What Is Worship? --------------------------------- “Confident Surrender”

PRAISE/DEVOTION – Seeing what’s true about God. REPENTANCE/RENEWAL – Saying what’s true about myself. COMMITMENT/SELF-GIVING – Surrendering my life.

PRAISE/DEVOTION – Seeing what’s true about God.

REPENTANCE/RENEWAL – Saying what’s true about myself.

COMMITMENT/SELF-GIVING – Surrendering my life.

There is an unrelenting affinity for the self bound up in the heart of every human being. This affinity threatens a sustainable spirit of self-giving. If left unchecked, this affinity wreaks havoc on relationships and destroys community.

There is an unrelenting affinity for the self bound up in the heart of every human being.

This affinity threatens a sustainable spirit of self-giving.

If left unchecked, this affinity wreaks havoc on relationships and destroys community.

Undermining this affinity will require at least four things: Rigorous self-examination. Honest self-appraisal. A confessional lifestyle. An active spirituality.

Undermining this affinity will require at least four things:

Rigorous self-examination.

Honest self-appraisal.

A confessional lifestyle.

An active spirituality.

You love God just as much, and no more, than the person you love the least. Romans 12.9-21 – the index of love is my action towards the other; feelings are too erratic and subjective to be reliable. 1 John 4.20-21 – “…he who does not love his brother whom he has not seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.”

You love God just as much, and no more, than the person you love the least.

Romans 12.9-21 – the index of love is my action towards the other; feelings are too erratic and subjective to be reliable.

1 John 4.20-21 – “…he who does not love his brother whom he has not seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.”