Louie Giglio - The Air I Breathe: Worship as a Way of Life

At last, Louie Giglio has put into print the message God birthed in him years agoa message that has shaped a generation of students, a message that has sent shock waves through the church, a message that has the potential to profoundly impact your worship.

A NDY S TANLEY , SENIOR PASTOR , N ORTH P OINT M INISTRIES AND AUTHOR OF N EXT G ENERATION L EADER

Im not a worship guyer, so I thought, but Louies book nailed me. After reading his book I finally get worship. Louie helped me realize that worship is an all-the-time thing, a life thing. I was encouraged by this book. Mostly I was moved by Louies obvious passion for God and his gift for making worship make sense.

M ICHAEL Y ACONELLI , OWNER , Y OUTH S PECIALTIES

Some of the most inspiring teaching on worship Ive ever heard has come from the mouth of Louie Giglio. Having read The Air I Breathe I can now say the same of Louies gift to communicate through the written word. This book has inspired me as a worshiper, and as a worship leader.

M ATT R EDMAN, AUTHOR OF T HE U NQUENCHABLE W ORSHIPPER AND T HE H EART OF W ORSHIP

Dont read The Air I Breathe unless you want to reexamine your life to see whom or what you are truly worshiping on a daily basis. Louie spells it out in plain language: Learning the real meaning of worship is the most essential element in the spiritual journey of the Christian. In the end, our worship is more about what we do than what we say.

B ILLY R AY H EARN , FOUNDER , S PARROW R ECORDS

Louie Giglio explores what God desires most in our worship with clarity and insight. Upon reading The Air I Breathe, youll be both challenged and liberated to discover that true worship inescapably involves who you areall the time.

D R . C HARLES F. S TANLEY , SENIOR PASTOR , F IRST B APTIST C HURCH , A TLANTA , G EORGIA

Louie Giglio communicates Christian truth in a wonderfully accessible and relevant way. The Air I Breathe is packed full of gems that inspire and encourage. He says everything I would want to say about worshiponly he says it much, much better. This is a prophetic and timely book.

M IKE P ILIVACHI , PASTOR , S OUL S URVIVOR C HURCH , W ATFORD , U NITED K INGDOM

This book is a challenging reminder that our worship is for God and not for ourselves.

B ILL H EARN , PRESIDENT AND CEO, EMI C HRISTIAN M USIC G ROUP

T HE A IR I B REATHE

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Scripture quotations marked ( NASB ) are taken from the New American Standard Bible. Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org). Scripture quotations marked (MSG) are taken from The Message. Copyright by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers Inc. Scripture quotations marked (KJV) are taken from the King James Version.

Trade Paperback ISBN9780735290716

Hardcover ISBN9781601429995

Ebook ISBN9780307562548

Copyright 2003 by Louie Giglio

Excerpt from I Am Not but I Know I AM, copyright 2005, 2012 by Louie Giglio.

Cover design by Kristopher K. Orr

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Published in the United States by Multnomah, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

M ULTNOMAH and its mountain colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Giglio, Louie, author.

Title: The air I breathe : worship as a way of life / Louie Giglio.

Description: Reprint Edition. | Colorado Springs : Multnomah, 2017. | Originally published: Sisters, Or. : Multnomah Publishers, c2003.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017040418| ISBN 9780735290716 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780307562548 (electronic)

Subjects: LCSH: Worship.

Classification: LCC BV10.3 .G54 2017 | DDC 248.3dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017040418

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Anyone who knows me knows Shelley is a vital part
of who I am and all I doincluding this book.

Together we want our lives to count for His renown.
Shelley, you are an amazing, God-sent partner in life,
love, laughter, and ministryin worship.

CONTENTS

C HAPTER O NE
That Thing We Do

C HAPTER T WO
Something More

C HAPTER T HREE
Why Worship Matters

C HAPTER F OUR
What God Wants Most for You

C HAPTER F IVE
Joining the Ranks of True Worshipers

C HAPTER S IX
For Who He Is, for What He Does

C HAPTER S EVEN
Worship as a Way of Life

C HAPTER E IGHT
Through Jesus, All the Time

C HAPTER N INE
Lips and Lives

C HAPTER T EN
A Personal Path to Worship

C HAPTER E LEVEN
Moving Beyond Me, to Us

You, my friendare a worshiper!

There, I said it.

Every day, all day long, everywhere you go, you worship. Its what you do. Its who you are.

So if by chance you have only a few seconds to check out this book, thats what its all about. We all are worshipers, created to bring pleasure and glory to the God who made us.

I dont know whether or not you consider yourself a worshiping kind of person, but you cannot help but worshipsomething.

Its what you were made to do.

Should you for some reason choose not to give God what He desires, youll still worship somethingexchanging the Creator for something He has created.

WHATEVERS WORTH MOST

Think of it this way: Worship is simply about value. The simplest definition I can give is this: Worship is our response to what we value most.

Thats why worship is that thing we all do. Its what were all about on any given day. Because worship is about saying, This person, this thing, this experience (this whatever) is what matters most to meits the thing I put first in my life.

That thing might be a relationship. A dream. Friends. Status. Stuff. A name. Some kind of pleasure. Whatever name you put on it, this thing or person is what youve concluded in your heart is worth most to you. And whatever is worth most to you isyou guessed itwhat you worship.

Worship tells us what we value most. As a result, worship determines our actions, becoming the driving force for all we do.

And were not just talking about the religious crowd. Christians. The churchgoer among us. Were talking about everybody on planet eartha multitude of souls proclaiming with every breath what is worthy of their affection, their attention, their allegiance. Proclaiming with every step what it is they worship.

Some of us attend the church on the corner, professing to worship the Living God above all. Others who rarely step inside the church doors would say worship isnt a part of their lives because they arent religious. But everybody has an altar. And every altar has a throne.