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The Purpose Driven Life:
Small Group: Week 2 (Worship)
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| "For God had planted them like strong
and graceful oaks for his own glory." Isaiah 61:3 (LB) |
Let's face it, God did not need to create us. He chose to create you
and me and everyone else for His own pleasure. Warren says, "You exist for
His benefit, His glory, His purpose, and His delight."
Everything starts with God, not with us. Therefore, to find our purpose
in life we must begin with worship. Many misunderstand worship, thinking
only in terms of Sunday services or their favorite church music. While
worship may include these things, God expects a lot more. He created us
for a relationship, not a religion.
When asked about this, Jesus said that the first and greatest
commandment is, "Love God with your entire being." Real worship consists
of a lifestyle of loving God in every way possible.
In the first 11 chapters of Romans, Paul describes the depth of God's
love for us. "Therefore," Paul says at the beginning of Romans 12, "I urge
you ... to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, your spiritual act of
worship. Do not conform ... to the pattern of this world. Be transformed
by the renewing of your mind." Live like God wants you to live, not as the
culture around you wants.
- To worship, we must dedicate ourselves to God, recognizing that
worship is voluntary - like all acts of love -- but nonetheless
complete only when we are committed fully to God's purposes;
- To worship, we must learn the principle of insulation from
the world even while we are moving into it to spread the Gospel. We are
not meant to isolate ourselves from the world.
- Worship applies the principal of metamorphosis. Worship has
the power to transform us from ugly to beautiful. Seeing God's greatness
shrinks our problems and allows us to soar.
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