Rock Solid
Worship-Guest blog post by Alec Koelling
1. Worship is a RockSolid Lifestyle
1. Worship Is Surrender
1. Matthew 16: 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If any of you wants to
be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and
follow me.25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if
you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.26 And what do you
benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?* Is anything worth
more than your soul?
2. As Christians we are told to surrender our lives to the cause of Jesus
Christ we must be willing to give some things up
1. Friends, Relationships
2. In High School I had multiple opportunities to go to parties with
friends
3. I went all 4 years without attending one!
4. Why? Because I knew the calling God had on my life was bigger than
that! Why ruin my four year testimony for one night? If I would've gone i
would've given up everything that God called me to be!
5. My life to my peers was my testimony, and will continue to be for the
rest of my life
6. I refuse to wear a mask
2. Worship is Servanthood
1. When you serve it is a form of worship
1. But it all depends on your attitude, your spirit, and your heart.
Cause you can sure serve but it not be worship!
2. Serving others is one of our greatest callings in life!
2. Back at our home church I served 4 services a week, not including
practice altogether adding up to about 17 hours a week on top of my 40 hour a
week job
1. I understand serving being a sacrifice but if I looked at in the wrong
way I would've completely missed the big picture and what God was doing in and
through my life
2. God was using those moments to prepare me for what was ahead
3. Pictures of camp etc.
3. So let me ask again what does your lifestyle reflect?
1. Are you a sunday, wednesday christian?
2. We must prepare all week for our weekend services!
3. Cause as your worship pastor I cant carry you to a worship experience,
I can sure guide you but i cant carry you! You must be able to carry your self!
4. We should be the pacesetters in our community
5. We should be lights so bright so that darkness can never extinguish
it!
2. Worship is A RockSolid Weapon
1. Worship places the battle in God’s hands
2. 2 Chronicles 20: 13-17 13 As all the men of Judah stood before the LORD with their
little ones, wives, and children,14 the Spirit of the LORD came upon one
of the men standing there. His name was Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of
Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite who was a descendant of
Asaph. 15 He said, "Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem!
Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don't
be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.16 Tomorrow,
march out against them. You will find them coming up through the ascent of Ziz
at the end of the valley that opens into the wilderness of Jeruel.17 But
you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and
watch the LORD's victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do
not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is
with you!”
1. We have to realize that struggles will come our way!
1. If we don’t have struggles coming our way something is wrong! That
means the devil isn't afraid of you anymore!
2. He isn't going to attack something that seems dead
3. We should realize that its in these moments of struggles that we need
to come to God in worship
4. We need to recognize that nothing is impossible for God! He has
already won the victory
5. Don’t keep fighting a battle thats already been won!
1. 17 But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then
stand still and watch the LORD's victory…
6. My worship recognizes that I need God then it aligns me with Him.
1. So our corporate worship is that much more powerful!
1. Could you imagine if one service we all came in to the house
expecting? And waiting for that breakthrough, were not waiting on him, he is
waiting on us!
2. We must seek the Lord daily, cause you never know when we need his
strength, protection and guidance
2. Worship Reminds Satan of His Weakness
1. 2 Corinthians 10: 4 *We use God's mighty weapons, not
worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to
destroy false arguments.
1. For instance God has given us prayer, fasting, and worship
1. When you pray don’t you dare pray get me through the day prayers!
Surrender yourself and ask God for the impossible!
2. If we aren’t praying big prayers, we are insulting God, keeping him a
box
3. Be bold and ask God for the impossible in your life
2. When we worship, our problems don’t go away, but what the Devil
threatens to do in our lives through those problems goes away
1. I’m not gonna lie and tell you, that as soon as you throw your hands
up in worship, all your problems go away, but when we worship and use it as a
weapon Satan has no hold on you!
1. He is reminded he can’t beat you and Jesus has already won!
3. Worship Reminds our Hearts of Real Hope
1. Isaiah 54:17 But in that coming day no weapon turned
against you will succeed.You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you.
2. Can you worship God in the storm? When you feel like no one is with
you? When you think nothing good can come out of situation? Cause you ought to
be able to we already know the outcome!
1. When we respond to a situation by worship we cannot be shaken!
3. When we are in our broken places our worship means more to us
1. It means something to you, it does something inside of you, and give
you a hope to keep pressing forward!
4. Worship Must Happen Before, During, and After the Battle
1. Not only when we are in the midst of a struggle that we need to use
our worship as a weapon, We MUST use it everyday
2. Worship is not the songs that we sing but it is the lives we live!
(its a lifestyle)
3. Every moment of every hour, of everyday we have an opportunity, what
will you do with it?
4. Are you going to put your trust in God knowing that He has already won
the battle for you, the victory is already in your hands OR are you going to
choose the defeated side?
1. I’m gonna challenge you to stand up! Be bold and Courageous!!
2. I know that there are times where you feel like we are fighting the
battle alone
3. But I promise you in everything you do he is with you!
4. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,"
says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you
a future and a hope.12 In those days when you pray, I will listen.13 If
you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
1. God would never set you up to fail! He wants you to prosper and
succeed in all you do!
3. Worship Causes RockSolid Breakthrough
1. Paul and Silas
1. Acts 16: 23 They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into
prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn't escape.24 So the
jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
2. As the men were traveling and preaching they were beaten and thrown
into prison
3. The devil was sure he had them right where he wanted them and they
would just stop preaching and teaching
4. What He didn't know is that he made one fatal mistake
1. 24 So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped
their feet in the stocks.
5. He put them in prison TOGETHER and my bible says that where 2 or 3 are
gathered together in my name there I am also!
1. 1 person can put 1,000 angels to flight but 2 can put 10,000 to
flight! (how many can our church put to flight if we all get together)
2. Acts 6: 25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and
singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.26 Suddenly,
there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations.
All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!
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6. Not only did the men escape prison but they also saved the Jailer and
his family
2. Tools to use Worship as a Breakthrough
1. Trust
2. Service
3. Surrender
4. Perspective
3. Trust
1. Hebrews 6:16-19 16 Now when people take an oath, they call
on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question
that oath is binding.17 God also bound himself with an oath, so that those
who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his
mind.18 So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things
are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who
have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope
that lies before us. 19 This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for or
souls.
2. Your name is higher, your name is greater, all my hope is in you, your
word its UNFAILING, your promise UNSHAKEN, ALL my hope is in you
1. We have a hope in Jesus Christ
2. Because of his unfailing love
3. God is bound by his promise to take you out of your situation, BUT
ONLY if you surrender to him and his purpose
4. Perspective
1. Worship doesn’t change your problems but it changes your perspective
2. Your perspective is everything
1. When you worship it changes the way you see your situation, your not
defeated, you see whats in the end!
2. You understand the best is yet to come
5. As Christians even after our breakthrough we need to keep praying,
keep fasting, keep reading, and keep worshiping
6. Worship is the breeding ground for miracles
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