The Ways We Worship

In one paragraph

This message was a conversation-style teaching led by Lissa Hunter and Amanda, with contributions from the congregation, built around a phrase Tribe says every week: that worship happens through singing, through honoring the word that is preached, and through giving. The goal was to slow down and think about what that phrase actually means rather than just saying it. Psalm 100 and James 1:22-25...

Read together

1. Psalm 100:1-5 read aloud in full as the main text for the section on worship through singing
2. James 1:22-25 read aloud as the main text for the section on honoring the word that is preached
3. Psalm 51:12 quoted briefly to show that we can ask God to help us want to obey and enter his presence
4. Psalm 32:1-5 read aloud to address the joy and relief that comes from confessing sin
5. John 14 quoted briefly as 'if you love me, you will obey my commandments' to ground obedience in love for God
6. Malachi 3:10 referenced and partially quoted to explain tithing as bringing the whole tithe so God can pour out blessing
7. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 read aloud on planting generously and giving cheerfully as the Lord directs
8. Hebrews 13:15 read aloud describing worship as a continual sacrifice of praise and doing good

Talk about it

1. Louie Giglio's quote says you can find what you worship by following the trail of your time, affection, energy, money, and allegiance. When you honestly trace those trails in your own life right now, what do you find on the throne?
2. Lissa talked about how entering worship through singing takes real discipline, and several people shared what that battle looks like for them personally. What tends to pull your focus away, and what has actually helped you get past it?
3. The James passage says that hearing the word without doing it is like glancing in a mirror and walking away forgetting what you look like. Can you think of a time when you heard something from God's word, agreed with it, but then didn't follow through on it? What got in the way?
4. Amanda said that if someone hears everything being said about worship today and understands it and even agrees with it but still feels like they just cannot get there, there is probably some sin or unforgiveness creating a block. How do you respond to that, and does it match anything in your own experience?
5. The sermon described tithing as both a proactive measure to keep your heart calibrated and an act of worship, and Brian's Mongolia story described how God told him he had something to work with only after Brian took one step. How does that idea of taking one step before you feel ready connect to how you think about giving?