{ Worship, The Beginning of Wisdom.. }

Proverbs 9:10

The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning (the chief and choice part) of Wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding.

Amplifed

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Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom.
Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment

NLT

Worship for CG..

“For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised. The Lord reigns.” - Psalm 96:4,10

1. You Deserve The Glory

You deserve the glory and the honor

Lord we lift our hands in worship

We exalt Your holy name

For Your are great

You do mighty wonders Lord

There is no one else like You

There is no one else like You

2. My King

Jesus You reign

Forever King of all

3. Beautiful Exchange

Holy are You God

Holy is Your name

With everything I’ve got

My heart will sing

How I love You

4. I Worship You Almighty God

I worship You almighty God

There is none like You

I worship You O prince of peace

That is what I long to do

I give You praise

For you are my righteousness

I worship You almighty God

There is none like You

5. I Exalt Thee

I exalt Thee

I exalt Thee

I exalt Thee

O Lord

“We need to worship because, we need to worship.” 

- Joseph Prince

The essence of worship is when your heart and soul, the core of your being, connects with and adores the Spirit of God.” - Darlene Zschech

Worship is God centered.

As it is my very first time worshiping leading in caregroup, the daunting idea has made Him to bring me back to the heart of worship - "I will fall at Your feet, and worship You here" (This is Our God, Hillsong)

So here is what I got from various sources valuing our cry of worship.

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(Hebrew)

Shachah: To depress - Bow down, crouch, fall down, do reverence, make to stoop, worship

(Greek)

1. Proskuneo: To kiss, fall or bow down before 

2. Sebonai: To reverence hold in awe

3. Latreuo: To render religious service of homage (To royalty or God)

(English)

Worship: Literally mean to ascribe worth or something 

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The chid of God does not need special stimulants to bring about proper worship.

He centers his life on pleasing God, there is he is always happy to come before the throne of grace in praise to the King.

Worship is the response of grateful and humble people to the living God where submission, sacrificial service, raise, profession, testimony and gratitude is freely expressed in innumerable ways.

It is a conscious glorification of God flowing from an inner attitude of lowly submission to His authority and awe at His majesty. 

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Worship is God centered.

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State and attitude of spirit. Since it is an internal and individual action, it could and should be done most of the time or all of the time regardless in place or situation. John 4:4:21

The nature of worship is from the inside out; Worship in spirit (in our hearts) and in truth (in our minds) - John 4:23-24

Worship in the spirit does not require our physical posture but to do with our inner most being.

The holy spirit who resides within us and who only knows the things of God (1 Corinthians 2:11) and who energizes worship because He is in essence glorifies Himself and in all true worship glorifies God.

Mind centered on God  and renewed by truth (Romans 12:1-2)

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All worship is a response to truth, and that which is truth is contained in the word of God. Psalm 119:142, 160

Understand who He is and what He has done.

Expression of praise from the depth of our hearts.

Worship is the heart of God and worship is what God wants us to do.

Worship does not mean all those things that we do. Worship is in our heart; A humble heart - A broken and contrile spirit He will not reject saying: “God, we worship You.” 

Humbling hearts, minds and bending of out wills to God. 

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"We need to worship God, because we need to worship God."

Joseph Prince

First time worship for cell.

Beginning Word

2 Corinthians 1:3-6, 8-10 (New Living Translation)

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation!

We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. As a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us.

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1. You Deserve The Glory

V.

You deserve the glory

And the honor

We lift our hands in worship

As we praise Your holy name

C.

For You are great

You do miracles so great

There is no one else like You

There is no one else like You

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2. I See Grace

V1.

Jesus my help, I call on Your name 

I cast my cares on You 

Jesus my hope, my tower of strength 

My faith is found in You 

Pre-C.

I see You pierced, wounded for me 

When I look to the cross I see 

C.

I see grace, sealed by Your sacrifice 

I see love reaching for me 

Precious blood washes and sanctifies 

Healing flows, setting me free 

I see grace 

V2. 

Bearer of sin, afflicted and tried 

You paid redemption's price 

Bearing my curse, You've set me on high 

Your death has brought me life

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3. Jesus You're My Lord

V1.

Jesus You're my Lord

Jesus You're my God

You're the lifter of my head

The glory of my life

You are the saviour of my soul

V2.

Jesus You're my Lord

Jesus You're my God

You're the lifter of my head

The glory of my life

You are the saviour of my soul

The saviour of my soul

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4. I Will Follow After You

I will follow after You

As long as my soul lives

I will lift up my hands

Unto thy name O Lord

My mouth shall praise You

Because You have been my help

In the shadow of Your wings

Will I rejoice my Lord

Your loving kindness

Overwhelms my soul O Lord

And I will bless You

I will love You

All my life

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Ending Word

Habakkuk 2:1-3 (NLT)

I will climb up to my watchtower,

and stand at my guardpost.

There I will wait to see what the Lord says,

and how he will answer to my complaint.

Then the Lord said to me,

“Write my answer plainly on tablets,

so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.

This vision is for a future time.

It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.

If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,

for it will surely take place.

It will not be delayed.

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Revelation

God has already mapped out and planned our future

He is always one step ahead of us

Sometimes in life, we may feel like we're neither here or there.

Even after we pray and seek Him.

Enjoy your now and present state instead of rushing Him.

Certainly all good things will surely come to past.

His blessings will come not a minute late or early.

Answers that we seek will come at the right place and right time.

We want to make not a good decision but a God decision.

Instead of fighting, we should just wait upon the Lord.

The best is definitely yet to come.

We ain't seen nothing of His goodness and blessings.

Right now, just rest in His finished work.