HOLY EXPRESSIONS OF WORSHIP

OCTOBER 21 2025

God is a Spirit: and they that worship

him must worship him in spirit and in

truth (John 4:24).

God is a Spirit, and the Bible says those who

worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in

truth. However, there’re certain things you do physically

that help you activate your spirit.

For example, when you consciously and deliberately

kneel in prayer, it causes your spirit to be immediately

activated for prayer. That’s why He told you to do it,

because immediately, you're moved from your mental state

into a spiritual state, fulfilling the Scriptures. Psalm 95:6

says, “O come, let us worship and bow down: let us

kneel before the LORD our maker.”

Daniel also knelt in prayer: “Now when Daniel knew

that the writing was signed, he went into his house

and... he kneeled upon his knees three times a day,

and prayed...” (Daniel 6:10). Even the Lord Jesus knelt

down to pray: “And he was withdrawn from them about

a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed” (Luke

22:41).

The same thing happens when you lift your hands in

prayer, adoration, praise and worship to the Lord. These

physical actions draw you from the natural into the spiritual.

They are holy expressions of reverence, adulation and

worship. The Bible says, “I will therefore that men pray

every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and

doubting” (1 Timothy 2:8).

King Solomon lifted his hands when he dedicated the

temple: “And it was so, that when Solomon had made

an end of praying all this prayer... he arose from before

the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with

his hands spread up to heaven” (1 Kings 8:54). These

examples show us the importance and spirituality of certain

reverential actions, even though they’re physical.

Never take these spiritual postures lightly. They help

shift your focus from the distractions of the flesh to the

realities of the Spirit. They help you make contact with

your spirit, and you’re stirred and awakened to deeper

fellowship with the Lord. Recall the words of the Psalmist,

“Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and

the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice”

(Psalm 141:2). Hallelujah!

PRAYER

Dear Father, thank you for teaching me to worship you

in spirit and in truth. I yield my body as an instrument

of righteousness, aligning it with my spirit in worship,

prayer and adoration. As I lift my hands and bow my

knees, my spirit is stirred and awakened to deeper

fellowship with you, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:

Romans 12:1; Luke 24:50; 1 Timothy 2:8 NIV

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

1 Timothy 3:1-16 & Jeremiah 9-10

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

John 6:61-71 & 2 Kings 7-8