The following are some of the many acts of worship, which comprise our joint response to the Lord, with supporting scriptural references.

1. WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH
" The hour comes, and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeks such to worship Him."
John 4:23

2. IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS
" Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness."
Psalms 29:2

3. PRAISE IS APPROPRIATE
" Praise ye the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant and praise is comely unto the righteous."
Psalm 147:1
" God inhabits the praises of His people.”
Psalm 22:3

4. LIFTING THE HANDS - A sign or surrender and openness
" Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. Thus will I bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name."
Psalm 63:3-4
"Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord."
1 Tim. 2:8 & Psalm 134:2; Ps. 63:4; 141:2; Lam. 3:42; Ex. 17:8-13; I Kings 8:22; II Chron. 6:13

5. STANDING TO PRAISE
" Stand up and bless the Lord your God."
Neh. 9:5
"Praise ye the Lord… O ye servants of the Lord that stand in the house of the Lord, praise the Lord."
Psalm 135:1-3; 134:1-3; Deut. 10:8

6. CLAP THE HANDS WITH THE SHOUT OF JUBILATION
" O clap your hands all ye people, shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord Most high is awesome, He is a great King over all the earth."
Psalm 47:1-2; Ps. 98:8; Is. 55:12; II Kings 11:12

7. PRAISING WITH DANCING, AND LEAPING
" Praise Him with the timbrel and dance." Psalm 150:4
"And he entered into the temple walking and leaping and praising God."
Acts 3:6-8

8. WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - Music moves our spirit
" Praise ye the Lord with the sound of the trumpet, psaltery, stringed instruments, cymbals … let everything that hath breath, praise the Lord."
Psalm 150 & 98
"…and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals…and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, the glory of the Lord filled the house."
II Chron. 5:11-14

9. PRAISING GOD BY SINGING SONGS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS SINGING IN THE SPIRIT
" Speaking to yourselves in songs and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody… to the Lord." Ephesians 5:19
"I will pray and sing with the spirit and I will pray and sing with the understanding."
I Cor. 14:15; Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16; Ps. 27:6 Ps. 81:1

10. KNEELING DOWN BOWING
" This posture speaks of surrender and reverence. "Oh, come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker."
Ps. 95:6 II Chronicles 6:13; Luke 22:41; Acts 9:40; Acts 20:36

11. SHOUTING - The scripture is resplendent with references to acclaiming God with a "loud voice"
" ...shout unto God with a voice of triumph." Ps. 47:1; " Let them shout for joy and be glad..."
Ps. 35:27; Ps.27:6; 32:11; 98:3; 132:9, 16; II Samuel 6:15; Joshua 6:10, 16, 20

12. SINGING A "NEW SONG"
" During our worship service the worship ministry team, as well as the congregation, are encouraged to sing out with a spontaneous song to the Lord from the heart.
Ps. 40:3; Ps. 96:1; 98:1; 149:1; Rev. 5:9; Rev. 14:3

We invite you to join in these expressions of worship, but whether or not you do, you are welcome, please be at ease while with us.

13. PRAISING AND WORSHIPING GOD IN GIVING OFFERINGS OF THE FIRSTFRUIT
" Honor the Lord with your substance and with the firstfruits of all your increase."
Proverbs 3 :9

Psalm 84:2 "My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out fo the living God."

When our heart is hungry the Bible declares that we will be filled! Every hungry heart will make his way to the throne room!

During our times of corporate worship it is our prayer and our desire to stir in ourselves and in others that great hunger for the living God until every heart is turned to Him! It's not about the music; it is about Him!