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