Well, welcome. It's so good to be with you this
morning. I want to welcome those of you here.
I want to welcome those of you online. Those
of you in Baghdad, welcome. In Paulding, welcome.
In Paulding, I got to hang out with Mike and
Sue Lynn this week. You guys are in great hands
out there. Me and Mike, we have the same haircut.
It's awesome. Well, welcome, guys. So good that
I get to hang out with you this morning. And
some of you are like, oh, this guy again. Don't
worry, the real guy will be back next week, okay?
But until then, you're stuck with the bald eagle
for today, okay? So there, okay, okay. All right,
I like that. Man, I believe, I believe that shifting
our perspective can change everything. I believe
that shifting our perspective can change everything.
So I got a question for you and I want you to
be honest. And I want you to be honest because
I know the two places we like to lie the most
are in church and at the doctor. You know what
I mean? All right, you go to the doctor and they're
like, what hurts? You're like, nothing. They're
like, do you drink? You're all, never. Do you
smoke? Never. Do you eat vegetables? Every day,
right? You liars, liars. And then we come to
church. Do you sin? Nope, not me. Okay, I want
you to be honest in church, all right? How many
of you, when you see a glass that's around the
halfway point with liquid, would say that that
glass is half empty? How many of you would say
it's half empty? Okay, how many of you would
say it's half full? Okay, how many of you just
lied about which one you were? Okay, your spouse
is hitting you, I know you know. How many of
you married someone that would say the opposite
of you? All right, yeah, no, no, I'm not trying
to break up marriages today. Okay, I'm just saying.
We have different perspectives on the same things.
Sometimes I have to shift my perspective and
see it from a different way. When my kids wake
me up at 5 a .m. and I want to throw them, I
have to shift my perspective to go, I am just
so awesome that they want to see me right away.
They want to spend more time with me. When my
house is a disaster, I have to look at it and
I have to shift my perspective and go, our life
is just so full of so many amazing things. We
have to shift our perspective. I coach baseball
at Embry -Riddle University, and a couple weeks
ago we took a trip to Florida to play baseball
out there. And I don't know if you know this,
but Prescott is really dry. I also don't know
if you know this, but in like February time,
many times Prescott is pretty cool when it comes
to weather. Florida is not dry and it is not
cool. And so we were at... Florida, we get there
and the guys are sweating. We are just drenched
with sweat. It is hot. And they're a bunch of
whiners, okay? And so I heard a thousand times,
coach, I'm so hot. Coach, I'm sweating. I coach,
this is hard. And I'm like, I know, I'm doing
this too. And so I had to then change how I responded
instead of yes, it's hot, to wow, your body must
be so loose right now because of this heat. Your
shoulder must feel great when you throw the ball
because you're so loose because of this wonderful
weather we get to play in. I have to shift our
perspective and what we see. And I'm not just
talking about being positive. I'm not just talking
about, yeah, let's just have a positive perspective
on things. Shifting perspective, what it means
is really just taking normal things and seeing
them from a different perspective. way, different
perspective. Okay, when I was getting ready for
this message, people were going, hey, are you
going to draw on the boards like Pastor John
did? Are you going to bring the boards up here?
And I'm like, no, I'm not going to do that. And
they're like, why? And I'm like, because if his
art compared to my art makes him look like Vincent
Van Gogh, all right, we're not doing this. I'm
not drawing in front of people. But I do enjoy
art. I like art. And so I found this art where
it takes normal everyday objects that kind of
look like junk, and there's a pile of them. You
can throw that photo up there. This is what it
would look like. But when you change your perspective
of how you look at the normal everyday things,
this is what you see, right? Okay, some of you
were not impressed at all. Okay, that's great.
That's okay. I got another one to show you, right?
There's a pile of everyday normal things. That
you see all the time, but if you shift your perspective
and look at it this way, this is what you see.
All right, a little bit better on that one. Good
job, I appreciate it. Ooh, ah. And our perspective
changes what. We see, if you've been around the
last couple of weeks, last several weeks, we've
been in this collection called Just Camping.
And the idea of Just Camping, the gist of what
this is all about is that you were never created
to exist on this planet forever, right? This
is just camping. You're just stopping by here.
And when we put all of our stake into what happens
in this life right here, right now, and we build
our kingdom here, we've missed God's kingdom.
Because we are just passing through, we are just
camping. And I think this collection has created
a lot of attention for some of you, right? Because
you've been convicted by this idea and you go,
I want to live like I'm just camping. I don't
want to live like this life is all that matters.
I want there to be more, but life still has to
happen. Like I still have to live in a house.
I still have to drive a car. I still have to
go to work. I still have to take my kids to school.
That stuff still happens. And you find yourself
in this tension of, I wanna live like I'm just
camping, but there's still life. And what if,
what if our perspective just needs to shift?
What if we just need to see things a little bit
differently? We're gonna be in 2 Corinthians
chapter five. This collection is built on 2 Corinthians
chapter five. When John and I speak, it is not
our words. We always go to God's word and what
God's word is our guide in this. In 2 Corinthians
chapter five, verse 16, it says this. So from
now on, we regard no one from a worldly point
of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this
way, we do so no longer. We're not seeing him
from a worldly perspective. What we see here
is we have the natural perspective versus the
divine perspective. The natural says, this is
all there is. The divine says something different.
The natural says, this is all there is, is what
is in front of me right now. A couple of years
ago, my family and I, we went on what I call
a pastor's vacation. And a pastor's vacation
is this. Anybody who gives us a free house to
stay at, that's where we go and that's where
our vacation is because that's how we roll, okay?
And so somebody in the church said, hey, we have
this beach house if you would like to go stay
at it. And this beach house was incredible. It
was amazing. It was three levels and on the top
level, there was a hot tub. On the bottom level,
there was a movie room and a game room. It was
amazing. I could not wait to show my kids this
house. And as we got to this beach house, we
go in on the middle level and right next to the
door, there's a little box of toys and they are
so over the moon excited about the box of toys.
They're playing with the toys. And I'm like,
girls, let me show you the rest of the house.
And they're like, no, this is amazing. And I'm
like, no, you don't understand. And they're like,
but this is so good. And they were stuck, like
this is all there was instead of realizing there
was so much more. And I think sometimes in this
life, We have this earthly perspective, this
natural perspective to see that this is all there
is. And it seems like this life sees death as
the end, but a divine perspective sees it as
eternal. When our existence is seen from an eternal
perspective, your existence on this planet is
seen from an eternal perspective, it changes
how we live because we understand a few things.
If you're taking notes, take this down. You were
created. to worship. You were created to worship,
okay? That is why you are here. We ask this large
existential question of why do we exist? You
were created to worship. It says in Colossians
1, 16, for in him all things were created, things
in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities,
all things. have been created through him. That
is what everything you see or don't see was created
by God. He's originator of this. He created it.
And then it says this, created through him and
for him. It was created for God. Why do you create
something for you? It is to then worship him,
right? You were created to worship. It says in
Psalm 95, six, come, let us bow down in worship.
Let us kneel before the Lord, our maker. God
created you and everything to worship him. That
means that original design, when God originally
created Adam and Eve in the garden, first humans
ever made, they were created to worship him and
they were living in union with him. Their life
was a perfect union with God where their job
was to worship him. I think I had to hang out
in this garden. Their job was to worship God.
They were in perfect union. They were naked and
not ashamed. Their job was to walk around and
to name animals. How cool is that? I think they
messed up on some of them though. They had an
opportunity. And what they came up with was peacock,
really? That's a disco turkey and you know it,
all right? You know what I'm saying? Like they
had an opportunity to name it right. They went
with rhinoceros, like that's cool and all, right?
That is a battle unicorn. That is what that thing
is, right? They messed up, but their job was
literally just to walk around and name animals.
and have perfect union with God, have worship
with God. They were created to worship him. This
is baked into us. This is who we are. This is
baked into who you are as a person. You were
created to worship. And so a lot of times we
end up worshiping the things that are in our
life and we don't even know we're worshiping
them. I find myself in my life worshiping what
I do. Like I love what I do. I get to do amazing
jobs. I get to do amazing things. And I find
my, I end up worshiping what I do. I end up worshiping
my family. I love my family. My family's great,
but sometimes I start worshiping my family. I
have my spouse. My wife is incredible. I don't
know how I tricked her into marrying me. She's
amazing. But I find myself worshiping my wife.
I find myself worshiping my sports teams. I find
myself worshiping these things in my life because
I'm created to worship and I fill in these other
things in my life to worship. Worship means giving
my reverence, my adoration, my time or my energy
to them. But true worship, the worship that you
were created for is to bring glory to God. And
that word worship can also be kingdom mission.
You were made to live on kingdom mission. When
you said yes to Jesus, that's the mission you
were put on. We define kingdom mission here at
Heights as you were made to live in this state
of loving. The state of giving, the state of
serving, inviting, sharing Jesus with people.
This is what you were created to do is to worship.
And this is good news for us that you were created
to worship because this actually matters. Write
this down. Worship lasts. Worship lasts. It matters.
It actually matters and it lasts. It's not something
that is going to just fade away because it's
something that actually matters. All right, the
theme verse that we have for this collection,
like I said, 2 Corinthians 5, starting in verse
one, it says this, for we know that if the earthly
tent we live in, this life is destroyed, we have
a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
not built by human hands. Some of you, you came
to church today for some encouragement. Okay,
you ready? I'm gonna give it to you. All of us,
you, me, everyone, you are actively in the process
of dying right now. Thanks for coming to church.
See you later, right? Thanks, Todd. That's very
encouraging. But the truth is you and me and
everyone, you're actively in the process of dying
right now. And when you understand that, you
start going, okay, maybe my life needs to be
lived different. And guess what you don't get
to take with you when you die? You don't get
to take your trophies with you. And a couple
of years ago, my parents, they brought this box
of trophies from their house. that were mine
when I was younger to my house. And I kid you
not when I tell you it had eight generations
of dust bunnies living on it. Like it was covered
in dust. And I'm like, why the heck do I want
this box of trophies that I had when I was a
kid that was at your house, it was perfectly
fine at your house, and now you're bringing it
to mine. And you know what I did with those trophies?
I put them on the shelf in my garage where they're
still collecting more dust. But you know why
I couldn't throw them away? Because they meant
something. Each one of them was an accomplishment
that I had. I'm like, it's good. I want this.
But you don't get to take your trophies with
you. You don't get to take your house with you.
You don't get to take your car with you when
you die, which is good news for me. Because I
drive what I call is a youth pastor's Ferrari,
okay? If you don't know what that means, you
should see me driving sometime, right? You might
see my bumper dragging behind my car, but it's
just what I got. I'm glad I don't get to take
it with me. Actually, you know what you don't
get to take with you? Your team's World Series
champions, which is also good news because my
team doesn't have any World Series championships.
So, you know, there we are. But we put so much
stock in all these things that you don't get
to take with you. You don't get to take your
bank account with you. Uh -oh, this is getting
a little more personal. You don't get to take
your investments with you. Oh, you found the
right investment and it's perfect and it's yielding
a lot and everything's great and it's perfect
and you don't get to take it with you. You don't
get to take your social media following with
you. You don't get to take all of the things
that you spend so much time, energy, and effort
in pouring into with you, right? Those things
do not last. In the end, they don't matter. If
we put it in the just camping context, it's like
this. You get out a dolly and you go to the fridge
in your kitchen and you start wheeling it out
of your house and your neighbors go, what are
you doing? And you go, I'm going camping. She's
got to take my fridge with me. It's this context.
When you go to your bedroom to pack for a camping
trip and you're like, I don't know how I'm going
to get this four post bed out of here. It's this
context. When you're going camping and you call
your friends and you go, hey, can you help me
load up my bookshelves? I'm going camping. Makes
no sense. You're like, why would you do that?
But this is what we do in life. As we start taking
things with us that don't matter because they
don't last. Worship. Worship lasts. Worship does
last. It matters. It is pouring into something
that actually matters. Paul continues in verse
17, 2 Corinthians 5, 17. Therefore, if anyone
is in Christ, the new creation has come, the
old has gone, the new is here. The old creation
is gone, the new is here. What this is, is it
is restoring what was broken. What was broken?
You remember God made Adam and Eve and everything
was perfect. They walked around, they named animals.
Everything was great. Relationship with God.
Well, sin came in and broke it because their
original design was to be a worshiper of God.
And in perfect union, they were worshiping God.
When sin broke that, it broke this original design
that was there. And now because of that, it needs
to be restored. My dad has a 1969 Camaro. They
threw a big block Chevy 396 in and it sounds
good and it is awesome and it's got horsepower.
And some of you guys, you're drooling right now.
I see you, okay? This car is amazing. This car
is awesome. It's American muscle. But this car
has been parked for a while. This car hasn't
just been parked for a while, it's been parked
in the elements for a while. So there's some
rust involved. So the interior has completely
deteriorated and it needs... Some love. Not just
some love. It needs someone to come along and
say, hey, I'm going to invest in restoring this
vehicle because the original design is beautiful,
but what it has turned into is not, and it needs
some restoration. It needs to be restored to
its original design. What he's saying here is,
as Paul's saying, new creation. The old is gone.
The new is here. What is that? That's restoring
it to its original design, its original identity.
which is what? Worshipers of God. So that when
you said yes to Jesus, the old you is gone, the
new is here, you are restored to original identity,
which is worshiper of God. And through that perspective,
write this down, life is worship. Life is worship.
Okay, but that messes with our box because you
and I come to church with a box. We have a box
that we come into church with and this box holds
our definition of worship. And for us, worship
has been this thing that we've understood through
the American church and Heights, we're guilty
of this too. We say things like, would you stand
for worship? We say things like, would you like
to join the worship band or the worship team?
We say things like we are gonna enter into a
time of worship and we think that worship is
singing a song. We think that worship is just
the songs that we sing in church and that is
worship. And sometimes we get crazy and we're
like, I can even take worship outside of church
and I can play a song in my car. And we think
that worship is a song. And sometimes then we
mature even further and we go, okay, maybe it's
not the song, but it's the whole service is a
worship service. And what we've done is we've
kept worship in the box of church. And we have
worship in church where we go to church to worship,
but then we have our life outside of it. And
worship stays at church, and our life is something
else. But when you understand that you were created
to be a worshiper, then you understand that your
life is worship. Everything you do is worship.
It's not just music. You worship God when you're
driving, and I don't mean when you turn on worship
music. You worship God when you're working out,
and I don't mean when you're listening to worship
music. What it means is this, Romans 12 verse
one. Therefore, I urge you brothers and sisters
in view of God's mercy, God's mercy that he saved
you with in view of that, in view of the old
is gone, the new is here, offer your bodies as
a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.
Why? Because this is your true and proper worship.
Offering yourself. to God, offering your body
to God. See, offerings in the Old Testament,
they would take an animal, they would slaughter
the animal, and they would put it on an altar,
and they would offer it to God. And offerings
in the Old Testament were meant to worship and
bring honor to God. Offering yourself, what you
do, who you are to God is your true worship.
It is not a song in church. It is saying, hey,
this is me. And this is not just in the box of
church. This is everywhere, right? What it means
is this, Colossians 3, 23 and 24. Whatever you
do, work at it with all your heart as working
for the Lord, not for human masters. Whatever
it is you do, since you know that you will receive
an inheritance from the Lord as a reward, it
is the Lord Christ you are serving. What this
means is if you work construction, you are working
for the Lord, not for your foreman. not for the
person that is paying you. That's not who you're
working for. You're working for the Lord. What
this means is if you are a teacher, you are working
for the Lord, not for those bratty children in
front of you. That's not who you're working for.
What this means is that whatever you are doing,
you are working for the Lord, not for who is
giving you a paycheck. This means that if you
are a stay -at -home mom, your job is not just
to stay at home mom, it is working for the Lord.
This is your job, is to understand that everything
you do is working for the Lord. Why? Because
when you said yes to Jesus, you were restored
to your original purpose, which is a worshiper.
And worship is what lasts. And you're just camping.
So we get to invest in something that actually
matters. In our original purpose as a... And
here's the cool part is that when we live into
worshiping God, wherever we find ourself, here's
what happens, Matthew 5, 16. In the same way,
let your light shine before others that they
may see your good deeds and glorify your Father
in heaven. When you said yes to Jesus, you were
put on kingdom mission. Kingdom mission is sharing
Jesus. And when you worship God in every place
that you find yourself, what you're doing is
you're showing people around you who he is. When
your light shines before other people, in the
same way, They see your good deeds and they glorify
your father. So let me ask you, what tools have
you been given? What tools have you been given?
Because everything that you have, your possessions,
your money, everything that you have, everything
that you do, your skills, everything that is
at your disposal is a tool for worshiping God
or for fulfilling his mission. That's what it
is, right? Because if you are a worshiper, then
everything that you have in your life is a tool
to worship God. I have a friend who lives in
San Diego. He's a good friend of mine and he
owns a tattoo shop. And this individual, he was
a tattoo artist. This is how he makes his living.
This is how he pays his bills. And he started
this tattoo shop. And when he started it, he
named it Vessel Tattoo. And the reason he named
it Vessel Tattoo is he said, this is just a vessel.
to fulfill the mission God has given me. And
what he does at his tattoo shop, when someone
comes in, he's able to talk with them and he
loves to share Jesus with them. He shares Jesus
with them, he prays with them. He realizes that
he has a captive audience. They can't go anywhere.
They're literally sitting in his tattoo chair
and he's working on them. So he's like, man,
if you're here, I'm gonna tell you about Jesus.
I'm gonna pray for you. And he was telling me,
man, he had this guy come in and he's sitting
there and he starts. sharing Jesus, and he says,
hey, can I pray for you? And the guy looks at
him, he goes, listen, I don't want to hear anything
about Jesus. I am not religious. I don't want
to talk about that at all. Please do not do that.
And he goes, okay, man, okay. And so he just
started praying for him. You know why? Because
you can pray in your head, just you and God.
No one knows. No one can stop you. And he literally
has his hands on this guy. So for two hours,
he's praying for him with his hands on him. And
he just continues to pray. And about two hours
into it, the guy just stops and he goes, hey
man, actually my life is an absolute mess. Can
you tell me more about Jesus? And right then
and there in a tattoo shop, he shares Jesus with
this guy. And this guy gives his life to Christ
while sitting in a tattoo shop. You know why?
Because he realized. That his life was made to
worship God and what he had at his disposal is
just a tool to do that. And he was able to worship
God in the context of with what he had. This
is so important for us to understand what you
have is just something for you to worship God
with, to enhance your worship with what you do.
And this is why it's so important that we have
our identity in Jesus. When you said yes to Jesus,
When you place your faith and your trust in him
and you said, yes, I'm putting my faith in Jesus,
what you did is you accepted his payment on your
behalf. He paid your debt. And so when Jesus
paid your debt, what he did is he bought you.
You are his. That means your identity is in him.
Jesus, your identity is not in what you do. Your
identity is not in your possessions. Your identity
is not in other people's opinions. It's not in
all these things. But a lot of times we get confused
and we start chasing these other things to find
our identity in them. But we have to realize
that our identity is in Jesus. Because when your
identity is in him, you can see your life. You
can see your possessions. You can see your skills.
You can see that all these things that God has
given you as tools, that's all they are, because
they don't have anything more of you than what
they need. Your identity is in Jesus, and you
see these things as tools, but when you get it
twisted, when your identity isn't in him, then
those things begin to take on a role that they
were never meant to take on in your life. You
start putting your identity in your wealth. You
start putting identity in your status. Instead
of realizing identity's in Jesus, therefore all
these other things are just a tool. What you
and I need to do is we need to shift our perspective.
You need to shift your perspective. And you need
to start seeing your life with a mindset of worship.
This collection has really meant a lot to me
personally. It's been one of those things where
I'm like, man, It's putting into perspective
the fact that this life fades. It doesn't matter.
I've been investing in things. I've been trying
so hard at things that are just going away, specifically
when it comes to raising my kids. My wife and
I have been wrestling with this. Our kids are
involved in a lot of things. Some of them are
six days a week, three hours a day. I mean, a
lot of things. And the last thing that we want
is for our kids to put their identity in what
they do. All right, side note, if you're a parent
and you have kids that you've put in this thing
that you just want their success in whatever
they do so badly, you're missing the point. Success
in what they do, even if they're the best in
the world at their sport, they're done by the
time they're 35 or 40 and they have the rest
of their life ahead of them and you've missed
what mattered. I don't wanna miss it. My wife
and I go, I don't wanna miss what matters. I'm
not saying to not do this. My kids are involved
in a lot of things, but I need them to see it
in the right way and live for what matters. And
I think that there's this question that I want
them to ask. Because when I pick them up from
whatever they do, when I pick them up from soccer,
I pick them up from basketball, I pick them up
from dance, or when I get done with work, or
I call my wife after she's done with work, I
ask the same question. How was work? How was
soccer? How was dance? And I think the question
we're asking is wrong and I want the shift in
perspective to be made. So the question I'm asking
now is, how was worship at soccer? How was worship
at dance? How was worship at work today? How
was worship when you were hanging out with your
friends? How was worship when you were in that
meeting? How was worship? Because if you were
created to be a worshiper, and God has restored
your original design as a worshiper, then everything
in your life is an opportunity to worship. And
you need to start asking the question of yourself
of how was worship in wherever I was? Because
every single place you find yourself is an opportunity
to worship. So how do you do that? I think you
do that two ways. You do it internally and externally.
Internally with your thoughts. You can worship
God with your thoughts with the way that you
think about other people. The thought that you
have about other people that they'll never know
about, God knows about. Are you worshiping God
with your thoughts and what you're thinking about
others? Are you worshiping God with your thoughts
and how you react to the situation that's in
front of you? Oh, the situation's frustrating.
Are you worshiping God with how you react? Because
this just stays in here and internally and wherever
you are at, you can worship God with your thoughts.
It's inviting the Holy Spirit in. Internally
saying, Holy Spirit, I invite you into whatever
I'm doing. I want you to guide me. I wanna follow
your guidance. I wanna live in what you've called
me to do. I want you to be the one leading, not
me. And internally, you're able to worship God
wherever you find yourself. Internally, you're
able to worship God by praying. We just said,
no one has to know. It's just you and God. You
can continually be praying. Some of you guys
are so stressed out about how you're gonna make
it through your day instead of just praying through
your day. If there's a constant conversation
where you just pray to God, God, help me through
this. How do I walk through this? How do I work
through this? That's worshiping God wherever
you find yourself internally. Worship God externally.
You're worshiping God in how you treat others.
How you treat them, what you say to them. That's
an act of worship, man. How am I treating them
with the words that are coming out of my mouth,
with the actions that I'm giving to them? That's
how I'm treating them. Listen, you can be right.
in what you're saying and completely wrong in
how you say it. You know this if you're married.
You can be right and be very wrong. You know
what I mean? You might be right, but are you
treating others with the respect they deserve
in the way that you say what you say and the
way that you do what you do? Because that is
an act of worship. How you treat others is an
act of worship. It's not just what you do. It's
what you choose not to do. Paul says, be in the
world, but not of the world. You will find yourself
in places and spaces that you cannot avoid. You
will be there and maybe things that are happening
there are not bringing glory to God. And by abstaining
from those and saying, no, I am not going to
participate in that. I'm not going to do that.
I'm not going to say that. I'm not going to do
those things that are going to hurt my worship.
What you're doing is you're worshiping God by
not doing something. Your actions externally
are saying, I'm gonna stand for worshiping him
because I've been created to worship and wherever
I find myself is an act of worship. It's living
on mission. You are not where you're at in life
by mistake. There are people that God has put
you around that he's saying, if you're gonna
worship me, it's living on mission with me, which
means sharing Jesus and inviting the people around
you. Saying, hey, come to Easter. Easter's a
couple of weeks away. We have a ton of gatherings,
just come. That's an act of worship for wherever
God has put you. Here's the thing about worship
though. Worship starts with surrender. Some of
you guys need to surrender because if you're
holding on to everything, you can't worship God
because it's all about you. If you're unwilling
to give God the little pieces of your life, yes,
God, I'm holding on to just my finances. God,
I'm just holding on to, like, I'll worship you,
but not when I'm hanging out with my friends.
You know, that's my bro time. Like, I can't do
that. It's surrendering and saying, God, this
is yours. I'm giving you this in my life. I'm
giving you this in my life. God, I'm giving you
everything in my life and I'm going to surrender
to you so that I can worship you. And for some
of you, you've never surrendered to Jesus in
the first place. You've never said, Jesus, I
believe that you died in my place, that you bought
me with a price and I surrender to you. Here
it is, God, surrendering my life. For some of
you, you need to do that today. Others of you,
you need to continue to surrender to be able
to worship. Because here's what I know. You were
created to worship. That's why you're here. And
that's good news because worship lasts. It doesn't
fade. Worship truly lasts. It matters. Our life
is worship. But we need to shift our perspective
to start seeing everything in our life. and asking
ourself the question of how was worship wherever
we find ourselves. Let's pray. God, thank you
that you allow us to worship you. God, thank
you. that the old is gone, the new has come.
I pray, Lord, that you help us to shift our perspective,
to see through our new identity as worshipers,
that every space and place we find ourself, God,
will be an opportunity to worship and that we
can answer the question of how was worship wherever
we find ourself. God, I pray for those in here
that need to surrender their life to you. that
today would be an opportunity to surrender their
life to you. God, I pray for those in here that
need to surrender so that they can give you the
worship that you deserve. They would not hold
on to aspects of their life that do not matter,
that will not last, but they realize they're
just camping and therefore, God, everything they
have is a tool to worship you. God, we give you
our life. We love you, Jesus. We praise you.
We pray all of this in Jesus' name.