Worship God
Worship at Parkway is Christocentric and Spirit-filled. Worship is our
response to who God is and what He has done for us. There are innumerable
attributes of Almighty God, and countless examples of His great love. However,
the greatest act of love is God sending His son through the person of Jesus
Christ. Our response is Christ-centered worship. Without Christ we are
insufficient and unable to worship the Father. Our desire is to know Christ and
to make Him known through singing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, and
proclaiming His salvation day after day.
Worship should be…
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Dictionary Definition: “of, relating to, or being in accord with
the Bible”
Scripture: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of
God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Tim.
3:16-17
Psalm 119:105
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Dictionary Definition: “of, or pertaining to a
mission”
Scripture: “Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD;
I will sing praises to your name.” Psalm 18:49
Psalm 96
Psalm 67:3-4
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Dictionary Definition: “easily heard <a loud and clear
sound>: easily visible: <a clear signal>: free from
obscurity or ambiguity: easily understood: <a clear explanation>:
capable of sharp discernment: free from doubt”
Scripture: “But if an unbeliever or someone who does not understand
comes in while everybody is prophesying, he will be convinced by all that he is
a sinner and will be judged by all, and the secrets of his heart will be laid
bare. So he will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, ‘God is really
among you!’” 1 Corinthians 14:24-25
1 Corinthians 14:9,19
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Dictionary Definition: “worthy of acceptance or belief as
conforming to or based on fact: conforming to an original so as to reproduce
essential features: made or done the same way as an original: not false or
imitation: real, actual”
include repentance, purity, (you can be authentically wrong, etc. –
you can mean it and be dead wrong)
Scripture: “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come
so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even
though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise,
glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1 Peter 1:6-7
Romans 12:1-2
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Dictionary Definition: “capable of, affected by, or expressing
intense feeling”
Scripture: “I will celebrate before the LORD. 22 I will become even
more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes.”
2 Samuel 6:21b-22a
Psalm 149
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Dictionary Definition: “the state of being related to a larger
whole”
Corporate
Individual
Scripture: “His divine power has given us everything we need for
life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory
and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious
promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and
escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” 2 Pet.
1:3-4
Psalm 148
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Dictionary Definition: “changing or fluctuating readily: embracing
a variety of subjects, fields, or skills; also turning with ease from one thing
to another: capable of moving laterally and up and down.”
Scripture: “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same
Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are
different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all
men.” 1 Cor. 12:4-6
Psalm 150