Upside Down Worship

Upside Down Worship
03/06/2021 - Dave Riddle 
Key Passages: Psalm 95, Psalm 63

Worship begins with an invitation from God

Our Worship Must Be SINGULAR

• Psalm 95:1

• Psalm 63:1a

• Exodus 20:1-11

Our Worship Must Be PERSONAL and COLLECTIVE

• Psalm 63:1a - “I seek you”

• Psalm 95:1 - “Let Us”

Our Worship Must Be A VOCAL & LIVELY CELEBRATION

• Psalm 95:1-2 - shout, sing

  • rānan - to cry out, shout for joy, give a ringing cry.

  • rûaʿ - to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast.

    • Joshua 6:20

    • 1 Samuel 4:5

    • 2 Samuel 6

  • Why? Because we have a lot to celebrate!

Our Worship Must Be Centered on TRUTH

• Psalm 95:3-5

Our Worship Must Be Filled With REVERENCE

• Filled with Joy & Bowed in Reverence

• Joy & Awe

• Wow & Woe

• Revelation 7:9-12 - Celebration & Awe.

Our Worship Must Have a Deep Level of INTIMACY & PASSION

• Psalm 63:3-5 - “Your love means more than life to me…”

  • Not ambivalent or neutral.

Our Worship Should Lead to OBEDIENCE

• Psalm 95:7b-9

• Exodus 17:7

• Romans 12:1

Jesus Says "Come" - CDC

Jesus says “Come”

Central Detroit Christian

Key Passage: Matthew 14:22-33

Jesus’ Rough Day

• Jesus sends out the disciples.

• The Disciples return with news of the death of John the Baptist.

  • His cousin has been beheaded

• The feeding of the five thousand.

• Jesus sends the disciples away in the boat and dismisses the crowds

  • Putting the kids to bed and doing some house work.

• Jesus went to pray. He went to the Father to recharge.

• He walks on the water.
  

Peter: “Lord, if it’s you, call me to come out onto the water”

• your ways are better than mine…

• When Peter practiced obedience to Jesus, Jesus responded with “come”.
  

Matthew 11:28 - “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

When those in the boat saw Peter’s obedience and Jesus’ response they were deeply impacted.

• Matthew 14:33 - Then those in the boat worshiped him and said, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
  

God is good despite our weakness and foolishness.

Why Celebrate? Grad Sunday

Why Celebrate?

Grad Sunday 6/6/21 - Phil Woodman

Why do we celebrate?

It’s a Natural Response

• Luke 15

  • Celebrate finding what was lost

  • Celebrate the returned prodigal

God Tells us to

• Romans 12:15

  • Rejoice with those who rejoice!

“Celebration is central to all the Spiritual Disciplines. Without a joyful spirit of festivity the disciplines become dull, death-breathing tools in the hands of modern Pharisees.”

• Richard Foster - Celebration of the Disciplines

To Recognize God’s Work in our Lives

• 3 John 3-4

  • I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth

• Philippians 1:3-6

  • Paul celebrates the work of God in the lives of these believers.

• Milestones

  • Stones from the river

  • Nehemiah and the wall

• Supportive community

  • We don’t celebrate alone.

Motivation to keep us going

• Philippians 3:12 - I have not yet reached my goal.

  • Press on.

• Hebrews 10:23-25