What do you bring to worship?

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What do you bring to worship?
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John 423-24

• 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the
  true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit
  and truth for the Father is seeking such to
  worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

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DESIRE to know truth

• Romans 101-3 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and
  prayer to God for Israel is that they may be
  saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a
  zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3
  For they being ignorant of God's righteousness,
  and seeking to establish their own righteousness,
  have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
• It takes more than zeal.

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DESIRE to know truth

• Salvation requires a love of the truth
• 2 Thessalonians 29-12 9 The coming of the
  lawless one is according to the working of Satan,
  with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and
  with all unrighteous deception among those who
  perish, because they did not receive the love of
  the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for
  this reason God will send them strong delusion,
  that they should believe the lie, 12 that they
  all may be condemned who did not believe the
  truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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DESIRE to know truth

• Transformation requires a large dose of truth
• John 832 And you shall know the truth, and the
  truth shall make you free."
• John 146 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the
  truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
  except through Me.
• 1 Timothy 23-4 3 For this is good and acceptable
  in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all
  men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of
  the truth.

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READY to be transformed

• Romans 122-3 2 And do not be conformed to this
  world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
  mind, that you may prove what is that good and
  acceptable and perfect will of God. 3 For I say,
  through the grace given to me, to everyone who is
  among you, not to think of himself more highly
  than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as
  God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
• We must change as we grow

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READY to be transformed

• 1 Peter 21-2 1 Therefore, laying aside all
  malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil
  speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure
  milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

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SEEK fellowship with family of God

• Fellowship with God, Christ and one another
• 1 John 13-5 3 that which we have seen and heard
  we declare to you, that you also may have
  fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is
  with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4
  And these things we write to you that your joy
  may be full. 5 This is the message which we have
  heard from Him and declare to you, that God is
  light and in Him is no darkness at all.

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SEEK fellowship with family of God

• Fellowship with God, Christ and one another
• 1 John 16-7 6 If we say that we have fellowship
  with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not
  practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light
  as He is in the light, we have fellowship with
  one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His
  Son cleanses us from all sin.
• Look forward to seeing one another
• 2 Corinthians 1312 Greet one another with a holy
  kiss.

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GIVE our best

• Learn from the churches of Macedonia
• 2 Corinthians 83-5 3 For I bear witness that
  according to their ability, yes, and beyond their
  ability, they were freely willing, 4 imploring us
  with much urgency that we would receive the gift
  and the fellowship of the ministering to the
  saints. 5 And not only as we had hoped, but they
  first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us
  by the will of God.

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LOVE one another

• Christ commanded
• John 1334-35 34 A new commandment I give to you,
  that you love one another as I have loved you,
  that you also love one another. 35 By this all
  will know that you are My disciples, if you have
  love for one another."

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LOVE one another

• Christ commanded
• Enjoy each other
• Romans 1210 Be kindly affectionate to one
  another with brotherly love, in honor giving
  preference to one another
• Romans 1215 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and
  weep with those who weep.

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LOVE one another

• Christ commanded
• Enjoy each other
• Show kindness to each other
• Ephesians 42-3 2 with all lowliness and
  gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one
  another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity
  of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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Come Prepared

• Worship is more than showing up.
• We must be prepared to worship.
• We must bring with us the desire to grow and
  become what God wants us to be.
• What did you bring with you today?