So, we've seen the attitude of worship. We've seen the object of worship. Let's look at the character of true worship. Back in JOH 4:24 “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” These words are full of meaning. First of all, no one can truly worship God unless it is in spirit and in truth. This is why an attitude of worship and adoration is important in prayer. Therefore, those who worship Him must worship in spirit, the filling of the Holy Spirit, and in truth, Bible doctrine. Here we have a reference to the entire trinity. God the Father, the author of the Divine plan, is to be worshipped. The Holy Spirit directs our human spirit to worship what is spiritual. The Lord Jesus Christ is the truth and teaches us through that truth to a worship which is free from error.

Until Christ appeared, God was pleased to help His people in their worship by using aids and materials such as the tabernacle, sacrifices, etc. All these aids pointed to Christ and to His work. COL 2:17 things [meat and drink and feast days] which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.  There is no longer any need for the Tabernacle, the Temple, the ark, altars, the sacrifices, or the priests because COL 3:11 reveals to us {a renewal} in which there is no {distinction between} Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

So, the worship that the Father seeks and accepts is that which is in spirit, but it must also be in truth. Therefore, we should never be sentimental. The woman saying the rosary beads is not heard by God as a form of worship or prayer. The Rosary, which is mechanical praying with beads, was invented by Peter the Hermit in the year 1090. If God hears and accepts the rosary, He must also hear and accept the prayers to Buddha, Mohammed, and all the rest, but He doesn’t. God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth. So, if you don't know truth or doctrine, you cannot worship the true God.

So if we know truth, we will come to understand the real principle of confession, which is also vital to truly worship God in prayer and develop a better prayer life. Of course, you are familiar with the word confession in the New Testament which is homologeo meaning to say the same thing, to agree, to admit, or to acknowledge. We have already seen that prayer is something to be practiced and that it must be cultivated. In fact, the soul must be put under extreme concentration or else the flesh will triumph. Confession of sin is even a result of adoration. This was the experience of Isaiah. ISA 6:1-5, In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.” And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke. Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”