John 4

Scripture breakdown using the SOAP method (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer).

John 4:24-

S: God is spirit, and those who must worship him must worship in Spirit and truth.

O: Worship isn't limited to singing songs and crying out to God. Worship is a lifestyle spent in trying to offer a blameless service to God in every area of our lives. 

A: I am one with God not because he is my natural father, but because I have been born again, which is precisely what Jesus explained to Nicodemus. In becoming born again, this gives me access to worshiping God in Spirit and truth. The truth requires confession. A willingness of me being honest and vulnerable to confess what's on my heart, what sins I have committed in an effort to turn away, and sin no more. I am human. I am going to sin, but in worshiping God in Spirit and truth, it helps me be conscious about my need to repentant daily; for without repentance there can be no true worship.

P: Father God, please help me to not be ashamed of confessing my sins to you. Help me also have the humility to confess my sins to others, and to remember that there is therefore no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. My desire is to worship you in Spirit and in truth. Please help my spirit align with this desire when my flesh seems determined to overtake it. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Closing remarks: To worship God "in truth" is to worship him in a biblically accurate way--through the one who is the truth. The Father wants such people to worship him. God is on the hunt for those who will worship him spiritually through Jesus Christ based on the truth of his Word. [The Tony Evans Bible Commentary]