WORSHIP, noun:
- Chiefly and eminently, the act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; or the reverence and homage paid to him in religious exercises, consisting in adoration, confession, prayer, thanksgiving and the like.
- The worship of God is an eminent part of religion.
- Prayer is a chief part of religious worship
Hebrew for Worship:
Shachah (shaw-khaw, H7812): to bow down or prostate oneself before God in worship.
Greek for Worship:
From G4314 and probably a derivative of G2965 (meaning to kiss like a dog licking his master´ s hand); to fawn or crouch to that is (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to adore): – worship.
in the NT by kneeling or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication
When you worship God, you minister to Him (waiter)
I worship Him, I minister to Him, because I love Him and I care for Him as He first loved me and cared for me.
Take time as you read through the Word of God to recognize His attributes, His characteristics, what it is that makes Him God.
We worship God for who He is:
- Jehovah-Elohim, Divine Majesty and Power.
- Jehovah-Elyon, Supreme God or Most Loved God.
- El Shaddai, The Almighty God or God Almighty.
- Jehovah-Jireh, The Lord Will Provide.
- Jehovah-Repheka, The Lord Is Healer.
- Jehovah-Tsidqenu, The Lord Is Our Righteousness.
- Jehovah-Tsebaoth, The Lord of Hosts or The Lord of Angel Armies.
- Jehovah-Nissi, The Lord is Conqueror or The Lord Is My Banner or The Lord is My Sign of Conquest.
- Jehovah-Shalom, The Lord is Peace.
- Jehovah-Shamah, The Lord is There.
He is Creator: Isaiah 40:28 NKJV
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
Psalm 95:6 NKJV
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
He is Light: Revelation 21:23 NKJV
The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
He is Love: 1 John 4:8 NKJV
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
He is Truth: Psalm 25:5 NKJV
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.
Acts 24:14 NKJV
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.
He is Spirit: John 4:23 NKJV
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
John 4:24 NKJV
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
He is Holy: Leviticus 11:44 NKJV
For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Psalm 96:9 NKJV
Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.
He is Glory: Deuteronomy 5:24 NKJV
And you said: ‘Surely the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he still lives.
Psalm 29:2 MEV
Give to the LORD the glory of His name; worship the LORD in holy splendor.
He is Grace: Psalm 84:11 NKJV
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
He is Mercy: Deuteronomy 7:9 NKJV
“Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
He is Omnipotent: All powerful God; Revelation 19:6 NKJV
And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
Psalm 66:4 NKJV
All the earth shall worship You And sing praises to You; They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah
Matthew 2:2 NKJV
saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”
Luke 4:8 NKJV
And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
Acts 8:27 NKJV
So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,
Romans 1:25 NKJV
who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.