planned for God’s pleasure

II
WORSHIP
“Because of God’s great
mercy to us… Offer
yourselves as a living sacrifice
to God, dedicated to His
service and pleasing to Him.
This is the true worship that
you should offer.
Rom. 12:1 (TEV)
 Worship

Is our response to God’s love

“Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and soul, all
your mind, and all your
strength.”
Mark 12:30 (NCV)
Mind Thoughtfully
Heart and Soul Passionately
Strength Practically
 Loving God

By giving Him my attention

 Focus
“You have looked deep into
my heart Lord, and you know
all about me. You know when
I am resting or when I am
working. You notice
everything I do and
everywhere I go.”
Psalm 139:1-3 (CEV)
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Significance
Self Actualisation
Level
Esteem Needs

Success Level
Love and Affection Needs

Safety and Security Needs

Survival Level
(physical)
C OF

Physiological Needs
C OF

(eat, drink, sleep)

 a life focused on Him
• No waste of energy (they will be
directed to the right things)
• No waste of time
• Far better results – eternal ones
 It will affect
• My values – what is important to me
• My motivations
- not survival driven
- not success driven
• My actions – what I do - I will ‘seek
first the kingdom of heaven’ in every
area of life
“Focusing on yourself is the
opposite of focusing on God.
Anyone completely absorbed
in self ignores God and ends
up thinking more about self
than God.
Romans 8:7 (Msg)
“Don’t become so well
adjusted to your culture that
you fit into it without even
thinking. Instead, fix your
attention on God.”
Romans 12:2 (Msg)
 Focusing on God
• By establishing a daily time with
Him
“Find a quite secluded place
so you won’t be tempted to
role play before God. Just be
there as simply and honestly
as you can manage. The focus
will shift from you to God and
you’ll begin to sense His
grace.”
Matt 6.6 (Msg)
 Focusing on God
• By establishing a daily time with
Him
• By searching Him in every place
and situation
“…seek and you will find…”
Matt 7:7 (NIV)
“It is God's privilege to
conceal things and the king's
privilege to discover them.”
Prov 25.2 (NLT)
“For since the creation of the
world God’s invisible qualities
—his eternal power and divine
nature—have been clearly
seen, being understood from
what has been made.”
Romans 1:20
 Focusing on God
• By establishing a daily time with
Him
• By searching Him in every place
and situation
• By asking questions
“Ask and it will be given to
you…”
Matt 7:7 (NIV)
 Loving God

By Expressing my affection to
Him
“He is the God who is
passionate about His
relationship with you.”
Exodus 34:14 (NLT)
“Give yourselves completely
to God since you were given
new life.”
Romans 6:13 (NLT)
Liz Curtis Higgs
Loving God

by my abilities
“Whatever you do, work at it
with all our heart as though
you were working for the Lord
and not for people.”
Col. 3:23 (TEV)
 Loving God

By giving Him my attention

By expressing my affection to Him
by my abilities
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