ChristmasThey Worshipped HimDecember 23, 2012Please turn to in your Bibles to Matthew 2:Vs 2: The magi represent Gentiles who traveled far in pursuit of the Christ child, contrasted with Jews in the vicinity who had no clue what was happening.App: Let us not get so caught up in some form of religion or form of worship that we miss the greater thing that God is doing.Vs 2: \u201cOverjoyed\u201d by the thought of approaching the object of worshipApp: What is your attitude in approaching worship? Could you use some adjusting here?I was glad when they said to me,\u201cLet us go into the house of the LORD.\u201d Psalm 122:1App: Prepare your heart ahead of time to encounter God in a very real wayVs 11: To \u201cfall down\u201d and worship\u201cBowed down\u201d (pip'-to, pet'-o): To fall down or drop\u201cWorship\u201d (pros-koo-neh'-o): from which we get our English word prostrateWhen he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.Mark 5:6Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet 23and pleaded earnestly with him, \u201cMy little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.\u201d Mark 5:22-2332But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34He said to her, \u201cDaughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.\u201d Mark 5:32-3411All 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, Revelation 7:11App: Psalm 95:6Come, let us bow down in worship,let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;7for he is our Godand we are the people of his pasture,the flock under his care\u2026 What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?