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Micah 6:6 With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Micah 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Micah 6:7 Shall I give my firstborn for my

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Micah 6:6

‘With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God

n high?

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Micah 6:7

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands

f rivers of oil?

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Micah 6:7

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

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Micah 6:8

He has told you, O mortal, what is good;

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Micah 6:8

He has told you, O mortal, what is good;

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Micah 6:8

and what does the Lord require

f you but to do

justice,

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Micah 6:8

and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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1 Corinthians 14:40

but all things should be done decently and in

rder.

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John 4:23

But the hour is coming, and is now here,

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John 4:23

when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,

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John 4:23

for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.

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Why does worship matter?

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Whose Worship Service Is it?

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Do we mean “who is doing the worship”? OR Do we mean “who is receiving the worship”?

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Let’s go from REFLECTIVE to ACTIVE

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I need six volunteers for this illustration…

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Soren Kierkegaard Observation

f Worship

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Another Perspective

f Worship

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My Worship? God’s Worship? Our Worship?

Whose Worship Service Is it?

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Yes, it’s all three, but the

rder must be

understood.

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1 Corinthians 14:40

but all things should be done decently and in

rder.

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God’s Worship-Primary Our Worship-Secondary My Worship-Third

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If it is God’s Worship Service, then we need to ask not, “What do I (or we) want from our worship service?” We should be asking…

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“What does GOD want from

ur Worship

Service?”

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Micah 6:6

‘With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God

n high?

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Micah 6:6

Shall I come before him with burnt-

fferings, with

calves a year old?

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Micah 6:7

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands

f rivers of oil?

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Micah 6:7

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

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Micah 6:8

He has told you, O mortal, what is good;

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Micah 6:8

and what does the Lord require

f you but to do

justice,

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Micah 6:8

and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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If this is what God wants and expects

f us, as a faith

community, how shall we respond?

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1 Corinthians 14:40

but all things should be done decently and in

rder.

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If this is what God wants and expects

f us, as a faith

community, how shall we respond?

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Perhaps we should respond “…in spirit and in truth.”

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John 4:23

But the hour is coming, and is now here,

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John 4:23

when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,

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John 4:23

for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.

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The Tension in the Conversation.

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A proof texting of “in spirit and truth.”

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Why the new UM worshipping communities?

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Contextual Worship.

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“Both…And” not “Either…Or”

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