depths of worship. Well look at it from many angles: Gods perspective and humanitys, passions and practicalities, outward form and inward function, words and actions. Through the course of this year, you will be urged to purify yourself from false worship and to let the Spirit of God fill you with truth. And in the process, youll grow to be more like the One who created you in His image.

Worship defines the relationship between God and His people and touches every aspect of our existence. These devotionals are drawn from all portions of Scripture, which is only natural, since Gods story is filled with encouragement and exhortation about the affections of our heart. The full range of human expression is found in its pages. If youll let His Spirit work through His Word to sink into your life, youll find your relationship with Him deepening in every way. May that purpose be fulfilled in your life as you explore His heart this year.

January

JOHN 4:19-24

In Spirit and Truth

God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.

JOHN 4:24

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IN WORD We are worshiping creatures by nature. Its why we were made. A glance around our world reveals a panorama of worship. Our culture alone includes an abundance of styles, a plethora of deities, a multitude of definitions, and myriad motives.

Considering the central role of worship in the life of a human beingit is our entire reason for being, as well as the eternal activity of the saints in heaven, according to the Wordwe might do well to consider what God wants it to be like. Does He prefer informal or formal? Ritualistic or spontaneous? Noisy or quiet? Dignified or recklessly passionate? Nearly everyone has an opinion on these alternatives, but they arent really the heart of the issue. What God desires most has less to do with how we express our worship than with the spirit behind it. In our adoration of our Creator, God seeks inspiration and integrity, sincerity and a spirit of sacrifice. He wants our outward expression to match our inward attitudes. He wants us not to worship ignorantly, but to know who He is. He wants it to be real.

Thats hard for us. We fall into error so easily: Were either too emotional or not emotional enough, too rigid or too unstructured, too self-conscious or not self-aware enough. Most of all, were apt to turn a worshipful heart into a routine behavior in the blink of an eye. What was sincere devotion yesterday is a performance for Gods approval today. What was once an act of passion is now an act of obligation. Our hearts can grow cold faster than we ever thought.

IN DEED