New Hope Missionary Baptist Church

Posted on Sat, Apr 17, 2004

April 14 Bible Study:� Planned for God�s Pleasure

Lesson taught by Rev. Porter

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Points to Ponder

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Why were you created?��������� To please God

God has emotions.�

Give some examples of how God shows His motions:��God grieves, gets jealous and angry, and feels compassion, pity, sorrow, and sympathy as well as happiness, gladness, and satisfaction.� God loves, delights, gets pleasure, rejoices, enjoys, and even laughs

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I.� Bringing pleasure to God is called worship

����������� 1.� Anything you do that brings pleasure to God is an act of

���������������� worship.

����������� 2.� We have an inbuilt need to connect to God.� It is as natural as

���������������� eating or breathing.

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II. Worship is far more than music

1.����� Which part of the church service is an act of worship?

Every part � praying, Scripture reading, singing, listening to a sermon, taking notes, giving an offering, baptism, communion, and even greeting other worshipers.

����������� 2. It is the words that make a song sacred, not the tune.

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III. Worship is not for your benefit

1.����� When we worship our goal is to bring pleasure to God, not ourselves

2.����� If you have ever said, �I didn�t get anything out of worship�, you worshipped for the wrong reason.� Worship isn�t for you.� It is for God.

3.����� God�s heart is not touched by tradition in worship, but by passion and commitment.

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IV. Worship is not a part of your life; it is your life.

����������� 1.� Worship is not just for church serviced; it is a lifestyle.

����������� 2.� Every activity can be transformed into an act of worship

���������������� when you do it for the

���� praise, glory, and please of God.

3.� The secret to a lifestyle of worship is doing everything as if�

���� you were doing it for�Jesus.

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