R-Worship 

Music Ministry:
“We exist to offer acceptable worship to God with reverence and awe!”

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.  For our God is a consuming fire.
Heb. 12:28 NKJV

Worship is the activity of glorifying God in his presence with our voices and hearts.

Seven things happen as a result of Genuine Worship:

1. We Delight in God:
    1. Ps. 27:4 “that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.”
    2. Ps. 16:11 “In your presence there is fullness of joy in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.”
    3. Ps. 73:25 “Who have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides you.”
    4. Ps. 84:1-2, 4, 10 “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the Lord; My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.”
2. God Delights in Us:
    1. Is. 62:3-5 “You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord….you shall be called My delight is in her…..for the Lord delights in you….as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.”
    2. Zeph. 3:17 “The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”
3. We Draw Near to God:
    1. Heb. 10:22 “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith”
    2. Heb. 12:28-29 “Let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire.”
4. God Draws Near to Us:
    1. James 4:8 “Draw near to God and he will draw near to you”
    2. 2 Chron. 5:13-14 “when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments,  in praise to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever,” the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.”
5. God Ministers to Us:
    1. When we worship God he meets with us and directly ministers to us, strengthening our faith, intensifying our awareness of his presence, and granting refreshment to our spirits.
    2. Heb. 4:16 When we come to worship we come into God’s presence in a special way, and we may expect that he will meet us there and minister to us; as we “draw near to the throne of grace” we will “receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need”
    3. 2 Cor. 3:18 During genuine worship we will often experience an intensification of the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, who is at work continually changing us into the likeness of Christ “from one degree of glory to another”
6. The Lord’s Enemies Flee:
    1. 2 Chron. 20:21-22 “He appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him in holy array, as they went before the army….And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.
7. Unbelievers know they are in God’s Presence:
    1. 1 Cor. 14:25 Paul tells them that if the gift of prophecy is functioning properly, unbelievers will from time to time have the secrets of their heart disclosed, and they will fall on their face and “worship God and declare that God is really among you”