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- 0:00Pastor Robert Young: Ever wonder how and if the Bible has relevance for today.
- 0:03Pastor Robert Young: On this podcast we provide biblical answers to today's tough questions.
- 0:07Pastor Robert Young: Hi friends, I'm Pastor Robert Young.
- 0:09Pastor Robert Young: We have 30 plus years of church planting and mentoring other pastors, 30 plus years of training leaders in evangelism and discipleship.
- 0:17Pastor Robert Young: Our team of missionaries go into jails, rehabs, parks, street corners, coffee houses and any place unchurched people gather.
- 0:26Pastor Robert Young: We present the true, untainted gospel.
- 0:29Pastor Robert Young: We ask questions and give answers as we conduct surveys.
- 0:33Pastor Robert Young: We do this so that you can make a true, informed decision about Jesus Christ.
- 0:38Pastor Robert Young: And today our topic is Saving America Begins at Home, step 3.
- 0:46Pastor Robert Young: Hi friends, welcome to Not your Parents Religion Podcast.
- 0:50Pastor Robert Young: I'm your host, pastor Robert Young.
- 0:53Pastor Robert Young: Today we're going to continue our discussion of Saving America Begins at Home.
- 0:58Pastor Robert Young: The last two episodes we talked about the benefits of having a church service in your own home with your family and possibly with extended friends and family.
- 1:07Pastor Robert Young: Today let's go into detail about the most important aspect of this subject- worship.
- 1:13Pastor Robert Young: So what is worship and why do we do it?
- 1:17Pastor Robert Young: Worship is loving God for who he is.
- 1:21Pastor Robert Young: Worship is expressing that love and adoration.
- 1:23Pastor Robert Young: Worship is done in private devotion and in larger gatherings.
- 1:28Pastor Robert Young: During your expressions of love to God, your complete attention is on God.
- 1:35Pastor Robert Young: To not do so is disrespectful to the creator of the universe, who loves us so much that he sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross for the penalty of our sins.
- 1:46Pastor Robert Young: John 4.23 says that God is seeking from His creation those that would truly worship or love Him.
- 1:54Pastor Robert Young: 1 Chronicles 16.29 tells us to give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name.
- 2:03Pastor Robert Young: Bring an offering and come before Him.
- 2:07Pastor Robert Young: Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
- 2:11Pastor Robert Young: Not only does God deserve our worship, he commands it.
- 2:16Pastor Robert Young: The Ten Commandments in the Book of Exodus spells it out clearly.
- 2:19Pastor Robert Young: Our God created man to have a reciprocal loving relationship with us.
- 2:25Pastor Robert Young: He established the rules by which we are to live and conduct ourselves and even how he is to be worshiped or loved.
- 2:34Pastor Robert Young: As a popular book about the ways people like to receive love, in essence, their love language, God's love language is holy reverence for Him above all others.
- 2:48Pastor Robert Young: Now, before you say, even above the love I have for my children, my spouse, my parents or even mankind and others, yes, remember,
- 2:59Pastor Robert Young: our human love is subject to change depending on the temperament of the one giving the love.
- 3:05Pastor Robert Young: Human love can sometimes have impure motives.
- 3:09Pastor Robert Young: On the surface it can appear genuine, but the heart can be something else.
- 3:14Pastor Robert Young: God's love, on the other hand, is unconditional and we have to go to Him to get the unconditional love that only he has.
- 3:24Pastor Robert Young: After all, God created love.
- 3:27Pastor Robert Young: Now we know the why.
- 3:30Pastor Robert Young: Next is the how.
- 3:33Pastor Robert Young: How do we express outwardly our love and adoration for God through worship?
- 3:38Pastor Robert Young: Worshiping God is not too dissimilar to the praise, and sometimes worship of people that we already do.
- 3:46Pastor Robert Young: Fyi, as stated earlier, God frowns upon worship of anything or anybody other than Himself, also for the reasons stated earlier.
- 3:57Pastor Robert Young: Let's look at how we show our love for a person.
- 4:00Pastor Robert Young: When we verbally express our love for someone and all that they mean to us, when we verbally talk about their unique attributes and qualities and even love that person so much that we want to tell others about how great that person is, that's worship or love.
- 4:20Pastor Robert Young: Now take that concept and apply it to God, the one who deserves it.
- 4:26Pastor Robert Young: The songs of praise that we sing in church about God helps to clear our minds and spirit of anything that's not honoring to God and helps our spirit to show and tell God how much we love Him for being a loving, caring, forgiving and providing God.
- 4:44Pastor Robert Young: We worship God for His wonderfulness, not to get a blessing or favor or anything other than to love Him.
- 4:53Pastor Robert Young: This is how the Scripture says to worship God in the beauty of holiness.
- 4:58Pastor Robert Young: Finally, worship can and should be done as much as possible at your private devotion and definitely doing a specified time at a house church service with other believers.
- 5:14Pastor Robert Young: I hope this brief answers any questions you may have about worship.
- 5:18Pastor Robert Young: If not, then don't hesitate to contact me, and all the ways to contact me in the description box below.
- 5:25Pastor Robert Young: If you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time and you've decided in your heart that you want to begin a fellowship with God, then you know that you must repent of your sins, for we've all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
- 5:41Pastor Robert Young: As the Bible says, ask God to forgive you and that you believe that Jesus Christ died for the forgiveness of your sins.
- 5:50Pastor Robert Young: Ask God to fill you with the free gift of the Holy Ghost.
- 5:55Pastor Robert Young: My friends, if you've said this with a sincere heart, the Bible lets us know that you have been added to the kingdom of God.
- 6:01Pastor Robert Young: I further encourage you to read your Bible daily and ask God for understanding and, of course, pray and talk to God daily.
- 6:10Pastor Robert Young: Seek out a God-worshipping church in your community and conduct church services in your own home with your family and friends.
- 6:19Pastor Robert Young: Now, next episode, we will be discussing prayer, what it is and how it is done.
- 6:24Pastor Robert Young: I am your host, pastor Robert Young, and this is Not your Parents Religion Podcast.
- 6:29Pastor Robert Young: Until next time, may God bless you.