Rooted: What Fuels Your Worship?

In this message from Rooted: Growing in the Spiritual Disciplines, Colby reframes worship as an outpouring of gratitude toward the Lord—expressed through our words, actions, obedience, and conduct, not just singing. Using the Ark of the Covenant and David’s song in 1 Chronicles 16, he shows how worship is fueled by remembering what God has done and knowing who God is—and how gratitude flows from memory. Colby challenges the church to actively track God’s work in everyday life, to grow deeper in Scripture so worship doesn’t drift, and to remember what it cost for sin to be forgiven under the Old Testament sacrificial system. Ultimately, worship is rooted in the gospel: Jesus is the final sacrifice, the veil was torn, and God’s presence is no longer confined to a room—it dwells in believers through the Holy Spirit. The message ends with a call to examine what we truly worship and to live Romans 12:1 as “true and proper worship.”