Worship in the Spirit and in Truth

Shed the superficial skin of halfhearted worship and bind the true spirit of worship to the entire essence of your being. God is everywhere, every moment—worship Him that way.

January’s Awakening, Day 17

God is not moved or impressed with our worship until our hearts are moved and impressed by Him.

 —Kelly Sparks

Many a professing Christian is a stumbling-block because his worship is divided. On Sunday he worships God; on week days God has little or no place in his thoughts.

 —D. L. Moody

We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity.

 —Stephen Charnock

Worship that pleases God comes from an obedient heart.

 —Author Unknown 

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:23–24 NIV  

            Make it a point in your life to turn your days into days of worshiping God from deep within your heart, from your spirit, and in sincere truth. The key to this life is not worshiping God occasionally on Sundays or special holidays in a programmed service, but seeing God in everything and worshiping Him for it every moment and every day of your life. Worship, like reading the Bible and prayer and meditation, must become a lifestyle that is engrained into your essence of being such that it is as essential and as normal as your heartbeat and breathing. That is what worshiping in your spirit and in truth is all about—it is an innate part of you that cannot ever be removed or diminished from within you. Make your worship of God an inseparable part of your everyday existence.