How do you worship God?

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How do you worship God? When I first heard about it, I was at a Christian summer camp and they said, "Let's worship." and started playing music. And so for the majority of my life, I thought worship just meant singing to God, but I was wrong. If you look up the word worship, it means to give reverence to. And honestly, when I first looked it up, I had no idea what reverence meant. So after defining that, it meant to love, to value, to cherish, and offering all of that to God. But then I thought, should I really be going to Google for the definition of how to worship the God of the Bible? So the Bible says, "True worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in Truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks." Does that sound a little confusing? Because it did to me, until I did a little bit more digging. If you didn't know, there are Bible commentaries out there where people do their research and then share their insights about what specific verses mean. For example, the Tony Evans Bible commentary says, "Worship in the Spirit means pursuit of an intimate relationship with God." So what's that practically mean? Well, the Bible gives some pretty great examples. Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. So yes, singing is a part of it, but it also said giving thanks to God. We can do that in prayer silently, prayer and praise publicly. We can thank God in a gratitude journal, or one of my favorite methods, let me show you this. My wife and I take pictures and screenshots of things that God does in our life that we're so grateful for. And they're in a folder so that they show up in our home, so that when we see it, we can thank God again. This is when our family got 5,000 subscribers on this channel. So those are examples of how to worship in the Spirit. But what about worshiping in truth? Well, that Tony Evans Bible commentary said, "In truth is to worship God in a biblically accurate way through the one who is the truth." And who's the truth? Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." So worshiping in truth means not only learning the word of God, but also practically applying it in our lives. So when the Bible says forgive each other, and we sacrifice our preferences and do it anyway, we are worshiping God in truth. How did I learn that? Because the Bible says, "Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. This is your true and proper worship." Now, it will look different for everybody. But, I'd love to know, how do you worship God? I'm praying for you today, friends. God bless.