The Scriptures say in John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Worship is pros-koo-neh'-o in the Greek

It Comes from a word that Means to kiss. Like a dog licking his master's hand. It means To fawn, showing enthusiastic affection.
To crouch bend down low
Prostrate oneself in homage. Do reverence to. To show Feelings of deep respect or Devotion.
So what is devotion? It is Deep love and commitment. It is Being greatly dedicated and loyal. It is Strong enthusiasm and admiration for somebody or something. It is Religious fervor: ardent, shining or glowing brightly in your worship. Extremely passionate enthusiasm. On Fire. Are we on fire when we come here to worship? For we have been made a peculiar people, we are to be zealous. Being redeemed from all iniquity. These things we are to speak, exhort, and with all authority. For we are On fire for the Lord... Boiling over with His Righteousness.
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. Titus 2: 13-15






Worship is also lat-ryoo'-o in the Greek

And this word comes from a word that means; A hired menial laborer a Servant, an employee. Now mind you the word menial implies work that requires little skill or training, and confers low social status on somebody doing it. Psalms 51:16-17 Says God Desirest not sacrifice; He delightest not in burnt offering. Which due to the hardness of our hearts the Old worship service centered around. Though it was not intended to be so. Or God would not have Said in verse 17,
The sacrifices of Me are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart. A heart filled with deep sorrow for having behaved wrongly. Not that we are continuing in sin God forbid for we that have been made dead to sin cannot live any longer therein. But that we have sinned. This is how we are to come to the Lord in service. The lowly social status we are in that requires little or no training.
Of this Our God, wilt not despise. And we Know it
We are here as Lowly ministers to and for God. With deep respect and devotion. Deeply Loving our Lord. With Enthusiastic admiration.

Psalms 95:1-7; 1 Cor 14:15; John 4:23; Eph 5:19-20 say: O come, let us sing, unto the LORD: we will sing with the spirit, and we will sing with understanding. For God desirest us to worship Him in Spirit and in truth. Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Speaking to ourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
But without faith it is impossible to please God and that is why we are here to please Our Lord : for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. For We walk by faith, not by sight. Heb 11:6, 2Cor 5:7
So What is this faith that we walk in? In the Hebrew it is:
ay-moon'
It means established, and is translated faithful in the King James. This word is from aw-man' and aw-man' Means, to build up or support, to prop, to sustain, ; to foster as a parent or nurse; to be permanent And permanent means continuing or enduring in the same state . .... without marked change; not subject to alteration; lasting, abiding. Nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James1:6-8

Lets look at one more word in the Hebrew and that word is em-oo-naw' And this word literally means firmness; figuratively it speaks of security; morally fidelity. faith, stability.

Now lets look at the Greek:
pis'-tis
Is persuasion, A credence ( a mental acceptance); a conviction ( a state of being convinced. A strong persuasion or belief. And this word is from

pi'-tho To assent, Assent means to be of the same mind, to agree (to evidence or to an authority), more importantly to rely (by an inward certainty) confluent is a word I found by accident as I was studying this out and it is a flowing or coming together to form one, such as streams. But in this case the forming of one is the Body of Christ. Which is the culmination the end result of our faith.

So what is Faith? It Is a state of being convinced. Being of the same Mind, assenting. Relying by inward certainty. Being firm in our convictions. Permanent steadfast, Built Up, Fostered and Sustained by the word of God. Established. That is what Faith is to God and that is the Faith he wants us to have in and of Him.

So Is this our faith.... is it the faith we have? Are we convinced, of the same mind, assenting. Are we firm in our convictions. Fostered and sustained by the word of God. For It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God doth man live. So how we Living? Are we living by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God? Or we just Living?

Lets look at some other Bible text shall we. In the King James Version one verse, Heb 11:1 describes faith as,
“The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Now I must be honest this verse had never set well with me and the problem I had with it was basically due to my understanding of faith as God had shared it with me in His Holy Word. And that understanding is as I had shared. Faith Is a state of being convinced that God is, And is Truth. This faith means Being in the same Mindset, wanting and desiring His will. Relying on the Lord.... for everything. Being firm in His our convictions. Permanently steadfast, We are Built Up, Fostered and Sustained by the Lord God Almighty. Being Established in Christ through Christ. Without this Faith it is impossible to Please Him.

So what was my issue that I had in Hebrews 11:1. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Well I will tell you. The verse did not seem very faithful to my understanding of faith and why was that? That little word hope. Hope for me has always been, wishful thinking. With Uncertainty. Such as I hope I get a bicycle for Christmas. Or I hope I get an A on my spelling test. Or better yet after I got in trouble in School or at home I did a lot of hoping my dad didn’t fan my backside when he got home. Sadly I must admit I didn’t have much confidence in my hoping. But plenty a sore night a sitting. If you know what I mean.

So with my dilemma; this understanding that I had of hope. I decided to look it up. And guess what I found. Webster’s Defines hope as a desire with expectation of obtaining it. In other words a desire you expect to get. Boy was I off. And happy to be so. As I looked further though. I found that Hope is el-pid'-zo in the Greek and it means to expect, to trust, to commit. And El-pid'-zo is from el-pece' which is from another word elpo (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); an expectation.

So to have Hope is to have an Pleasurably anticipated desired expectation..... Amen? Now our Pleasurably anticipated desired expectation Substance.... its support or foundation as the Greek word hoop-os'-tas-is implies. Is our Faith; our being convinced by Gods Holy Word . Being of the same Mind, assenting to the Sacred Script that still small voice. Relying by inward certainty that Gods Word is true. Being firm in this conviction. Steadfast in His Word, Built Up, Fostered and Sustained by God. Established. That is what Faith is and this Faith is the foundation of our Hope and our Worship.




Heb 10:38,says, “The just shall live by this faith of God: So with that being said I ask again How we living? Are we drawing back as verse 39 asks, stalling out under the weight of this world. If so, God says,“ my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”

But we are not of them who draw back(those who are stalling out) unto perdition (punishment) Are we; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Amen?

Rev 14:12 has some important information for those who wish to Live by Gods’ faith.
Rev 14:12 says, “Here is the patience (the cheerful, hopeful endurance), of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

Other than our patience being cheerful, hopeful endurance. We keep the commandments of Our Great God Of Heaven and the faith of Jesus.

Keep is tay-reh'-o in the Greek and is from another Greek word which is teros Which means to watch to guard from loss or injury, by keeping the eye upon. So tay-reh'-o means to hold fast, keep, preserve reserve, watch.

The Commandments being written and put in our hearts and in our minds. To love the Lord our God with our hearts and all our Minds and all our Being and to love our neighbor the same. This We our to Keep after, preserve watch over and protect, prevent from loss and injury. This Faith that has been given too us in Christ which is of God.

Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. To Please our God diligently is to gratify Him. To make Him our Lord feel pleased, satisfied completely. To be of the same heart and mind. This acceptable well pleasing to Our Lord, Our God. Our reasonable and just service. This why we exist and are Here today.

For the hour has come and now is. We have been enabled to be true worshippers of our God through the Gospel. To worship our God in His Truth and in His Spirit through His Faith In the Body of Christ. Nothing wavering. For this is what God desires. And what God wants is what God Gets. Believe it!!!!!