How often do we think about God? “Well, I pray before I eat and before I go to sleep at night, and maybe when I get up in the morning if I think about it. So, that’s about 4 or 5 times a day.” Let me rephrase my question. How often do we think deeply about God? What do I mean? I am talking about regularly considering the greatness of God -- His power, His knowledge, His wisdom - so that we get an idea of what we are doing and who we are before when we come here to worship Him. I am convinced we humans don’t really grasp the character, nature, and power of the God we serve. We are like the Samaritans in John 4. In vs. 22 Jesus said to the Samaritan woman, “Ye worship ye know not what.” "Know" has the idea of perception. We cannot, with our finite minds, fully perceive God. I fear that for many people today, even those who know Christ as Savior, “church” is just that - church. For some, it is a building, a place we go on Sunday out of a sense of duty or expectation. It is such a habit to be sitting in a pew in a church building on a Sunday morning that we would feel odd or out of place if we were absent. Some (certainly not Baptists) have been convinced that if they do not show up for “church” they will lose their salvation, so they attend out of a sense of obligation or fear. When we come into a service designed, designated for the worship of God, all thoughts of self need to be set aside. We are before the Creator of the universe, and He should occupy our thoughts. But, let’s get back to the original question: How often do we think deeply about God or consider God? From Psalm 96:8 we may ask the question, “How much glory does God deserve?” And the answer comes back, “All glory!” Well, how much is that? In Matthew 22:37-38 Jesus said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (38) This is the first and great commandment.” When it comes to glorifying God, to worshipping God, and to serving God, we must give all we have. That means of our time, of our treasure, of our talent. That means that God deserves every inch, every ounce, every fiber of our being in glorifying Him. Psalm 96:9 says we are to worship Him “in the beauty of holiness . . . ” Holiness speaks of sanctification; separation. That is why we must not use worldly means and methods to “enhance” the worship service. If the person, power, and presence of God and the proclamation of His Word are not enough to produce the praise of His people, then we need to look at ourselves in relation to Him. But again I must ask, on a daily basis how often do we deeply consider our God? Yes, it is important that we give God all glory and worship Him here, but what about our daily lives? I fear it is possible that we may know all of the “terms” that refer to God (omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent) and still take Him for granted. Here is the key. The word “worship” comes from the old English “worthship.” It speaks of the worth we attach to something or someone . . . in this case, God. We who are saved must, on a daily basis, worship and demonstrate the “worth” of God. How do we do that? We must give Him our whole hearts! Because if the lost world does not see His “worth” in our response to Him, they will consider that it is not enough for them to turn to Him. The same is true for our families. We may know all of the terminology that relates to God’s character and to our worship of Him, but how does that knowledge affect us . . . how should it affect us? For the next few minutes this morning, I want us to CONSIDER GOD.

I. GOD IS AWESOME IN HIS PERSON.

II. HE IS AWESOME IN HIS POWER.