Talk

Worship is a Verb

Louie Giglio

October 8, 2023

Through numerous passages of Scripture, we see that “Worship” is a verb – an action-demanding response to the glory and grace of God. Louie Giglio shows listeners how worship calls us to kneel in submission, fear in reverence, sing with volume, and respond with entire-life submission to the only God deserving.

Key Takeaway

Worship is a verb, so respond as you are designed to respond to the God who deserves our affection.

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"It can't be the chords of a song that raise our hands; though important, it has to be the cross of Jesus."

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Louie Giglio

Discussion Questions

Do you believe that everyone already knows how to worship? Why or why not?
What is ‘Shaka’ and what picture does it display when it comes to worship?
What words and meanings of worship can you recall from the talk?
What is significant about the word and verb, ‘To Ascribe’?
What role does creation have in worship, for us, and for itself?
What thoughts or corrections did you have about how we worship?
How or why is “sight” the goal of presenting the Gospel?
What was the molten lava cake all about?
In your own words, what should dictate how we respond during musical worship?
What do you want to be true of you after hearing this talk?

Scripture References

5He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

9After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

10And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,

who sits on the throne,

and to the Lamb.”

11All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

1Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

1Sing to the

Lord

a new song;

sing to the

Lord

, all the earth.

2Sing to the

Lord

, praise his name;

proclaim his salvation day after day.

3Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

4For great is the

Lord

and most worthy of praise;

he is to be feared above all gods.

5For all the gods of the nations are idols,

but the

Lord

made the heavens.

6Splendor and majesty are before him;

strength and glory are in his sanctuary.

7Ascribe to the

Lord

, all you families of nations,

ascribe to the

Lord

glory and strength.

8Ascribe to the

Lord

the glory due his name;

bring an offering and come into his courts.

9Worship the

Lord

in the splendor of his holiness;

tremble before him, all the earth.

10Say among the nations, “The

Lord

reigns.”

The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;

he will judge the peoples with equity.

11Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;

let the sea resound, and all that is in it.

12Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;

let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

13Let all creation rejoice before the

Lord

, for he comes,

he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness

and the peoples in his faithfulness.

1Come, let us sing for joy to the

Lord

;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and extol him with music and song.

3For the

Lord

is the great God,

the great King above all gods.

4In his hand are the depths of the earth,

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

5The sea is his, for he made it,

and his hands formed the dry land.

6Come, let us bow down in worship,

let us kneel before the

Lord

our Maker;

7for he is our God

and we are the people of his pasture,

the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

8“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,

as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,

9where your ancestors tested me;

they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

10For forty years I was angry with that generation;

I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,

and they have not known my ways.’

11So I declared on oath in my anger,

‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”

1Sing joyfully to the

Lord

, you righteous;

it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

2Praise the

Lord

with the harp;

make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

3Sing to him a new song;

play skillfully, and shout for joy.

19“Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.

20Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

“Woman,”

Jesus replied,

“believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.