http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2010/06/09/our-worship-is-to-be-god-centered/

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In the opening verses of Isaiah 6, what the prophet encounters first in the house of God is the glory of God: “I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple” (v.1). It doesn’t first say he encountered well-dressed people or hot coffee or influential power brokers or a booming sound system or a great organ. What he caught site of first was God’s glory.

There’s a growing trend in some churches to offer door prizes to any returning visitor. One church visited recently by a friend of mine promised him a ten-dollar Starbucks gift card if he came back the following week.

Isaiah shows us the door prize that awaited him when he walked into the house of God—the uncomfortable, wrecking presence of God’s glory: “Woe is me!” (v.5).

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I'll bite: To expand on your statement - worship should be centered on Jesus - the preaching of Christ crucified. I believe Christians worship to receive from God the blessings he desires to give us. So worship is more about what God is giving to us than what we are giving to God. Worship is about confessing your shortcomings, hearing you are forgiven, hearing his Word and Gospel message (Christ crucified), and receiving the sacraments.

there was nothing to bite on. read the whole blog. I just posted an excerpt for everyone.

Worship is not for us to "get anything out of" if we go to worship and expect something for ourselves, we miss the point of worship. read the blog.

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5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)

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Let's not let the pendulum swing so far the other way that we do not worship from a place of thanksgiving. We CERTAINLY get something out of it, and to deny that is to deny the Good News.

He is worthy of worship. Worship is about Him not about us. To worship is a choice.

I may have my musical preferences and such, but whether I worship or not is my choice.