Day 13

Chapter Thirteen: Worship That Pleases God

God wants all of you. -Rick Warren

There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to worship and friendship with God. One thing is certain: You don't bring glory to God by tring to be someone he never intended you to be. God wants you to be yourself. -Rick Warren

This is wonderful news! To have this level of acceptance by someone who knows me better than myself...someone who knows all of my flaws, created all of me specifically to be who I am...wants me to be just that.

When you praise God even when you don't feel like it, when you get out of bed to worship when you're tired, or when you help others when you are worn out, you are offerning a sacrifice of worship to God. That pleases God. -Rick Warren

I can really see now the idea of "living sacrifice" by the above description. I have fallen into a rut numerous times regarding going to church on Sunday, and even then...going to church on Sunday and not applying what I had "learned" on Monday morning. God hates a hypocrit...and a liar. I need to watch for those things in my own actions.

Point to Ponder: God wants all of me.

Verse to Remember: Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

Question to Consider: Which is more pleasing to God right now--my public worship or my private worship? What will I do about this?

I need to work on both...I know that God wants to have a personal relationship with me...and that is private [to me anyway]...however I also think that they should be tandem with each other, meaning...I should not be afraid to worship publicly. By thier actions you shall know them...

If I am loving God with all of my heart soul and strength I will be worshiping him publicly and privately. Though right now...I am developing that personal relationship with him and that is important to me...

I think that my public worship may be more pleasing...because it is showing that I am not afraid to worship him, and I am not tied to this world so much that I am held back by fear of what others think of me.