The worship that pleases God; He wants all of you, He is not interested in half hearted commitment, partial obedience or the leftovers of your time and money.
Where you worship is not as important as why you worship and how much you offer yourself to God when you worship. The bible says, "let us be grateful and worship God in a way that will please him." The kind of worship that pleases Him has four attributes:
He is pleased when your worship is accurate. It must be based on the truth of the scripture and not our opinions about God. The bible says that "True worshippers will worship the father in spirit and truth, for they're the kind of worshippers the father seeks."
He is pleased when your worship is authentic. When Jesus said you must "Worship in Spirit", He meant your spirit not the Holy Spirit. God designed your spirit to communicate with him. True Worship is your spirit responding to God's spirit.
Worship must be genuine and heartfelt, its not a matter of saying genuine words, you must mean what you say. Many forms of praise and worship mentioned in the bible include; confessing, singing, shouting, standing in honour, kneeling, dancing, making a joyful noise, testifying, raising hands and playing instruments.
The best style of worship is the one that most authentically represents your love for God, based on the background and personality God gave you.
If God intentionally made us all different, why should everyone expects us to Love Him in the same way.
God is also pleased when your worship is thoughtful and practical. Real worship costs, David knew this and said, "I will not offer my God sacrifice that has cost me nothing."
When you praise God even when you don't feel like, when you get out of bed to worship when you're tired, or when you help others when you're won out; you're offering a sacrifice of worship to God. That pleases him.
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