Worship is the celebrative response to what God has done, is doing, and promises to do.
00751 – What is Worship?
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00750 – Creating Space for God
If we create space in which God can act and speak, something surprising will happen.
00748 – Knowing God Imperfectly
The shallowness of our inner experience, the hollowness of our worship, and that servile imitation of the world which marks our promotional methods all testify that we, in this day, know God only imperfectly, and the peace of God scarcely at all.
00746 – Should Worship be User-Friendly?
Another misconception frequently touted is that worship should be user-friendly. I am certainly not advocating worship that alienates or is totally inaccessible, but Scripture helps us see that being confronted by God is not always comfortable or comforting. God is...
00744 – Worship: Expressing to God Our Faith & Devotion
Is not formal worship, some ask, an irrelevant waste of time? Perhaps it can be so construed. For candles and flowers are as irrelevant as the song of birds, hymn and chant are as non-utilitarian as a lover’s kiss, prayers and litanies are just words—cheap as...
00743 – Worship is Not Just Singing Songs
Worshiping is not just singing the songs from a hymnal or overhead projector. It is letting those words flow from your heart to His. This is the worship that will usher you into the courts of the Most High. from Inside the Fire: Giving Today’s Youth Something Real to...
00742 – Worship or Entertainment?
Is there no real difference between worship and entertainment? I believe there is a world of difference, even though I have some inkling as to why today’s culture has confused the two… ENTERTAINMENT typically results from the WORK OF OTHERS, for my interest, pleasure,...
00739 – Worship is Prompted by God
Worship is a dialogue, but the initial call comes from God who begins the conversation. from Dynamics of Worship: Foundations and Uses of Liturgy
00738 – Worship and God’s People
Worship, embracing both adoration and action, is nothing but the outworking of God-centeredness in the individual and corporate life of God’s people. from Worship: Adoration and Action
00737 – Worship and Adoration
To worship is to quicken the conscience of the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God. All this is gathered up in that...