{"id":3091,"date":"2013-09-21T19:07:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T16:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2013-10-04T14:12:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T11:12:25","slug":"10-worship-and-the-church-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/10-worship-and-the-church-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"#10 Worship and the Church -Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with our understanding of worship is that it is often limited to what happens during the church service on Sunday morning!<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\/id658436314?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10l9ET\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Now is the Time&#8221;<\/a> I talk about why worship is vital to the life of the church and how we can incorporate worship into every aspect of church life!<\/p>\n<p>This episode builds on last week&#8217;s podcast so if you didn&#8217;t get a chance to hear it you might want to check out <a title=\"#09 How to Find Your Idols -Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=3048\">&#8220;How to Find Your Idols&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_10.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F10-worship-and-the-church-podcast%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_10.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=3091-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_10.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_10.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 26:41 &#8212; 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Satan promised them that they would be like God! Gen 3:5.<\/p>\n<p>However, as with any idol, the promise proved empty and the results catastrophic!<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the Old Testament is a record of man turning away from God in pursuit of idols and God pursuing \u00a0man through His prophets and calling them to leave their idols.<\/p>\n<p>The New Testament is no different. Paul preached so vigorously against idols that he caused a riot in one city! Acts 19:23-27<\/p>\n<p>The task of the church is to identify idols, remove them and then replace them with true worship of the true God.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. 1 Thessalonians 1:9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Because following Jesus isn&#8217;t about following a new set of rules\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jesus said that the greatest commandment was;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. \u00a0Matthew 22:37<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While other religions come down to a set of rules or a method of living, Christianity is different. Jesus called people to respond on a heart level. He was calling them to a life of worship!<\/p>\n<p>This verse also helps us to see that worship must be holistic (heart, soul, mind). That also means it&#8217;s impossible to worship God one day a week on Sunday mornings!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not worshipping God Monday through Saturday then you&#8217;re deceiving yourself to think that you can come on Sunday morning and turn on the &#8220;worship switch&#8221;!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Because the church is God&#8217;s people<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Psalmist words say it best here.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.\u00a0Psalm 95:7<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The church is God&#8217;s people and as His people we are designed to worship Him!<\/p>\n<h4>Resources<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003KN3JH0\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003KN3JH0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sukfam-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41lp0Q8w5cL._SL160_.jpg\" width=\"103\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>This is almost a classic now and it&#8217;s definitely a book worth reading. D.A. Carson along with Timothy Keller, R. Kent Hughes and Mark Ashton present a thoroughly Biblical yet practical examination of worship.<\/p>\n<p>If you do read it, let me know what you think!<\/p>\n<h4>Question: What other ways besides music can the church engage in worship?<\/h4>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_10.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F10-worship-and-the-church-podcast%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_10.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=3091-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_10.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_10.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 26:41 &#8212; 24.4MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('3091-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_3091-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_3091-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_10.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F10-worship-and-the-church-podcast%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with our understanding of worship is that it is often limited to what happens during the church service on Sunday morning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[297,31],"tags":[286,221],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-writing","tag-idols","tag-worship"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC05299.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-NR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3048,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/09-how-to-find-your-idols-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":3091,"position":0},"title":"#09 How to Find Your Idols -Podcast","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"September 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There are idols that we can see, feel and touch and there are idols of the heart that are easily kept away from the view of others! 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