WHAT IS WORSHIP?

Last night we had a great Growth Group discussion where we talked about "What worship is..." from the sermon yesterday at Egreen-Bloomington on John 12. To summarize "What worship is..." I'll list our list.
1. Worship is.... serving: both practical and lavish & extravagant. Luke 10: 28-41 and John 12: 1-8 about Martha and Mary. 
2. Worship is....surrender. Romans 12: 1-2
3. Worship is ...holiness. Romans 6: 13 and 8:13.
4.  Worship is...relationship with God.  John. 4: 19-24
5. Worship is... done by/ and in...spirit and truth.
6. Worship is...praise: words, prayer, singing,etc. Heb. 13: 15-16.
7. Worship is...telling [evangelism]. Hebrews 13: 15-16.
8. Worship is...$$ giving. Philippians 4: 18-19.

But the bonus: is two versions of Romans 12: 1-2.
One is from the Living Bible, no longer in print.
The other from the great J.B. Phillips translation.
Both are keepers.
Keep them on your phone, or in your lifetime journal.
Yes....they're THAT good.

Romans 12: 1-2 Living Bible.

 1 And so, dear brothers, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living sacrifice, holy—the kind He can accept. When you think of what He has done for you, is this too much to ask?  2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but be a new and different person, with a fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you will learn from your own experience how His ways will really satisfy you.

Romans 12:1-2:  J.B. Phillips New Testament

We have seen God’s mercy and wisdom: how shall we respond?

 12 ^1-2 With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to him and acceptable by him. Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God re-mold your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity.