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Ecclesiastes: SatisfiedTrue WorshipMay 19, 2013Please turn in your Bibles to Ecclesiastes 5:1-7:What does true worship look like? (ref. Exodus 33:15-18)\u201c\u2026a 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. 24 God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.\u201d John 4:23-244 Imperatives in Approaching God: Imperative 1 (vs. 1): Guard your steps \u201cDo not come any closer,\u201d God said. \u201cTake off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.\u201d Exodus 3:5The offering of a fool: to bring an unacceptable gift to God\u201cBut you ask, \u2018How have we shown contempt for your name?\u20197 \u201cBy offering defiled food on my altar. \u201cBut you ask, \u2018How have we defiled you?\u2019\u201cBy saying that the LORD\u2019s table is contemptible. 8 When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?\u201d says the LORD Almighty. Malachi 1:6b-8\u201cTo obey is better than sacrifice.\u201d 1Samuel 15:22bApp: Give careful thought to how you approach God. Imperative 2 (vs. 2): Guard your mouthAnd when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:7-8 App: Approach God anticipating Him speaking into your life.Imperative 3 (vs. 4): Keep your promisesAnd she made a vow, saying, \u201cLORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant\u2019s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.\u201d 1Samuel 1:11App: Fulfill a vow quickly or don\u2019t make it at all.Imperative 4 (vs. 4b-7): Keep good intentions from becoming sinThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom\u2026 Proverbs 9:10a(ref. Matthew 21:12-13, Romans 12:1-2)What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?