Worship Up!

At ‘Redefine’ we are currently doing a series looking at worship.

Before the half-term we looked at ‘Worship In‘: how we encourage ourselves to worship God. We focus inwards to encourage ourselves to worship God, despite how we are feeling. As King David says in Psalm 103 – “Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:..” Just like David we remember in worship the goodness of God and all the blessings He showers upon us and this helps us refocus on God as both the source and goal of our worship.

This Sunday evening just gone we looked at ‘Worship Up‘. This is where all of our attention and focus is upon God in worship. In Psalm 121, the Psalmist encourages us to lift up our heads, to look up, above our circumstances and situations to the God who is stronger and mightier than mountains.

After the teaching on worship, which was taken from Psalm 63, where we looked at how King David, despite being in a desert, had a longing for God that was greater than his need for water; we finished our time of teaching by responding in worship ourselves and singing together the song ‘Waymaker’.

Next week we will be looking at ‘Worship Out’. This is where we look outwards in our worship to encourage those around us to worship God. As seen ins Psalm 117, everyone is encouraged to praise God.

It’s really great giving the young people that come to Redefine a good foundation in worship. Please do be praying for us as we finish this series on worship and then start preparing for celebrating the birth of Jesus.

Thank you and be blessed!