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Is worship more than prayer?
Message
#13 (of 20) from the PrayerPower radio series
Worship is prayer and more, much more. Jesus taught His disciples to pray with a model prayer which began with worship: "Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." [Matthew 6:9-10, KJV]Hallowing God’s name in prayer is worshiping Him with reverence and honor for Who He is. But when we pray "thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" our worship includes the submission of our will to His. In Romans 12 Paul urges us to offer our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God as our spiritual act of worship [Romans 12:1]. Offering ourselves as living sacrifices is dying to self. It’s yielding to His will--not an option, if we’re to be His disciples. That’s why, if we only have ten minutes to pray every morning, our prayer should be one of worship and submission.God wants us to be His children, in a relationship that can never be severed. He wants us to be His sheep, hearing His voice and following Him; His disciples, denying self. He wants us to be branches, connected to the Vine, living in the power of His Spirit. Our worshipful prayer of submission says yes to all of that, "Yes, Lord, whatever You ask." And more than anything we can say or do, that is our service of worship.
Pray with me now -- Holy Father, help us trust You enough to present ourselves as living sacrifices in Jesus’ name, amen.
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