A Lifelong Investment

Preparing for Worship

Matthew 6:20-21 (NKJV)

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Prayer

Precious Lord, You are the eternal treasure of our lives. You are our portion both now and forevermore. Nothing is above You. You alone are worthy of all love throughout eternity with all its years. How beautiful and wonderful are You. Blessing and honor and glory belong to You. Praise be to You. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Worship Through Songs

R-2 JOYFUL WORSHIP 崇拜的喜樂

Psalm 122:1, 7-9; 95:1-3, 6; 138:2; John 4:23-24; Habakkuk 2:20 (NKJV)

I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us go into the house of the LORD.”

Peace be within your walls,

Prosperity within your palaces.”

For the sake of my brethren and companions,

I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

Because of the house of the LORD our God

I will seek your good.

Oh come, let us sing to the LORD!

Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;

Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

For the LORD is the great God,

And the great King above all gods.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

I will worship toward Your holy temple,

And praise Your name

For Your lovingkindness and Your truth;

For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

"But the LORD is in His holy temple.

Let all the earth keep silence before Him."

Sermon

Song of Response

Worship Through Prayer

1. Heavenly Father, my life and every moment that I have all come from You. Each day you fill my life with time and energy so that I may live for You. Yet, I have lived most of my days chasing hard after the things of this world. I hardly give You back any of my time and energy. Please forgive me for dishonoring You in the way I invest my time and energy. 

2. Lord, I offer myself wholly to You as a living sacrifice. I rededicate myself to You. I am Yours. I belong to You and not to myself. Help me to live in full surrender. No longer my own will but Yours be done in my life. I commit myself to live according to Your Word. Please help me to do so by Your Holy Spirit.

3. My God and my King, You are to be my first love always. Enable me to love You faithfully. Help me to know You more each day. May I understand Your heart and mind well enough to live a life pleasing to You. May I bring delight to You always. Take my heart and make it wholly Yours. Let me passionately love You above all.

Worship Through Giving