When we talk about “worship values” what we mean is “here are the things we feel are are really important … so here goes…

• The Father seeks worshipers John 4 v 23 – so worshiping God is the highest calling and will continue through eternity. Worship is not a preliminary to the main thing, it IS the main thing!
• God delights in our worship  – “he will take great delight in you… he will rejoice over you with singing” …”The greatest thing of all, oh Lord I see, – You delight in me”
• Worship is a response to who God is and what he does and also an encounter with Him – a meeting!
• We delight ourselves in him Psalm 16v11, Psalm 84 v1-4.
• There are many ways to express worship – (see below)
• It is to do with entering his courts and knowing his presence – not just the singing of songs and the saying of prayers …James 4 v 8, Psalm 95
• We can come with confidence, Heb 10 v 22, as well as awe, Heb 12 v 28-29
• God wants all believers to be priests and play an active part in worship 1Cor 14 v 26, 1 Peter 2v 9
• In God’s presence we also expect gifts as he speaks Psalm 95 v 7b-8
• Bread and wine was a part of NT worship – it focuses us on remembering the object of our faith, what he did, what he  accomplished and his future return
• Worship is spiritually powerful 2 Chronicles 20v21-22
• Unbelievers can recognize something of God’s presence when the church body worships. 1 Cor 14 v 25

Expressions of Biblical Worship …

There are many traditions but here are some Biblically valid expressions of worship..

•  laughter and joyful songs Psalm 126 v 2;
• singing 89 v 1, Psalm 105 v 2;
• bended knee 95 v 6;
• the bowed head 2 Chron 29 v3 0, Neh 8 v 6;
• clapping and shouting, Psalm 47 v 1, 95 v 1, 98 v 4-6;
• making music to the Lord 98 v 5;
• lifted hands 28 v 2, 134 v 2;
• prostration, 1Kings 18 v 39, Rev 11 v 16-17;
• dancing, Exodus 15 v 20, 2 Sam 6 v 14, Psalm 149 v 3;
• silence Rev 8 v 1;
• stillness and waiting psalm 37 v 7, 46 v 10.