WHY WORSHIP GOD

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“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.” Psalm 95:6

Psalm 95 begins as a shout of joyful praise — ‘Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation’ — and then shifts in verse 6 to a different posture: kneeling, bowing. The movement from celebration to reverence is not contradiction; it is the full arc of authentic worship. You cannot indefinitely sustain only one or the other.

‘Bow down’ — kāraʿ — to kneel, to bend at the knee, used for submission before royalty. ‘Worship’ — shāḥāh — to bow down, to prostrate oneself in reverence. ‘Our Maker’ — ʿōśēnû — the one who made us, the creator to whom we owe existence. The basis for kneeling is not fear of punishment but the recognition of who he is and who we are in relation to him. The psalm then pivots to warning: don’t harden your hearts as at Meribah. The first act of disobedience in the wilderness was a failure of trust; the pathway to it was a hardened heart. Worship — genuine, reverent, consistent — keeps the heart soft.

Worship is the expression of love, reverence, and surrender toward God. It’s not limited to singing or praying—those are just forms of it. At its core, worship is about orientation: turning your heart, mind, and life toward the One you believe is worthy.

Humans are wired for worship. We all place something at the center of our lives—career, relationships, pleasure, money, status. Worshiping God is choosing to center life on something eternal, unchanging, and greater than ourselves.

Worship, then, is not just about God’s worthiness—it’s about our need for meaning, grounding, and direction.

The essence of worship

  • Recognition of God — acknowledging God’s character: holy, loving, just, powerful.
  • Response to God — gratitude, obedience, trust, praise.
  • Relationship with God — worship is relational, not mechanical.
  • Alignment of life — living in a way that reflects God’s values.

Worship is both internal (heart, mind, affection) and external (actions, words, choices).

God is the ultimate reality—the Creator, Sustainer, and moral centre of the universe. Worship is a natural response to greatness.

People worship because they feel thankful: for life, forgiveness, guidance, hope, or simply God’s presence.

Worship is often described as an act of love. “We love because He first loved us” is a common Christian framing.

Worship shapes character. It reorients priorities, calms the mind, strengthens resilience, and fosters humility.

Many scriptures command worship—not as domination, but as a path to flourishing. Worship aligns people with what is believed to be ultimate truth.

Humans naturally give their devotion to something—success, relationships, pleasure, power. Worshiping God is choosing who or what defines you.

Worship is a Lifestyle:

Prayer — conversation with God

Service — helping others

Obedience — living according to God’s teachings

Praise — spoken or sung adoration

Sacrifice — giving up something valuable for a higher purpose

Daily choices — integrity, compassion, forgiveness

WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST?

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Professor John Lennox is always a joy to listen to as I always learn something new and valuable. This video on the Mark of the Beast is one of the best lectures I have heard so I am keen to pass it on as I know my followers will be blessed by it.

Most Christians have spent decades worrying about a microchip. Prof. John Lennox argues they’ve been looking in the wrong direction entirely — and that the real danger is already inside your pocket, your home, and your daily routine.
In this powerful lecture, Oxford mathematician and Christian apologist Professor John C. Lennox delivers a rigorously argued, scripturally grounded case that the Mark of the Beast described in Revelation 13 is not a future technology — it is a present spiritual reality that is quietly reshaping human consciousness, eroding the capacity for worship, and replacing God with a system that most people have already surrendered to without realising it.
Drawing on the original Greek text of Revelation, the writings of C.S. Lewis, Blaise Pascal, and Albert Borgmann, and cutting-edge research from Microsoft, the University of Pennsylvania, and former Google design ethicist Tristan Harris — Lennox makes an argument that is equal parts scholarly, prophetic, and deeply personal.
This is not a conspiracy theory. This is one of the most respected Christian intellectuals alive today reading one of the most misread passages in the entire Bible — and arriving at a conclusion that will challenge how you think about faith, technology, attention, and what it means to worship in the 21st century.

CHRISTIANS TAKEOVER LONDON

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What an amazing sight! Listen to the worship in the centre of London. Who would have thought this could happen, I certainly did not. Thank you Lord that you are moving in the UK. May these people realise that they need to be disciples in their neighbourhoods. Please pray for our brothers and sisters that turned out for this great occasion. Pray for the Muslims in London that saw this worship session and that this video gets wide circulation.

WHOM DO YOU WORSHIP?

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Everyone worships something . . . that is just how God made us. But in a world that is corrupted by sin and in constant rebellion to its Creator, that worship gets distorted and twisted in ways that dishonor God. We can understand how that would happen in a jungle tribe where there is no direct access to what God has revealed about the right way to offer worship, but what about in America today? There is access to the Bible on everyone’s phone or laptop, and the instructions are clear.

But That’s the Problem

Many people claim that the problem is just that—the God of the Bible is much too demanding. He expects people to only worship him, follow a list of rules, act a certain way, hang out with certain people, and avoid certain people. So many expectations and such harsh judgment! They would prefer a loving god who accepts them for who they are and validates their choices. If they could find that god, they would probably worship him . . . or her.

A recent commercial from Apple has a ‘Mother Nature’ Figure and the Divine Feminine. It presents several illogical aspects, as we would expect from any worldview that doesn’t begin with God’s Word as its foundation. The key point comes in replacing God with a goddess and attributing his attributes to her. This goddess claims the weather was “however I wanted it to be”, then why doesn’t she just fix climate change? People accuse God of being a capricious, malevolent bully who could exercise his omnipotence to end suffering if he wanted (an oversimplified view that divides God’s character rather than acknowledging his whole being), but this seems to be overlooked in this Mother Earth character. She is claiming to have all-powerful control over the weather, the same ability as the true God. If she can make the weather however she wants it, then why doesn’t she do something about famines and wildlife population devastation through habitat loss (from wildfires, flooding, etc.)? It sounds like she really doesn’t care about these things. And it sounds like she is capricious and malevolent. Yet these technocratic overlords are willing to worship this goddess and demand everyone do the same while telling Christians that our God is evil for not preventing hurricanes, droughts, and melting ice caps. It seems there is a double standard at play.

Dr. Owen Strachan addresses many of these aspects in his Grace & Truth podcast episode “Apple’s ‘Mother Nature’ Figure and the Divine Feminine.” As Dr. Strachan notes, it is not a rejection of any divine being, but the embrace of a divine image that condemns people for their actions and requires sacrifices for those sins. She doesn’t offer up herself, but her gospel is a message of work harder and do more to prove you are worthy of my affection—that is a capricious and malevolent god. The gospel of our technocrat overlords, as Dr. Strachan calls them, is not a gospel of grace, but a gospel of works, which demands acts of sacrifice before love is extended.