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What Does it Mean to Worship God? (Part 3)

"We all get so involved in our silly littlewhat  is  inside  your  heart."
lives that we have made for ourselves to
where we don't have the time to do anythingChristians should be most grateful for Jesus'
for  God,"  says  Travis,  age  12.sacrifice on the cross. In fact, one of the
names for the Lord's Supper is "Eucharist,"
Worship is the way we see God's largerwhich comes from the Greek word meaning to
purpose for us. A life of worship usuallygive  thanks.
doesn't make media headlines, but even the
smallest things done in relation to God areWe read about the early church in the Book of
significant because they're part of a grandActs: "Now on the first day of the week, when
plan.the disciples came together to break bread
... " (Acts 20:7). Fellowship was important
Saying you don't have time to worship God isin the early church: "And they continued
like saying you don't have time to breathe.steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
If you don't breathe, you die. If you don'tfellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in
worship,  you'll  wither  and  live  small.prayers"  (Acts  2:42).
Oxygen deprivation does strange things toBible commentators concur that the breaking
your head. I once flew to La Paz, Bolivia,of bread refers to a fellowship meal called
which is almost 12,000 feet above sea level.the "love feast." About 20 years after the
For the first 24 hours, I felt disorientedchurch began in Jerusalem, the apostle Paul
and strange. Being too busy to worship God iswrote a stinging rebuke to the Corinthian
similar to oxygen deprivation. You'll feelChristians for drinking too much wine at the
unbalanced.meal, eating before others and failing to
distribute the food fairly. The fact remains
"Worship means fully opening your heart tothat the Lord's Supper as a fellowship meal
God and expressing your true love andwas the predominant form of worship in the
feelings for him," says Christian, 13. "Itearly  church.
means not just saying the words to a song in
church. It means actually meaning them withWhere is it today? Most churches have traded
your  heart.  Serve the Lord wholeheartedly."the rich table-fellowship that characterized
the worship of the early church when they
The Lord called David a man after his ownassembled on the first day of the week for
heart, not because he never sinned. His sinslittle plastic cups of grape juice and pieces
are well chronicled. David went after theof  crackers  served  in  pews  once a month.
Lord with a whole heart. His heart is on
display  in  the  psalms  he  wrote.Think about this: Let's worship the Lord like
the early Christians by starting a Lord's
A huge part of worship is thanksgiving, saysSupper revolution! Think of all the people
Mitchel, 11. "Take time to thank God for allwho would rather come to a "love feast" on
the stuff he gives you. All the stuff thatSunday  morning.
you  have  was  sent  from  heaven."
Memorize this truth: "Now on the first day of
Hmm. That's a new perspective on possessionsthe week, when the disciples came together to
for  some.break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next
day, spoke to them and continued his message
"Worship means to be thankful for God's giftuntil  midnight"  (Acts  20:7).
of Jesus dying on the cross," says Brittany,
11. "It shows how much we love him. WeAsk this question: Can you imagine millions
rejoice in him for the many gifts he hasof Christians eating together and enjoying
given us. It means to put our whole heart infellowship every week around the Lord's
him. When you worship, you are telling GodSupper as a fellowship meal?



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