I would like to bottle up what we shared last Sunday in our worship service and have a drink of it each week because it was a great worship experience. Why? Let me share a few observations...
1. We shared Communion. Someone said to me that Communion challenges us to be honest about our walk with God and opens us in a unique way to the Holy Spirit's gentle tug is His direction.
2. We sang loudly. There is something about opening our hearts ad voices unto the Lord and lifting our praises full voice to the heavens. There were a few moments Sunday when we actually did that together as a body!
3. We participated in the message. There were verbal "amen's" and other directed interactive expressions throughout the message that made it come alive in our reactions and responses.
4. We prayed together--some before church, many during church and some in small groups after church. There was a special awareness of God's divine presence.
5. We shared together. After church there were fellowship pockets all over the sanctuary, in addition to the refreshment area. People were conecting with one another in a loving way, not unlike that suggested by our text in Philippians 2:1-4.
It was the Word of God in action, our lives an outward expression of the inward affirmation of the truth of God's word.
Let's take another drink from that bottle as we come to church on Sunday and truly worship together once again.
I can't wait...can you?
1 comment:
Hi Pastor Dale! I just found your blog again! We just started one of our own. Anyway, I remember worship times like that at Cedar Ridge...good memories! Kerry
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