Upside Down Worship

Upside Down Worship
03/06/2021 - Dave Riddle 
Key Passages: Psalm 95, Psalm 63

Worship begins with an invitation from God

Our Worship Must Be SINGULAR

• Psalm 95:1

• Psalm 63:1a

• Exodus 20:1-11

Our Worship Must Be PERSONAL and COLLECTIVE

• Psalm 63:1a - “I seek you”

• Psalm 95:1 - “Let Us”

Our Worship Must Be A VOCAL & LIVELY CELEBRATION

• Psalm 95:1-2 - shout, sing

  • rānan - to cry out, shout for joy, give a ringing cry.

  • rûaʿ - to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast.

    • Joshua 6:20

    • 1 Samuel 4:5

    • 2 Samuel 6

  • Why? Because we have a lot to celebrate!

Our Worship Must Be Centered on TRUTH

• Psalm 95:3-5

Our Worship Must Be Filled With REVERENCE

• Filled with Joy & Bowed in Reverence

• Joy & Awe

• Wow & Woe

• Revelation 7:9-12 - Celebration & Awe.

Our Worship Must Have a Deep Level of INTIMACY & PASSION

• Psalm 63:3-5 - “Your love means more than life to me…”

  • Not ambivalent or neutral.

Our Worship Should Lead to OBEDIENCE

• Psalm 95:7b-9

• Exodus 17:7

• Romans 12:1

Lean In

Lean In

Dave Riddle - 7/19/20

koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion. 

Living in koinōnia = Love 

An Order or Command to Love Others

• Mark 12:31 - love others as much as you love yourself.

• John 13:34 - love others the way Jesus loves us.

• 1 John 3:23 - love others as He commanded us.

Response 

• 1 John 4:11, 19 - our love is a response to the love Jesus has shown to us.

Integral

• Necessary for yielding completeness

• 1 John 4:12 - our faith becomes more complete as we walk in love.

Maturity and Progression

• 1 Peter 1:22-23

  • A sincere love. Not merely pretending to love others.

  • Earnestly, fervently, constantly loving one another.

• 1 Corinthians 13 - love is foundational. Without it, our actions are meaningless.

Confirmation

• John 13:35 - This is how all people will know that we are truly followers of Christ.

Intimacy 

• A relationship that goes deeper than “we go to the same church”.

• Requires vulnerability.

  • Might require taking some risks.

Investment

• Helping people follow Jesus together.

Connected and Contributing to One Another

• Not living in an individual reality, but a “One Another” reality.

  • Love one another

  • Live in harmony with one another

  • Forgive one another 

  • Honor one another

  • ...And many many more 

    • Over 100 occurrences in scripture.

    • Only possible through the power of the Holy Spirit

How is God calling you to take the next step towards koinōnia?

• 1 Peter 1:22-23