Worship

Our first core value is Worship

Psalm 95:1-7
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.

The substance of worship has not changed. Worship is our response to what we value most.

Louie Giglio says,
   "Everybody has an altar and every altar has a throne. How do you know where and what your worship?
   It's easy; you simply follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money and your allegiance.
   At the end of that trail you'll find a throne; and whatever, or whoever is on that throne is what's of highest value to you.
   On that throne is what you worship.

Private worship creates intimacy with God, and corporate worship magnifies God and creates joy

The styles of worship change with every generation and culture. But the substance remains the same.

The sincerity of worship counts more than the style. Sincere worship is about:
   The heart not the how
   A person not a place
   Surrender not a show

John Piper says,
   "Worship must have heart, and it must have head. Worship must engage your emotions, and it must engage your thought.
   Truth without emotion produces dead orthodoxy and a church full of unspiritual fighters.
   Emotion without truth produces empty frenzy and cultivates flaky people who reject the discipline of rigorous thought.
   True worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love sound doctrine."

We invite you to worship with us.