Made to Love God

Published: July 19, 2020, 10 a.m.

What on Earth Am I Here For\nYou: Made to Love God. Pastor Michael Dascoli \n7-19-2020\n\n\u201cYou are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.\u201d \nRevelation 4:12\n \n\u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with \nall your soul and with all your mind.\u201d Matthew 22:37\n\nTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship. \nRomans 12:1\n\n\u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul\n and with all your mind and with all your strength.\u201d Mark 12:30\n\nLove Him thoughtfully: worship is focusing my attention on God\n\n\u201cYou have searched me, LORD, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. Psalm 139:1-3\n\n\u201cTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014His good, pleasing and perfect will.\u201d Romans 12:1-2\n\nLove Him passionately: worship is expressing my affection to God\n\n\u201cWe love Him, because He first loved us.\u201d 1John 4:19 (KJV)\n\nLove Him practically: worship is using my abilities for God\n\n\u201cWhatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord\u2026\u201d\nColossians 3:23a\n\n\n\u201cTake your everyday, ordinary life\u2014your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life\u2014and place it before God as an offering.\u201d Romans 12:1 (Msg)\n\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?