Message Notes

YAG 20th RETREAT
SESSION #5
Saturday, 15 November 2014
Time: 3.30pm
Theme: “THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT”

WORSHIP WORKSHOP

WHAT IS WORSHIP?

1. Personal Aspect

2. Corporate Aspect

ELEMENTS OF PERSONAL WORSHIP

1. Worship as a personal Response

a) Ecstatic
b) Excited
c) Example            1 Timothy 1:17

2. Worship is therefore

a) Spontaneous
b) When the heart is deeply moved
c) Spontaneous praise/ thanksgiving
d) Grateful
e) Humble            Ephesians 3:14-21

ELEMENTS OF CORPORATE WORSHIP

1. Coming together            1 Corinthians 11:18 ςυνερχεςθε

a) As a Church            1 Corinthians 11:18 ςυνερχομἐνων ὐμῶν ἐν ἐκκληςία
b) In one place            1 Corinthians 11:20
c) The church of God            1 Corinthians 11:22
d) Coming together to partake of The Lord’s Supper            1 Corinthians 11:24-26

2. Worship as a Planned Event

a) On the first day of the week            1 Corinthians 16:1-2
b) Planning an offering 1 Corinthians 16:2

3. Worship in consciousness of Oneness            1 Corinthians 12

a) Diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit            1 Corinthians 12:4
b) Differences of ministries, but the same Lord            1 Corinthians 12:5
c) Diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all            1 Corinthians 12:6
d) But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills            1 Corinthians 12:11
e) The body is ONE and has many members, but all the members of that ONE body, being many, are ONE body            1 Corinthians 12:12
f) By ONE Spirit we were all baptized into ONE body            1 Corinthians 12:13
g) All have been made to drink into ONE Spirit            1 Corinthians 12:13
h) Indeed there are many members, yet ONE body            1 Corinthians 12:20
i) No schism in the body            1 Corinthians 12:25
j) You are the body of Christ, and members individually            1 Corinthians 12:27

YAG 20th RETREAT
SESSION #6
Saturday, 15 November 2014
Time: 4.30pm
Theme: “THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT”

WORSHIPPING AS ONE BODY IN CHRIST

1. Let us

a) Sing to the LORD            Psalm 95:1
b) Shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation            Psalm 95:1
c) Come before His presence with thanksgiving            Psalm 95:2
d) Shout joyfully to Him with psalms            Psalm 95:2

2.For (because)

a) The LORD is the great God            Psalm 95:3
b) The great King above all gods            Psalm 95:3
c) In His hand            Psalm 95:4-5

i) The deep places of the earth
ii) The heights of the hills
iii) The sea
iv) The dry land

3. Expression of deep humility

a) Let us worship and bow down            Psalm 95:6
b) Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker            Psalm 95:6

4. Personalising Worship

a) He is our God            Psalm 95:7
b) We are the people of His pasture            Psalm 95:7
c) And the sheep of His hand            Psalm 95:7

5. Word of warning

a) Beware the hardened heart            Psalm 95:8
b) Beware the heart that goes astray            Psalm 95:10
c) Beware the heart that is ignorant            Psalm 95:10

Call to Worship

Preparation of the heart and mind

Oh 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.

Psalm 95:6-7

Prayer (Invocation)

Praise

Oh come, let us sing to the LORD!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Psalm 95:1-2, 6

1. Theme: Salvation

HWC 505 Love Lifted Me

HWC 506 I Will Sing of My Redeemer

HWC 508 I Will Sing the Wondrous Story

2. Theme: Thanksgiving/Gratitude

HWC 512 My Saviour’s Love

HWC 525 I Will Praise Him

Proclamation

Message: “One accord, One mind”            Text: Philippians 2:1-4

Prayer

HWC 312 To Be God’s People

POST-WORSHIP/ POST RETREAT

PROMISE TO ENDEAVOUR TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT

1. Worship with great consciousness that we are members of the body of Christ

2. Worship as enhancement of the Spirit of Oneness

3. Worship as an expression of that Oneness we have in Christ

4. Worship with full involvement

a) Heart
b) Mind
c) Spirit

5. Work at promoting the spirit of Oneness

a) Inter-personal relationships
b) Inter-Fellowship groups
c) Special Events

i) Camps
ii) Retreats
iii) Easter
iv) Anniversary
v) Youth Conference
vi) Christmas
vii) DML

MESSAGE OUTLINE: “One Accord, One Mind”            Philippians 2:1-2

1. Plan of God for Oneness Understood

a) More than possible
b) But still conditional

2. Provision for Oneness

a) Consolation in Christ
b) Comfort of love
c) Fellowship of the Spirit
d) Affection and mercy

3. Plea for Oneness

a) Personal
b) Proposal

i) Same love
ii) One accord
iii) One mind

4. Prayer

a) To comprehend
b) To comply