DAY # 2: A DEFINITION OF WORSHIP
Concepts are easier and more manageable than specific definitions. Yesterday was the concept. Today is the definition.
Worship is “honor and adoration that is directed toward God alone.” It comes from an old English word “worth-ship” and is concerned with dignity, worthiness and attributes of someone. In the verb form, it means to “pay homage, to show respect, to express gratitude or to give honor to someone.” That someone is God Himself!
When we come together as the people of God, we gather to give Him honor, to offer Him our gratitude, to affirm our adoration and love for who He is as God. In the Old Testament worship means “to bow down, to reverence, to fall down, to prostrate ourselves, to beseech humbly the Lord.”
The New Testament uses three different words for worship. The primary word is “proskuneo” which means to kiss the hand, to bow down. It is the expression of an attitude filled with awe and respect. That is the word used in the John 4 passage.
We come to worship in order to give God honor, respect, gratitude, glory and adoration.We bow before Him and acknowledge our gratitude and dependence on Him!
Listen and worship as Carrie Underwood sings “How Great Thou Art”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnvg0OtupuI
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