Living a Life Worth Living – Writings by Robin McKinley
In Christianity, worship is the act of attributing reverent honor and homage to God. In the New Testament, various words are used to refer to its term. One is proskuneo which means to bow down to God or kings.
The nature of Christian worshipping is from the inside out and has two equally important parts. We must worship “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23-24). Worshiping in the spirit has nothing to do with our physical posture. It has to do with our innermost being and requires several things.
First, we must be born again. Without the Holy Spirit residing within us, we cannot respond to God as a worshipper because we do not know Him. The Holy Spirit within us is the one who energizes worship because He is in essence glorifying Himself, and all true worship glorifies God.
Second, worshiping in spirit requires a mind centered on God and renewed by Truth.
Third, our can only worshiping in spirit comes by having a pure heart, open and repentant.
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