Foundations of Faith // Worship

Exodus 20:3 ESV 

“You shall have no other gods before me.” 

1) Worship Impacts Your CONTEXT 

Ezekiel 46:9 NIV 9 

“‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed festivals, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which they entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate. 

2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 

1) Worship Impacts Your CONTEXT 

2) Worship Impacts Your CARES 

1 Peter 5:7 NLT 

7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. 

Psalm 150 NLT 

1 Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. 3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, 5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. 

1 Peter 2:9 NIV 

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 

1) Worship Impacts Your CONTEXT 

2) Worship Impacts Your CARES 

3) Worship Impacts Your CONFIDENCE 

James 4:8a NIV 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. 

Questions: 

1) Have you ever experienced a time in your life where worship impacted your surroundings? If so, describe that moment. 

2) What experiences have you had with worship unto God? How does worship resonate in your life? 

3) Describe a time in your life that seemed overwhelming. How were you able to press on and overcome that problem?