(5-8 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will discuss the response of worship.
(5-8 minutes, easy setup)
Lead learners to define the word “worship.” After their responses, summarize that worship is an acknowledgment of worth in the form of awe, praise, thanksgiving, adoration, or honor. Discuss: How does our culture describe worth? Stress that we tend to describe worth with value-laden words such as beautiful, remarkable, amazing, breathtaking, spectacular, and extraordinary. Discuss: What are some ways we acknowledge worth? Make sure responses include authentic, heartfelt glowing descriptions like those already mentioned; with praise poems or music; or with a simple word of praise like, “Wow!”
Suggest that a worshipper’s authentic response to someone or something is proportional to his estimation of value of that person or thing. Discuss: Describe a time when a person’s response revealed that he either undervalued or overvalued something? Do you think truly authentic responses to great worth are typically preplanned or more spontaneous? Conclude that, in today’s passage, learners will examine an authentic, accurate, and awe-filled response to the worth of God.