Thread by @naby_yadayahu

Pure Worship: A Thread

I’ve been told that consistent praise and worship (INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP) keep you close to the realm of the supernatural. The understanding of this is the fact that relationship keep us submitted and in faith.

Our faith is based on our RELATIONSHIP and time spent with Yah. Faith is vital in worship unless we desire for our worship to be nothing more than lip service.

"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
-Hebrews 11:6 KJV

"So then faith cometh by hearing *(hearing instruction/the good news), and hearing by the word *(from a root meaning to teach, affirm or command and to call by name) of God."
-Romans 10:17 KJV

The Hebrew word for word is dabar. Meaning to speak, SUBDUE, to demand and declare. It paints the picture of the door to the house of authority. The good news is the door, his instruction is the house and relationship and authority (power) waits behind it.

Faith is the key that grants access. One must believe the good news in order to receive it, lest it fall on death ears and bad ground.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
-Hebrews 11:1 KJV

We worship out of love, faith and fear. Ahabah, amunah and yarah. We will break the three down to understand why they are essential in worship.

Ahabah is the word for love. The leader revealing the window to the house. That’s why his love draws us, it is him revealing the window to the house that we may see into him, his covenant, His love!

Amunah is the word for faith. The strength of the water/chaos connecting to the seed revealed. Faith is revealed under pressure, in chaos as a seed in dirt.

Yarah is the word for fear in regards to fear of Yahuah/the LORD. The hand of the heads strength revealed. (Reference heb 10:31) it also is defined as reverence or respect, to MORALLY reverence.

Psalm 100:4 (praise in this passage also means ADORATION) You don’t adore what you don’t believe in.

Worship evokes His presence; and in His presence is where the supernatural manifests. Worship provokes a verbal response in the form of prayer or words of submission or both.

To worship is to adore. Emulation is said to be the highest form of worship and flattery. That’s why a lot of times Yah has to pull us away from people because we seek to imitate them which is a sign of worship.

Pure worship requires a yes, the act of submission which includes faith, obedience and emulation. We can’t consider ourselves worshippers if our nature is not matching/adjusting to his.

The word for worship is shachah, to bow down or prostrate ones self. Each letter has its own meanings in the Alef-bet. Understanding this, putting them together shows that to worship is to destroy or separate us from the wall or fence in between us and his breathe.

Worship literally removes us from a place of separation and puts us into a place of intimacy. That’s why worship has to be pure. Tainted worship is just flattery, lip service.

It is devoid of his presence and provokes no inspiration, no outpouring. That’s why scripture talks about worshipping in ruach and in truth.

John 4:23-24
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

In the Greek, the term for worshipper was also compared to and defined as a TEMPLE KEEPER (neocoros) in multiple bible dictionaries. The word was given to places devoted to worship of any deity. They were also given to those in charge of temple upkeep.

Are our bodies not temples? Are we not charged to be responsible with what comes in and out of our temples both physically and spiritually? Being a worshipper is about taking on the full charge of servantship to Yahuah Alahym.

Worship is designed to be a demonstration of devotion, an act and commitment to servantship and designed to invoke intimacy from us to Yah. It’s an abandonment of pride entirely.

Understand, pride is the root of all sin. The abandonment of pride is the full embrace of humility and the sign of a faithful servant. Aren’t we called to be the best possible servants?

Luk 9:48  And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: ➡️for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.⬅️

This walk is all about servantship. Yahusha/Jesus came to be the greatest servant though he was the highest exalted of all creation. The intimacy he shared with the father is necessary in our lives for the greater works.

Being a worshipper is more than pretty phrases, tears, the appearances of humility, soft tones and religiosity. It’s about the posture of your heart!

Many of us claim to be worshippers but our hearts are content being hardened in secret areas. That is merely a form of godliness! That isn’t PURE worship.

Jas 1:26  If any man among you ➡️seem to be ⬅️religious, and ➡️bridleth not his tongue⬅️, but ➡️deceiveth his own heart⬅️, ➡️this man's religion is vain.⬅️

This word talks about outward “religious” practices but also talks about it meaning worship or being a worshipper.

HUMILITY IS A INDICATION OF ONES RELATIONSHIP WITH TMH. Bridling the tongue is the absence of pride and the presence of wisdom from the base of humility.

Here’s what the scripture says about the heart:

Jer 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I Yahuah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

TMH must be the one to examine you, not yourself. Not from your perception but from the stance of absolute truth and from scripture. If the ruach isn’t examining you, the examination isn’t thorough.

We can’t be trusted to examine ourselves. We will do it from our bias. That’s why only Yah can know it. It will deceive us every time, we must submit to him so he can examine and cleanse us.

This shows us that being a worshipper begins with our submission and openness to correction from TMH. You are not a worshipper if you despise his correction because that isn’t submission, that’s contention.

Disagree? Watch this:

1Sa 15:22  And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Psa 51:16  For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Psa 51: 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Let’s look at that word, “contrite”. The word is Dakah, to be BROKEN, crushed. The moving of the palm revealed. Having a contrite heart is the revealing of openness to the father.

It’s described as having a sorrowful and broken heart to sin, one who has strong convictions. That is a worshippers heart. One that is likened to his in every way.

Heb 10:5  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, ➡️Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:⬅️

He desires inwards habitation. A return to covenant relationship, INTIMACY. If you are not truly intimate with him in ruach and in truth, how can you claim that you are a worshipper?

Rom 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

If your body, your life, the identity that you bear, is not offered to be taken over by him, there’s a disconnect in your worship. He desires a body to inhabit and work in and through.

Rom 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Identity is more than just a title, it’s the identifier of the type of fruit people should expect of you. The identity is the type of tree you are so the fruit you produce should match.

If you see an apple on a tree, you identify that tree as an apple tree. If you know a tree is an apple, you expect to receive apples. You’d agree right?

Joh 15:5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

If we are the branches of the vine of Yahusha (Jesus) we are expected to produce the fruits that he did. If we do not, our abode is not with him.

Joh 15:4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

The fruit we bare shows what vine we abide in, whether it’s in him or shatan. Those fruits put us at risk for a terrible fate. When we bear bad fruit, bearing His name, it distorts the view of others.

Furthermore what happens when this happens?

Joh 15:6  If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

Joh 15:7  *If ye abide in me, and my words ➡️abide in you⬅️, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Joh 15:8  ➡️Herein is my Father glorified⬅️, that ye ➡️bear much fruit⬅️; 🔥so shall ye be my disciples.🔥

The indwelling of him, his word, and eventually the ruach. When we beat fruit, he gets the glory. This is a REQUIREMENT to be his disciples.

How did this apply to worship? There can be no discipleship without worship. How can you be a worshipper without subjecting yourself to a master? How can you be a disciple without submitting?

You can not be a worshipper without spending intimate time learning, which is done while soaking in his presence. Without bearing fruit, your worship is vain because there is no validation to it.

The validation of your worship is your fruit. If you consider yourself a worshipper, your fruit should speak for you. Not your tears, not your tongues and not the volume of your voice, but your fruit.

Your life should be a testament to Yahuah (the LORD) and in the fashion of Yahusha (Jesus). Your strive will show the intent of your heart. The posture of your heart will be revealed in your nature.

Pure worship is greater than a moment, it is a LIFESTYLE.

#selah #shema #shabath #shalum