Last week we learned about worship, but the first thing we learned was how to achieve John 4:23-24 which says, “The time is coming when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, and that time is here already. You see, the Father too is actively seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” Our teacher had some pretty good points, saying that our values define our priorities and our priorities define our habits. In turn, you have to ask yourself what your life is all about; what is your main focus? Because that is what you worship! The story in the Bible that talks about the Samaritan woman is found in John 4 and is a good example of someone not worshiping the right things. Jesus was talking to her literally but also figuratively. He was basically telling her that she was drinking from a ‘well’ of sex, which she was doing in an attempt to fill the deepest desires of her heart. She was worshiping sex. Worship and addiction are essentially the same thing. The addiction is the thing we are worshiping.
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There are two classes of pain:
1. Wounds from the past
2. Pain from the emptiness we all have (which is filled by Jesus and His grace and mercy).
We have to deal with both types of pain in order to live a life of worship. And we have to develop habits to stay full of Jesus so we don’t feel the void that draws us into addictions and false-worship. (Suggestions: get plugged into a church, find a mentor, get an accountability group)
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