Our worship leading choir has committed this year to praying, preparing musically and spiritually with a passion for the presence of God in our worship as a church. If we don't pray expecting His presence who will? If we don't prepare in our own private worship time during the week, who will? And if we don't pursue God with passion, who will?
Every believer in the body is a worship leader for others in the way they participate in worship. In fact in Psalm 40 we find that even the unbelievers are watching to see us "sing unto the Lord a new song", with the result of "many fearing and trusting in the Lord."
We don't gather for a "religious service"; that would be the religion Pastor Steve talked about this Lord's Day. No, we gather as the body to engage a living Lord worthy of our worship.
George Barna found in studies that less than one out of five churches rated worship to be a top priority, and that most of those in attendance did not experience the presence of God. We are not about playing big church. The essence of worship is engaging the presence of God. Psalm 100:2 is saying to us, "Worship the Lord with joy or gladness, sing yourself into His presence. " I Cor. 14:15 says, "I will pray in the spirit with understanding and I will sing in the spirit with understanding." May the Worship Leading Choir and the Worshippers (Congregation) both, pray, prepare, and gather in His presence weekly, igniting a passion for the presence of God.
mjm
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