First off, I know most of you will just brush this blog post off because I'm going to be talking about god. But maybe if you give it a read maybe you might like it who knows eh? :) Now I'm by no means a preacher or any of that sort. But this is something that I feel I had to write so I am :) So hopefully I do OK on it!

The topic I really wanted to iterate on today was worship. The word "Worship" is a short form of the word Worth Ship! Now the word worth ship has a lot of meaning. When we worship god we show his worth to us in our lives. He is worthy of our praise he is worth everything we have to offer him. Now when we "Worship" god do we show his worth in our praise? Do we just go to church to sing "Some of those Godly Songs"? Or are we their to just keep the seats warm. Just going to church to sing those so called "Worship Songs" is not worship in the slightest. The word worship has so many meanings.

Philippians 3:3

"For we [Christians] are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence [on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances"

Now what this verse is basically saying is that we as Christians we're worship god in spirit and glorify god with our hearts showing him praise by singing or dancing, or just by living for him. Now thats not all we can do in praise there is a lot of other forms of glorifying god. Now the dependence on the "Flesh" is one that the Jews believed was their mark of being a Christian this mark was in the form of a male's circumcision. They believed if they Marked them self with this they would be labelled as Christian. Now Verse 2 states:

Philippians 3:2
"Look out for those dogs [Judaizers, legalists], look out for those mischief-makers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh."

This basically just states that we should be on our guard and watch out for the false teaches of Jewish teachers. The Jewish teachers were teaching that we needed to mark ourselves as being a Christian by physically circumcising was the only way of our salvation. The Jews were saying that salvation only belonged to the Jews and that it must be earned by keeping the laws.

Now the Apostle Paul on the other hand taught that we are saved by the Grace of god alone; that the salvation is a FREE gift from god. That we truly can never earn it, but merely that we can only humbly accept what god has offered to us.

And Paul goes on to say to the Jewish teachers "if you have nothing to show but circumcision of the flesh, if all you have is a Physical Mark on your body then you are NOT really circumcised. - You are merely mutilated.
You probably think why does Paul keep bring up the word "circumcised" well back then this was a sign of your faith in god. But what the literal teaching of being circumcised was that "Truly circumcised" people who I we will refer as the "True Believers" have allowed god to cut away their sin and evil from their lives. Those who's hearts are laid bare before god are the ones truly circumcised in his glory.

Now Paul teaches us that real circumcision is the devotion of the heart, mind, thoughts and life to god. And because of that Paul says "The Christians who are truly circumcised not with a outward badge or Mark on their flesh, but with that inner + spiritual circumcision that the bibles speaks of.


Philippians 3:3
For we [Christians] are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence [on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances"


Now Paul was declaring that Christian worship had nothing to do with Ritual, rules or regulations. Christians worship is a thing of the spirit and of the heart.

The True Christian
The Truly Circumcised person
The Person who is really in true relation with god...
Worships god - not with outward forums or actions of observances, but with true devotion and sincerity of the heart.

Now when we study worship in the bible we discover that it is not confined to "Praise" as one would think as with Praise & worship music. In fact "Praise" is only one expression or element of worship to god.


1) The key feature of Biblical worship was Sacrifice.

Hebrews 13:15
"Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name."

Romans 12:1
"APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship."

2) Prayer is another very important element in worship.

Acts 2:42
"And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread [including the Lord's Supper] and prayers."

3) Confession of sin was clearly an important part of biblical worship.

4) The biblical worship included the proclamation of The Word.

5) Biblical worship always provided an opportunity to present Tithes & Offerings to the lord.

6) One unique element in the corporate worshipping (church) in the New Translation was the celebration of the sacraments, communion and baptism.

7) Praise is essential to Christian Worship. Some methods of Praise would be:

1) We praise god in our churches (Corporately)
2) We sing songs to express our praise to god.
3) Music is another method of biblical praise
4) We can bring praise to god by telling others about god's wonderful deeds in our lives.
5) And the bible says in the bible about how when we live our life for god we bring him praise.

Philippians 1:11
"May you abound in and be filled with the fruits of righteousness (of right standing with God and right doing) which come through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), to the Honor and praise of God [that His glory may be both manifested and recognized]."

8) Of course there are many more :)

The worship of god is not confined to just the expression of praise or in its various other forms. Worshipping god is much Greater in all!

True individual worship, spiritual worship is the offering of our whole being and all that we do with it, every day, to god. (Body, Mind, Soul, Spirit & Strength).

Real worship is not just singing songs for 30 minutes before the offering is being taken. If I may I would like to quote a verse from a song called "I'm coming back to the Heart Of Worship"


Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
That will bless Your heart
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart

Now thats whats I'm talking about right there. What is god worth to you? Are you going to be just the person who keeps the chair warm or are you going to be the real deal and worship him with all that you are and and praise him everyday of you life. When Jesus Christ comes into our lives we are new peoples. The center of our being is changed/different. The driving force behind our life is different and our mind is different. For now we have the mind of Christ in us. And when Christ becomes the center of life. Then we can offer true worship. Then we are Marked by worship. Worship which is the offering of every moment and every action of life to god.

This is my challenge to you to be more then the seat warmer give all your worth and show god how much he means to you. Give him the praise that he deserves and you will see many gifts from god. One thing comes to mind of what a girl from my church who drew a picture of god and with his gifts he asked "Is that enough?". I will leave that with you to think about. Don't forget to comment.

God Bless