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  WORSHIP AND PRAISE
  by John Follette
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Summary: True worship is adoration of God for who He is, beyond all He
could do or has done for us.

Topics: "True Worship", "Holy Spirit"
Scripture References: Psalm 29:2, Psalm 95:6, John 4:23, Revelation 4:8, Revelation 5:12

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John Follette emphasizes the essence of true worship as being detached
from self and lifted by the Spirit into the realm of adoring and
glorifying God for who He is, beyond what He does for us. While praise
expresses gratitude for God's actions, worship focuses on God Himself,
born of the Spirit and not produced by us. As we allow the Holy Spirit
to lead us in worship, we move beyond mere words into a deep expression
of adoration, acknowledging God's worthiness and glory.

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In true worship, we become detached from self and are lifted by the
Spirit into the realm for which we

were created, to worship and adore God.

In real adoration, there are only three words which can be used in
English, "worthy, worthy, worthy;"

"glory, glory, glory," and "holy, holy, holy." Worship is the adoration
of God for who He is, above and

beyond all He could do, or has done for us.

Praise expresses our gratitude for the things that God gives us. He does
something for us, so we offer

praise and thanksgiving for that which He has done. Thus, in praise, we
are occupied with the thought

of things.

But when we are caught up in the Spirit, we no longer think of praising
the Lord for things, but rather

we become occupied with the Lord Himself. This worship is born of the
Spirit, as it cannot be

produced by us.

Whenever we give the Holy Spirit opportunity to really pour forth
worship and adoration, it is unto

God for who He is in Himself. When we come into this level of adoration,
we are no longer able to give

expression to our feelings, as we do in the realm of praise.

The Holy Spirit often catches us up from the realm of praise into
another level, in which an anointing is

released from within us and all we can do is move along with the Spirit
in the expression of adoration.

This adoration finds its expression in "holy, holy, glory, glory,
worthy, worthy." We are not merely

saying words, but worshipping the Lord for who He is in Himself. He is
worthy, for worthy is the Lamb

of all glory and adoration.

Our Lord greatly desires a people who will come beyond the realm of
praise into a pure worship, which

will bring Him forth into view, in all His beauty and power. Our worship
alone will do this.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-follette/worship-and-praise/
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