QKAG: Issue # 50

PAST ISSUE # 50
Questions Kids Ask About God

Question: How to worship God?

Answer: There are many ways to worship God. We can sing hymns or psalms to God (Psalm 9:11; Colossians 3:16). We can lift our hands to worship God (Psalm 134:2). We can clap and shout praises to God (Psalm 47:1-2). We can even dance and play musical instruments to worship God (Psalm 149:1-4). If God has given us the spiritual gift of tongues, we can even speak and sing in tongues to worship God (1 Corinthians 14:15). However, all of these will be meaningless if we do not have love of God in our hearts when we worship Him. We worship God because He is worthy of our love, honor and praise (Psalm 29:2). After all, God gave His only begotten Son, Christ Jesus to die for our sins so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16-17). Isn't that good news to rejoice and praise God? Alleluia! God is truly great!

Key Bible verses:
1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 145:10; Matthew 2:2, 2:11, 14:33, 28:9; Philippians 2:10; Hebrews 1:6, 13:15; Revelation 5:12

My views:
Although, I have been a Christian for about 2 years, I admit that I do not know how to worship God. Eventhough, I sang hymns and clapped my hands to worship God in my church, I knew that my spirit was not with God. Worshipping God became a chore rather than a joy. I started to know how to worship God when I attended my church camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in June of this year. At the camp, I experienced God's presence in a mighty and personal manner that worshipping God was the only natural and wonderful thing to do. It was also the first time when I cried and worshipped with joy. I knew that God was teaching me how to worship Him. Since then, my spiritual life has changed. I now understand what Jesus meant when He said, "God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24) There is no manual on how to worship God but there is a reason to why we worship Him - we worship God because we love Him. Show your love to the Almighty, worship Him with your heart, mind and spirit!

Prayer:
Click here to sing along to "Amazing Grace"

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun

Praise God…

Last words...
"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24)
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