Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

Lord, Show Me How to Live: T H E J OU R N E Y

Volume 2, issue 1 2012 February

OUR JOURNEY:

Lord, Show Me How to Live: T HE JO U RN E Y

In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade. Volume 2, Issue 1 Through us, he brings knowledge of Christ. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance. Because of Christ, we give off a sweet scent rising to God, which is recognized by those on the way of salvation—an aroma redolent with life.

2012 February

God invites us on a journey with Him, not just to experience Him as a one-time event. Living out this journey will bring us joy & fulfillment in our lives!

2 Corinthians 2:14-16

God’s real intent for us is a day-by-day walk with Him; He wants your life to be a journey with Christ!

Page 3

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

The Journey, part 1: THE CUP OF SALVATION God’s real intent for us is a dayby-day walk with Him, a journey with Christ.

Exodus 6:6-7 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord.

I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians ...I will free you from being slaves to them ...I will redeem you with an outstretched arm ...I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God.’”

Big Idea: God invites us on a journey with Him, not just to experience Him as an event. Living out this journey will bring us joy & fulfillment in our lives.

Throughout this sermon series, we will learn what this journey looks like.

Our journeys will all be different: You may have grown up in a Christian home; you may have grown up far from God …However, all of us have things that we share in common, regardless of how different our journeys look.

We must look at this passage in context with the entire timeline of the Bible: ■Creation 4,000 BC ■2349 BC the Flood of Noah ■Abraham 1996 BC (Gen 12 occurred about then) ■1700 BC Joseph – This is where the story that we are looking at begins.

■1490 BC Moses came on the scene.

■4 BC – birth of Christ ■28 AD – The Passover fulfilled by Jesus

Volume 2, Issue 1

At the beginning of this story, Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers. He became second-incommand in Egypt and was given the task of providing during a time of famine. His family moved into Goshen and Joseph provided for them during the famine.

Later, a Pharaoh came into power who didn’t know Joseph; he made the Israelites slaves. For 430 years, they were under the yoke of slavery.

2012 February

Then in 1490 BC Moses came on the scene. As a baby, he was put in a basket on the river and adopted by Pharaohs’ daughter.

The 4 “I Wills”:

Later, he was called by God to be the person to deliver Israel out of slavery. There were 10 plagues as Israel was delivered out of Egypt.

■I will free you from being slaves to them

During this time, the first Passover was celebrated.

■I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

■ I will redeem you with My outstretched arm.

■I will take you as My own people and I will be your God.

The Jewish people celebrate Passover each spring, around March or April. During this celebration meal they eat foods that symbolize what happened at the exodus.

Page 5

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

The Passover Seder centers around four cups of wine that represent the 4 “I wills.” The participants read each of these 4 statements and drink from the cup of wine.

The cup of salvation:

The cup of deliverance:

The cup of redemption :

The cup of praise:

Kiddush –

Maggid –

Birkat –

Hallel –

It is about being taken out of Egypt

It is about God taking Egypt out of them.

They had to learn to get rid of old habits and to think God’s way.

God restored them to His original intent and design for them.

God said that they would learn to praise Him.

THE CUP OF SALVATION Salvation is “yasa”: to rescue from bondage and slavery. To the Israelites, salvation always traced back to the exodus. In the Old Testament, they always said, “Save us like You rescued us in the exodus.”

In the New Testament, the concept is “sozo”: to rescue from bondage and slavery. (obviously the same meaning!).

Every one of us is born into spiritual slavery. We’re all born with a sin nature. Every one – no exception, no exemption – is born a slave.

For us, it is about our slavery to sin and to the world being broken by Christ. Religion cannot replace the relationship that is only possible through our slavery being broken. Salvation is all about our slavery to sin being crushed by Christ.

Volume 2, Issue 1

Page 6

Ephesians 2:1-3 Once you were spiritually dead because of your disobedience and sin. You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air.

He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.”

Notice!: It doesn’t just say that he is the spirit at work in those who aren’t in church, or that he is the spirit at work in those who aren’t Christians.

No!: He is the spirit at work in those who disobey God! This also applies to Christians: Any time that you disobey God, you are under the influence of a satanic spirit.

Points we need to understand from this Scripture: ■Before turning to Christ, we are in slavery to our sinful nature. Before God’s nature comes into us, we are so influenced by the world that we are slaves to the sinful nature.

■Before turning to Christ, we are in slavery to the world’s system. We are slaves to the values of this world.

■Before turning to Christ, we are in slavery to Satan himself – the spirit who works through the world’s system.

■Before turning to Christ we were under God’s anger and judgment, lost.

■There are no exemptions. All of us need to be redeemed.

If you have not yet turned to Christ and need help doing so, feel free to contact Harvest Church at harvest@harvestpensacola. com

Volume 2, Issue 1: THE JOURNEY

John 3:16

1 Peter 1:23

Page 7

John 3:1-8 -- After dark one evening, a Jewish religious leader named Nicodemus, a Pharisee, came to speak with Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are proof enough that God is with you." Jesus replied, "I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God." "What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?" Jesus replied, "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven.

So don't be surprised at my statement that you must be born again. Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit."

1 Peter 1:23 -- For you have been born again. Your new life did not come from your earthly parents because the life they gave you will end in death. But this new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

What happens when I am “born again”?

I am forgiven (1 John 1:9 – “But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.”)

I am declared righteous before God (Romans 3:24 – “Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins.”)

I am cleansed (1 John 1:7 – “But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin.”; Hebrews 10) I am reconciled to God (Romans 5:10 – “For since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life.”)

I am in God’s family (2 Corinthians 6:18 – “And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. ") I am bound for heaven (John 3).

HC

Page 9

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

The Journey, part 2: THE CUP OF DELIVERANCE

Exodus 6:6-7 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord.

I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians ...I will free you from being slaves to them ...I will redeem you with an outstretched arm ...I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God.’”

“The Journey” focuses on the Passover Feast —particularly on the four cups of wine that were (and still are) drunk during this celebration.

The Passover feast: The cups of wine, the plates, the matzo, bitter herbs, eggs, etc.

Exodus 6 is repeated during the feast. Four times the phrase “I will” is spoken; each time a cup of wine is drunk. Each of these “I will” phrases are found in Exodus 6:6-7.

The first “I will” is “Therefore, say to the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.” This first cup is the cup of salvation. The Israelites would read this phrase and then drink the cup of salvation.

Volume 2, Issue 1

The second “I will” is: I will free you from being slaves to them...”

The first cup says that God will take them out of Egypt; the second cup says that God will take Egypt out of them!

God is saying that He will take the mindset of slavery out of the Israelites.

This is the cup of deliverance.

2012 February

The third “I will” is: “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm…”

This says that God is going to bring them back (restore) to His original design for them.

The fourth “I will” says, “I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God.” This is the cup of praise! God says that they will respond to His first

three actions by praising and worshipping Him. God says, “You will authentically praise Me for My work in your life.”

When we see Egypt in the Scriptures, it is always a type of the world.

In salvation, our relationship with God is restored. After that, we need to learn about how to relate to the world.

There are 2 extremes of how we relate with the world: 1) We withdraw completely. We isolate ourselves. We go too far out of the world.

2) We are too much in the world. We are so blended in to the world that no one can distinguish any different between us and those who aren’t Christians.

We must establish a balance!

Page 11

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

God never called His people to isolate!

We establish “Christian” gyms, “Christian music,” etc. …We label everything.

There is no “Christian” music; there is just music.

The word “secular” means “to divide” or “to separate.”

When we divide ourselves into “us 4 and no more,” then we end up with a “Christian ghetto.”

This leads to “marine style” evangelism – We run out of our huddle to witness to people, then run back in with a new notch on our belt.

God never desired that we isolate; instead, He wants us to blend in and be in the world but not of the world.

The phrase “the world” is “Cosmos” in the Greek language.

It has three different meanings: 1) The created earth. God calls humans to steward the earth. This is good. 2) The world of mankind.

This is also a good thing. 3) The third meaning, however, is sinister and bad: The system that is opposed to God. It is “a harmonious order of embellishment or adornment which is external and temporary, designed to entice, entangle, and ultimately enslave humanity within its values and ideals. It is in every way opposed to God with the goal of separating people from God forever.”

When you really see the world as the word of God exposes it, you will see how sinister it is. You see how it entices through ads, billboards, television, etc.

Volume 2, Issue 1

John 15:19 “Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world. That is why the world hates you.’”

The true nature of a believer, by the very fact that God’s life is in you, makes you no longer of this world …therefore the world hates you.

2012 February

The world is opposed to God and those who belong to Him. God doesn’t call us to be weird or to be judgmental; He calls us to just be followers of Jesus! Christ is in you! Seek to follow God and find out what pleases Him! If you live for God full-out, then you will arouse the hostility of the world.

Paul, speaking to the believers in Rome, said in Romans 12:2, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing, and perfect

Read your Bible, come to church, etc. so you will be able to know God’s will. Get in the environment of God’s word and you will think like God; you will know His will.

Corinth was the “sin city” of Paul’s day. The believers there were saturated with an environment of worldliness, sex, and greed. In 1 Corinthians 7:31, Paul said, “Urge our people to use the things of this world, but not be engrossed in them. For this world order will pass away.”

This balance is hard — but possible! — to achieve!”

Page 13

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

Thoughts from Recommended Book: God’s Words In “God’s Words” by J I Packer, he says, “Worldliness means yielding to the spirit that animates fallen mankind; the spirit of self-seeking and self-indulgence without regard for God. Whether a man is worldly thus depends not on how much enjoyment he takes from the good and pleasant things in life, but on the spirit by which he partakes of them. If he allows these things to enslave him and become an idol in his

heart, he is worldly. If, on the other hand, he is disciplined in his use of them, not indulging to the harm of his own walk with Christ or another’s walk with Christ” (i.e., he walks in love), “not losing his heart to them, receiving them gratefully as God’s gifts and a means for showing forth God’s praise, thanking God for all good and delightful experiences of life, aware of the Giver of every good gift, then he is not worldly but he is godly.

1 John 18:21 – “Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.”

Eating is good; gluttony is bad. Eating is good, but it becomes bad when it is overdone. Sugar is good, but it is bad when it becomes an addiction. Drinking is good; drunkenness is bad. Money is good; greed is bad. Sex in marriage is good; it is bad when it is taken outside of how God designed it – when it becomes lust and perversion.

Social media is good; it becomes bad when it consumes you.

Take this seriously! Discipleship means “cross-bearing.”

In Luke 14 Jesus said, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must take up his cross.”

Volume 2, Issue 1

Ephesians 2:1-2 “And you God made alive, when you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you at one time habitually walked in. You were following the course and fashion of this world and were under the sway of the devil, the prince of the powers of the air. You were obedient to and under the control of the demonic spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience, the careless, the rebellious, and the unbelieving, who go against the purposes of God and live by the standards of this world.”

2012 February

■Before Christ, all of us were enslaved to this world’s system and to the prince who controls it.

■We have three options, three camps that we fall into: 3. You can be a 1. You can be a Christian, but a world-ling, of the carnal Christian. world and not in This person is a Christ.

Christian, but still 2. You can be a enticed by the Christian who is world and not a true Christwalking with Christ follower. for real.

This is serious! If you are a friend of the world, then you are an enemy of God! James 4:4 – “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the 1 John 2:15-17 – “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires will pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”

Page 15

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

There are four indicators of worldliness: 1. Pleasure.

2. Profit.

3. Power.

4. Promotion.

Pleasure is good — but not when you seek it and put it before God.

Money is good — but when you put it on a pedestal and walk over people for your own profit, then it is bad.

Influence is good — but when it is used to dominate, then it is worldly.

It is OK to market yourself — but when you elevate yourself and forget God, then it is bad.

Summary: ■There is an unseen system that is behind this visible, tangible world that is designed to entice, entangle, and ultimately enslave us in its values.

■This system has an intelligent mind working through it (Satan) like a hand in a glove to enslave us in his kingdom and keep us from Christ.

■This system is totally opposed to God and His will for good for every human being. Those caught in it will never understand those who have come out of it – true followers of Christ who take up their cross.

■We are called not to judge one another in this matter but rather to judge ourselves, renouncing our allegiance to the world and turning our full allegiance over to Christ and His rule in our lives. In this way, according to 1 John 2, we will live forever.

■The only safeguard against the world, according to 1 John 2, is an increasingly deeper and deeper love for the Father. This is the principle of displacement: If you have a glass of water, the water will be displaced when you pour something heavier in. When you love God, this love for God displaces your love for the world. Truly becoming a worshiper of God displaces love for the world!

HC

2012 February

Volume 2, Issue 1

The Journey, part 3: THE CUP OF REDEMPTION Romans 5:12-17 (Message)

Exodus 6:6-7 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians ...I will free you from being slaves to them ...I will redeem you with an outstretched arm ...I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God.’”

You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we're in - first sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death. That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses. Even those who didn't sin precisely as Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of it. Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man's sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God's gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do!

There's no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence. If death got the upper hand through one man's wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant lifegift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?

Page 17

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

Our journey is perfectly fulfilled in Christ.

The cup of redemption can be summed up in one word: Restoration.

We need to understand what was lost, and what has been restored to us in Christ:. To do this, we must go back to the tory of Adam and Eve in Genesis.

God created the earth; He created humans. He created humans with the capacity to relate to the living God, Himself. Adam & Eve enjoyed fellowship with God. They enjoyed dominion and authority, doing what God had created them to do. They walked with God in the cool of the day.

Sin entered the human race as Adam & Eve disobeyed God. Both spiritual and natural death entered the human race. Humans lost their ability to fellowship with God.

Firstly: God, in Christ, gave us the new birth and saved us from slavery to the world.

Secondly: He then delivered us from the world by taking the worldly mentality out of us.

Thirdly: He redeems us, makes us useable, brings us back to His original purpose, and restores that which was lost.

Fourthly: He takes us as His own people – We praise Him to celebrate what He has done for us!

These 4 cups are central to our Christian life.

Volume 2, Issue 1

The gospel: In Christ, what was lost in the beginning with Adam & Eve has now been restored to us in Jesus Christ.

2012 February

Grab with both hands God’s wildly extravagant gift of life!

Adam lost it; Christ restored it! In Christ when we are born again, it is all restored.

This is The Great Exchange.

I did nothing to deserve my rescue & restoration; Christ took my place! He became sin so that I could become His righteousness as I put my faith & trust in Him. This is the gospel.

You have to “get” this in your experience, not just in your head.

Enjoy the privileges that are yours because Jesus purchased them for you. Don’t just know about them – Enjoy them!

Jesus hung on Calvary’s cross to restore you to God’s original intent and purpose for your life!

3 Things that Have Been Restored: ■Your relationship with God is restored; you are no longer separated.

■Your spiritual authority is restored.

■Your divine purpose is restored.

Page 19

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

Your relationship with God is restored You are no longer separated…so don’t live like you are. You have a pure relationship with God. You are living like a pauper when you live with a condemnation complex. As you think, so are you: See yourself as an eagle rather than a turkey.

See yourself as righteous in God’s sight rather than as condemned.

God is eager for fellowship & relation with us! He desires fellowship with you. He took the initiative to restore it! He gave it to us as a gift even though you could never

deserve it. He brought you back to Himself: God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them.

ALL sin was put on Christ! Christ took all of your sin, so it never has to be a barrier between you and the Father.

This is good news!

2 Corinthians 5:18-21 “All of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to Himself through Christ. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation...We speak for Christ when we plead, ‘Come back to God!’ for God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.”

This is written to Christians. God knew that even Christians would still sin; so He made the way that these sins could be forgiven by Christ’s work at the cross.

Volume 2, Issue 1

2012 February

Sin is only a barrier if you let it be a barrier.

It is only a barrier in your mind, not God’s.

God sees all of your sin as put on Christ as the cross.

1 John 1:8, 9 “If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.

But if we confess our sins to Him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.”

We tend to magnify sin and minimize Christ.

God wants us to magnify Christ, magnify the blood of Jesus. When you sin, go back and read Hebrews 10, go back and read 1 John; go back and refresh yourself in the word of God. Don’t let sin keep you back from God!

You will sin …but if you confess your sin to Him, He forgives you.

Go to Him and thank Him for forgiving you. God doesn’t want penance; He wants you to accept his forgiveness and thank Him for it.

Focus on His forgiveness, His love, and His Son. Sin is only an issue if you let it stop you from going to God.

PRACTICAL: Learn to plead the blood of Jesus!

Page 21

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

Your spiritual authority is restored.

Psalm 8 – “…You made them [humans] a little lower than God … putting all things under their authority.”

Adam lost his authority; we believers have to be careful not to give ours up. In His name, we have authority here on earth.

Study these Scriptures: In Matthew 28:18, Jesus said, “all power [authority] is given to Me in heaven and in earth.

Therefore you go…”

In Mark 13:34, it says, “…for the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave his authority to his servants.”

In Luke 9:1-2, it says, “Then He called His twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

And He sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.”

We have been deputized with power over all devils and sickness.

Clearly, Jesus gave His authority to those who are His own.

The problem is that we do not believe it or exercise it. Dare to believe that you can do these things now!

Do not be complacent. Expect to have authority in Jesus’ name!

Volume 2, Issue 1

2012 February

PRACTICAL: Learn to make verbal decrees and declarations!

Learn the power of doing this!

As Christians, we are the most powerful beings on planet earth. We have to learn how to utilize this authority!

Jesus told us how in Matthew 18:18-20: “I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven. I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you…”

This is a gamechanger!

Using your spiritual authority will make a huge difference in your life!

Forbid demonic powers, sickness, and disease to operate in you or your family. All too often, you allow things – Learn to forbid it!

You can forbid the devil from operating in your life; you can also permit the angels of God to work for you.

Our journey: Yes, you will go out with joy, you will be led forth in peace. As you come, the mountains and hills will burst out into song, and all the trees in the countryside will clap their hands. This miracle will bring great honor to the LORD's name; it will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.

Page 23

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

Your divine purpose is restored.

Ephesians 2:10

1 Corinthians 12:4-7

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good works He planned for us long ago.”

“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we are all serving the same Lord...A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can build up the body of Christ.”

PRACTICAL: God designed you with purpose … discover your spiritual gift(s), and then use it/ them for the body of Christ.

Do your part!

Our Daily Journey: Romans 12:1 Message “So here's what I want

you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going -to-work, and walkingaround life - and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. “ HC

2012 February

Volume 2, Issue 1

The Journey, part 4: THE CUP OF PRAISE Exodus 6:6-7 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians ...I will free you from being slaves to them ...I will redeem you with an outstretched arm ...I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God.’”

Matthew 22:37—38 “Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”

Question 1 that we all must ask: What was I created for? What is the point of me being here? For what purpose am I on earth?

Jesus answered this question in Matthew 22: All of us were created to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and mind. We were created to worship and praise God! Humans are the only one of God’s creations created with a free will ...Use your free will to choose to worship and praise God! Question 2: How do I worship?

This question is answered in John 4:24 — “God is spirit, and His worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

You must worship God with every part of your life!

Worship Him whether you feel like it or not!

Page 25

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

Worship God in spirit.

Worship God with your heart. This is worship that involves your emotions.

Worship God with your soul. This type of worship involves the physical.

Worship God with your mind. This is intellectual, liturgical worship.

To worship God in spirit is to worship in all three areas: worship with your mind, your emotions, and your body. To worship God in spirit is all-encompassing.

Question 3: What does worship look like when I don’t feel like it?

Hebrews 13:15 “Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess His name.”

Worship God in honesty.

Admit how you feel. If you don’t really feel like worshipping God, commit it to Him and then worship Him anyway.

Do not wait for inspiration to worship ...If you do, then you will never worship. Don’t wait until you feel like it. Choose to worship and then do it!

Hebrews 13:15 tells us to confess His name every day of the week!

Worship God for who He is. See Him in His beauty and worship Him.

Volume 2, Issue 1

2012 February

Question 4: Where do I start?

Answer: A. Give yourself time to learn worship songs. Read the words and see what God is speaking to you through them.

B. Close your eyes. When you are worshipping in church, this will keep you from looking around and feeling weird.

C. Flood your car/ home/etc. with worship music. Fill your heart with worship music by immersing yourself in it. Soak in it! Whatever soaks in you will come out of you!

Let yourself go as you worship God. Focus on God and on responding to Him. God loves you ...Worship Him by focusing on returning His love to Him! HC

Page 27

Lord, Show Me How to Live: THE JOURNEY

The cup of salvation: Kiddush – God transfers us to the kingdom of His dear Son

The cup of deliverance: Maggid – God takes the world’s habits and way of thinking out of us.

The cup of redemption : Birkat – God restores us to His original intent and design for us.

The cup of praise: Hallel – God teaches us how to praise Him.

Volume 2, Issue 1: THE JOURNEY

Page 7

We hope that you have been blessed by reading Lord, Show Me How to Live: T H E J OU R N E Y