This class begins tomorrow at Redeemer. Send Holly an email if you want to join.
WORSHIP I – Intimacy, Identity & Worship
hollybenner@blogspot.com (my personal blog on my growing worship theology!)
Course Description
True worship and adoration
is birthed out of intimacy with God. I believe that one of the major hindrances
to intimacy with God is having misconceptions about the identity of God and the
identity of yourself in Him. This class will focus on building and furthering
that love relationship with Him while defining the truth about who you are.
Goals/Objectives
Students will gain a
Biblical understanding of the definition of worship and how we live it.
Students will
develop/cultivate their personal relationship with God.
Students will learn about
the importance of intimacy with God, how it relates to worship and effective
partnership in His Kingdom.
Evaluation
*In-class attendance and participation *Thanksgiving
journal – typed
*Completion of periodic
homework *Demonstration
of understanding of the material
Teaching Method
Personal reading, worship
and interaction with God
Journal-keeping
Class lectures &
discussions
Supplemental Resources: (aka
Holly’s recommendations!!! J)
The Fire of God’s Love – Bob Sorge
Holiness, Truth and the Presence of God – Francis Frangipane (one of my all-time favorite
books!)
Divine Love Song: Discover God’s Passion for You in
the Song of Solomon – Elizabeth
Mulloy
After God’s Own Heart: Becoming a David Generation – Mike Bickle
The Song of Songs: The Divine Romance Between God and
Man – Watchman Nee
Passion For Jesus: Cultivating Extravagant Love For
God – Mike Bickle
Worship Warrior: Ascending in Worship, Descending in
War – Chuck Pierce
Face To Face With God – Bill Johnson
The Jesus Creed
– Scot McKnight
THANKSGIVING
PROJECT…
DUE: Thanksgiving
journal is to be finished and brought with you to class on Friday, December 2nd
at 9:30 a.m.
ASSIGNMENT:
Create a record of 1,000 unrepeated things you are thankful for.
~Breakdown
à 9/16/14 – 12/1/14 = 77 days
*1,000/70
= 13 things you’re thankful for per day.
PURPOSE:
*To
implement thanksgiving to God into your daily life as an ongoing habit and
discipline. Thanksgiving is the lens through which life with God should be
seen. It shifts our thinking and our response to the circumstances around us.
Thanksgiving is the cornerstone of a lifestyle of
worship.
~Thanksgiving
is the entry way into the manifest presence of God. (Psalm 100:4)
~At
least 60 times in Scripture it is said to “remember” the works of the Lord.
Thankfulness remembers what God has done, which propels us to hope in Him for
what He will do in the future. (Ephesians 2:11-12)
*Romans 12:2 says to “be transformed by the renewing of
your mind.” I believe that that thankfulness is a tool God uses to renew our
mind. As you practice daily thankfulness, I believe you will begin to see a
transformation in your thoughts and how you respond to your circumstances.
