It's late. But I want to blog. so excited that my mom's coming up tomorrow. we're gonna be able to spend quality time together.
Oh.. i wanted to blog about worship. :P We (asa, eric sammy and i) had our first set as a worship team.
what is the purpose of worship?
dictionary.com says worship is:
The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed.
Ardent devotion; adoration.

That's an interesting definition. As Christians we express the ardent devotion and adoration but not to an idol or a sacred object. We are worshipping the only God of the universe. The God with such imensity that the sight of the train of his robe would kill us. We are worshipping "I AM," God of Abraham, Jacob and David. The God who hates sin but loves his creation and by His grace we are saved. Worship is giving our all to the only entity that deserves our everything. Worship isn't just songs to sing maybe twice a week. It's our lives. In everything we're giving testimony to Jesus who saved us and we're living our lives as a reaction to how we believe the eternal will be. People live for the present because there is no eternal for them. As Christians, we live with eternity in our minds, knowing that everything we do every choice we make shows what or who we're living for.
No doubt worship and praise in song is a special time. I love to sing and I love music and I thank and praise God soo much for giving us the gift of music, with such beauty. So many times during worship I struggle with keeping my focus on ardent devotion and adoration towards God only. Too many times I focus on myself and what's going on in my life and I lose sight that this worship time is time set aside where I cast everything aside and stand, sit, kneel, clap, sing in response to the God of the universe. How do I worship?

Psalm 2:11 says "Worship the LORD with reverence, and rejoice with trembling."
John 4:24 "God is spirit, and those who worshp Him must worship in spirit and truth."
Romans 12:1 "I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, which all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."

All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!

O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
Make music for thy Lord to hear,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
That givest man both warmth and light.

And all ye men of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and on Him cast your care!

Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!