Today’s Quote – Worship (Boice)

James Boice, “Whatever Happened to God?”: To worship God is to ascribe to him supreme worth, for he alone is supremely worthy. Therefore, the first thing to be said about worship is that it is to honor God. Worship also has bearing on the worshiper. It changes him or her, which is the second important […]

Today’s Quote – Worship (Giglio)

Louie Giglio, The Air I Breathe: Worship as a Way of Life: Worship is our response to what we value most.… As a result, worship fuels our actions, becoming the driving force of all we do.… Some of us attend the church on the corner, professing to worship the living God above all. Others, who […]

What to do when happily married

“What do you do when you are happily married?” The question isn’t “how do you become happily married?” but “since you are happily married, what should you do?” Why, prepare for a divorce, of course. At least that is the logic of Ellen Tien, in her essay “She’s happily married, dreaming of divorce.” [The original […]

Getting ready for Sunday???

What are your expectations for this Sunday morning? Have you begun to prepare your heart to worship the Living God along with your brothers and sisters in Christ? Do you long to sing in unified tones to exalt the risen Christ? Have you prepared through prayer and confession to pray as one voice and one […]

Worship and Transformation

Tim Keller on the role of worship in transformation: A Christian, if you looked into the Mirror of Erised [Desire] you would see yourself perfectly enjoying God and if you could have one perfect act of worship in which you perfectly valued Him, in which you perfectly enjoyed Him, if you completely enjoyed Him as […]

The priority of corporate worship

Reflecting on Revelation 4-5 as a means of instructing the church about the nature of worship, Art Azurdia in his sermon “Bible Ministry” (Part 1) says this: “In heaven, worship is undeniably corporate in essence. In fact, of all the worship scenes in heaven recorded for us in the Revelation, can you think of one, […]

Preparing for worship

A few days ago, Oswald Chambers wrote the following in My Utmost for His Highest. It is a fitting reminder and call as we prepare for worship on Sunday. Have I allowed the Spirit of God freedom to examine my heart so that my fellowship with Christ might be true and that the Lord would […]

Preparing for Passion Week Worship

A simple thing to do to prepare your mind and heart for worship during the Passion week is to read the gospel accounts of the story on a daily basis. Event by event, word by word, confrontation by confrontation, day by day, you will be presented with the essential character and purpose of Christ. The […]

Preparation for Sunday

Preparation for corporate worship is a key component to worshipping in a God-glorifying manner. To that end, I like to say, “Sunday worship begins on Saturday.” That is, the things I do on Saturday will produce either the fruit of worship or the lack of it on Sunday. So on Saturday (and actually throughout the […]