Book Synopsis
Dr. Robert L. McGowens, Sr., has presented us with yet another inspirational message with his new book, “Ingredients of Worship.”
It is his life-long relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ, as well as his extensive study of God’s Word, that has allowed him the opportunity to shed light on what it means to worship God in Spirit and Truth. We will learn what the ingredients of worship are, as we move toward a better and more healthy relationship with our Heavenly Father.
We will learn and experience true worship. Psalm 96:9 reads, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. The book of Psalms is filled with hundreds of poetic anthems used in the religious celebrations of the children of Israel that clearly instructed them (and us) how to worship God. Yet, even though we use the word worship in conversation, testimonies, songs, and scripture, still do we completely understand what it means?
Excerpts from the book:
Worship is having an extravagant or exaggerated love for God, and if your life is not lived in extreme or excessive submission to him, then I invite you to make worship a non-negotiable priority in your life. Evaluate your expressions of worship so that through singing, declaring, and giving, you will “give to the LORD the glory he deserves...” (Psalm 96:8)
The promise is that when we worship God in this way, he will come and commune with us. And above all, God will respond to your worship by making your heart more like his. True worship is a matter of the heart expressed through a lifestyle of holiness. We worship God because he is God. Period. Our extravagant love and extreme submission to the Holy One flows out of the reality that God loved us first. It is highly appropriate to thank God for all the things he has done for us.