Epic Faith = Epic Worship (Pt. 2)
Selected Scriptures
Matthew 8:2 (NLT)
Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. "Lord," the man said, "if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean."
Matthew 9:18 (NIV)
While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live."
1. We worship by accepting the sacrifice of Jesus’ life for our sins
2. We worship by presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice
Romans 12:1 (NIV)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship.
Romans 4:18-20 (MSG)
When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, "You're going to have a big family, Abraham!", Abraham didn't focus on his own impotence and say, "It's hopeless. This hundred-year-old body could never father a child." Nor did he survey Sarah's decades of infertility and give up, He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions.
Romans 4:20 (NASB)
yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,
3. We worship by singing
Psalms 81:1 (NIV)
Sing for joy to God our strength...
Psalms 105:2 (NIV)
Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
4. We worship by shouting
Psalm 47:1 (NKJV)
Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
Psalms 47:5 (NIV)
God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
Psalms 47:8 (NIV)
God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.
Hebrews 11:30 (ESV)
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
Joshua 6:16 (ESV)
And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for the Lord has given you the city"
Joshua 6:20 (ESV)
As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.
5. We worship by clapping our hands
Psalms 47:1 (NKJV)
Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
Psalms 98:8 (NIV)
Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together.
6. We worship by lifting our hands
Psalms 28:2 (NIV)
Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
Psalms 63:4 (NIV)
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands
Psalms 134:1-2 (NIV)
Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD
Exodus 17:10-11 (NIV)
So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.
