In his message, Pastor Nicky Joya asked if God is pleased with the way we worship Him?  Quoting Malachi 1:6-9, he warned the church against the sin of Israel during the time of the prophet Malachi - inferior worship.

He said that as God's people, we were saved and live to worship God in truth and spirit. "All You have made will praise You, o Lord; Your saints will extol You" (Psalm 145:10).

"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks" (John 4:23). 

What does God deserve in my life? The following are the ingredients of true worship: 

1. In Truth - "God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship in Spirit and in truth" (John 4:24).  Our zeal to worship God must be based on the truth, as explained by Paul. "Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

2. Spiritual - "God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom He has given us" (Romans 5:5). 

3. Sincerity - Genuiness of heart or the absence of any other motive but to worship God

4. Recognition of the worth of God - His holiness and what He has done for us

What Corrupts or Ruins Worship?

1. Ignorance - When we fail to study the Word

2. The Attitude of Human Need-Centered - "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:33).

3. Self-edification

4. Ritualism

5. Inferior quality of worship - In singing, praises, prayer, giving, studying, listening, attitude

6. An attitude of irreverence - When worship becomes secondary to personal needs

7. Disobedience

In closing, Pastor Nicky exhorted the church to strive to offer ourselves as living sacrifices to God. That is true worship.

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