Purpose Driven Life chapter 8

Chapter 8: Planning for God's Pleasure

Something to remember: I was planned for God's pleasure. God did not NEED to create you, but he CHOSE to create you for his own enjoyment. We exist for his benefit, his glory, his purpose and his delight.

Verse to remember: "The Lord is pleased only with those who worship him and trust his love." Psalm 147:11

The statement(s) that was the most impactful:
WORSHIP IS FAR MORE THAN MUSIC. So many people get this wrong. Some people consider worship to be singing, music. But worship is EVERYTHING in a church service is an act of worship. This is so commonly misused, people say they like Christian MUSIC (i am guilty of that) but its not the MUSIC that is Christian, its the LYRICS. So from now on if people aks what kind of music i like i will say "music with Christian lyrics" it takes longer to say. but its the right way to say it.

ANYTHING we do that brings pleasure to God is an act of worship.

WORSHIP IS NOT FOR YOUR BENEFIT! That is so KEY! We shouldnt say to ourselves "Wow i loved worship tonight, i loved the songs and i got a lot out of that." we should be saying "wow I loved worship tonight, i really feel that we gave God glory tonight!" And when we worship it shouldnt be for our friends to see who can dance better or whatever, our soul focus should be on God getting all the glory he deserves, that thats ALL glory!

Worship is not PART of your life, it IS your life. I love that. Worship isnt just for church services. It is our whole lives. Our whole lives should be devoted to worshipping the Lord and seeing him have pleasure out of our worship! "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" Colossians 3:23

So remember, whatever you do, do it for the GLORY OF GOD! Do it for the smile on HIS face not on your friends!