The last two Sundays I preached on the subject of "worship." We learned that our worship of God is two-fold: individual and corporate. Individual worship is all about our daily walk with God. We should be worshipping Him every day and in all aspects of our lives. Corporate worship is the act of individuals coming together to worship God. This is our "Sunday morning worship service." We also learned there are different forms of worship. We can worship God with our "laments" ... pouring our hearts out to Him regarding our sorrows, hardships, and pain. We also worship God with our thanksgiving ... giving Him thanks for His watch care over us and provision to us. We also worship God when we give Him honor and glory because He is holy!

Another form of worship of God is acknowledging what He has done in the past. We worship Him for His great works. Nehemiah, after rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem around 450 BC, led the people of Israel to worship God not only for the rebuilt wall, but in remembrance of God choosing them as His people through Abraham; in remembrance of God using Moses to lead His people out of Egypt; in remembrance of God leading Joshua into the promised land of Israel; and in remembrance of God bringing His people back into a right relationship with Him.

We have so much in our lives ... past, present, and future ... to be thankful to God for ... and therefore, we can genuinely worship Him.