HUMOR VIDEO Mr Bean in church
HUMOR Brett Favre former Green Bay Packer arch-rival Minn Vikings
Psalm 100
for people who go church, what to do in church
HUMOR VIDEO little kid driving car didn't want go to church pursued by police
QUOTE from pastor small church Ben visit over summer "let something happen today that isn't in the bulletin"
HUMOR AUDIO Eric O + worship team
TRANSITION worship affects rest week
=>God says "You are mine"
clamor to be noticed, but God says your identity to be mine
ILLUSTRATION friend job release decorative birds @wedding homing birds; but homing instinct can be distracted
who am I where's home?
ILLUSTRATION Wed staff mini-retreat
we're not human beings having spiritual experience but spiritual beings having human experiences
ILLUSTRATION playground picking teams, always some kid never picked (or picked last)
Jesus picks us for his team
loyalty allegiance I choose God
=>You say,  I am yours
1 Kings 17 contest Elijah -v- Baal prophets the Lord has done that
other examples palace of king -v- temple
Caesar is Lord declaration Jesus Is Lord
ILLUSTRATION Brett Favre hoopla = passionate fans
what your passion
worship thru Sun + all life
worship is verb
=> LIVE IT
Romans 12:1
but living sacrifice wants crawl off altar
=> BRING IT
"what do I get from it"
when we say "good service" = "I liked it"
bring some things to God
quote Dave Schlossberg "worship is for an audience of one" (i.e. God, not us)
ILLUSTRATION Genesis 28 Jacob dream ladder Heaven, realizes ordinary place where he slept holy place Genesis 28:16-17
COMMUNION THOUGHT Psalm 28:7