Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods. Rather, worship the LORD your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies. – 2 Kings 17:38-39

How long a list of attributes about yourself did you write/type yesterday? I hope you are keeping the notes you are making. Before we get to today’s worship activity, here is an important piece of information on worship I want to highlight: Worship is an act of love and the words of Jesus are extremely powerful: “Love the Lord your God with all your strength” (Mark 12:30). How do you love with all your strength?
Having captured your list of God’s attribute that makes Him worthy of worship and your attributes that should compel you to worship God, I am sure you would agree that the reasons for worshipping God are overwhelming. You will also agree that we don’t always live lives of worship. Today, please think deeply about the distractions and obstacles that hinder your consistent dedication to worship and write/type them down.

Keep sharing your thoughts on worship and the titles of any of your special worship songs in the comments section.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. – Romans 12:1

How long a list of attributes of God did you write/type yesterday? As we continue our focus on worship this week remember that we will rely on the information on the 40 Days of Discipline website for theory and spend most of our time engaged in practice.

Today I just want to highlight one extremely point made on the website: “Everyone worships something.”  Recognizing this tendency the Scripture warns about the futility of worshiping anyone or anything other than God.” This thought is very sobering and calls for honest introspection to avoid idolatry.

As I mentioned above, yesterday you were asked to write/type the attributes of God that you believe make him worthy of worship. Today please write or type attributes about yourself that should compel you to worship God.

Please use the comments option to share your thoughts.

The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.  – Isaiah 29:13

Welcome to the week of focus on the discipline of Worship.  When we started our 40 Days of Discipline journey over two weeks ago, one of the things that was pointed out was that we want to rescue insights from the jaws of familiarity.  Worship is certainly an area where there is possibly a lot of familiarity.  Over the next 6 days we will consider some thoughts but for the most part you will be actively participating.  I trust you will be able to fully participate.

There is so much rich information on Worship on the 40 Days of Discipline website that I encourage you again to read it carefully.  Today let me highlight just two points:

•  Worship is a lifestyle (it is not something we do on Sunday mornings or as directed by a worship leader).

• God actively seeks believers to worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23).  Don’t you want to be a part of this group that God is seeking?

As I mentioned above, this week will be about participation.  To participate you will need to write or type.  You will also want to keep what you write or type because each day will build on each other.  Here is today’s activity:

Please write down all the attributes of God that you believe make him worthy of worship.  Please avoid just repeating what you have heard from others or just using popular phrases used in church settings.  Prayerfully think about attributes that you are genuinely in awe of and write/type them.

P.S.  Since songs are so much a part of worship, do you have a favorite worship song that you would like to share?  Mention the title in the comments section and also share your thoughts on today’s activity.

Here is a song to sing/hum/whistle:  “I’m coming back to the heart of worship.”