It’s essential. It’s foundational. Without it our worship would be like a choir without a song or a Super Bowl without a football team. It is the crucial necessity of intimately knowing the person of God.
In Jesus‘ priestly prayer He said, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3).
If we could pray but one prayer, it should be that we would grow to know and love God more. When those two things are happening, all other aspects of the Christian life – such as prayer, obedience, serving, and giving – grow as a direct result. And that includes our worship life. True worship is grounded in the critical issue of knowing and loving God.
Here’s the problem. . . .
READ MORE of my post, “The Necessity of KNOWING GOD in Worship,” at WorshipMinistry.com.
*This post is an excerpt from Lesson 3, The PERSON We Worship, of my Bible study, Worship and the Word, and part of a monthly series from my book that I’m doing for WorshipMinistry.com.
For a more in-depth look, check out Worship and the Word or purchase it here. This book is great for either a group or personal study on what the Bible teaches about worship.
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