How Can I Worship God?

What is your favorite song? Have you ever used motions to learn a song? 

At church, the adults sing songs too. But we don’t normally have motions for our songs like you do! Some people raise their hands while they sing. Others sway with the music. Some people like to stand quietly and think about the words or lyrics being sung. There are many different ways to worship God with singing.

Worship is how we respond to God as He teaches us about Himself through our everyday lives. It is a way of praising God for who He is and what He has done. When we go to church, we can worship God corporately. Corporate worship means we worship God all together as one big church family. We praise Him and sing about the salvation we have in Jesus.

Christians have been worshiping God together for hundreds and hundreds of years. Although the way people choose to worship Him may have changed over time, corporate worship has been part of the church from the beginning. The people of Israel even worshiped God together, and many of their songs are recorded in the book of Psalms. Let’s read the first three verses of Psalm 96 together. 

God has done great things, and we can respond with joy, gladness and singing whenever we think about His goodness! We don’t have to wait for Sundays. We can worship Him every single day wherever we are — at home, in the car and even at school! We may not know all the right words, remember every motion or be able to sing well, but EVERYONE can worship Jesus. Everyone can tell others about the good things He has done in their lives.

You know, there is a song that only YOU can sing about God’s goodness and faithfulness. He has done great things IN YOU. While you may not go around literally singing about them at school, the grocery store or on the playground, you are able to worship Jesus by telling others about Him. There’s no sweeter melody that pleases Him more!