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A House Built on Worship

Worship is a beautiful part of God’s blueprint, the Church. Too often we have confined worship to an experience, when it’s meant to be a lifestyle not lived alone.

The Samaritan woman was one of the first to ask Jesus a question regarding worship. “Why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?” (John 4:20).

Jesus responded with great intentionality:

Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem . . . But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. (John 4:21, 23-24)

Jesus reminds us that worship has never been about a location or a physical building. What matters in our worship is the posture of our hearts and minds and spirits as we live our lives for God in Christ.

The first church “worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity—all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people” (Acts 2:46-47). Based on these two verses, the following worship basics can be added to our blueprint for the modern-day church:

• corporate worship

• communal worship

• joyful worship

• generous worship

• unified worship

When the people of God come together to worship the one true God, he meets with us and dwells among us.

Reflection Prayer: “Dear God, help me to be a worshipper in spirit and in truth. I want to worship you in every word I say and in everything I do, making your Name known in all seasons and in all circumstances.”