Sunday early service was great. People worshiped and I shared the message I intended. In the second service it was a completely different story. It was like everyone was asleep and drugged. It seemed there was a real hindrance.
I changed the sermon when I began to speak in the second service. The message I had ready was very detailed and required a lot of thinking. The second service was in need of something different. The audio of the message in the second service may be terrible, I spoke without out notes and had to use a hand held microphone.
I still think that God did some great things in the hearts of people. We had a lot of new people at church on Sunday. Perhaps the presence of a lot of new people and the absence of a lot of sick folks who regularly attend changed the dynamic of the second service.
Whatever the reason, it is our privilege to come together each week and worship God. It is our responsibility before him to give him our very best! Remember that God did not accept Cain's sacrifice in Genesis 4. Able on the other hand had a very pleasing sacrifice to God. Let's all work together to make our worship to God pleasing to him. If we do we will reap the benefits! If you want a great church, then be a great worshiper. It is more clear than ever (now that we have two services that are exactly the same except for audience) that the power to move the heart of God is not in the worship leader alone. The power to move God's heart is in his people's response to him. The power is in your hands.
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I have always been of the opinion that the Worship Leader (or Lead Worshiper) is not the one with the microphone, but the Holy Spirit. It is not man that we should be responding to, but the moving of the Holy Spirit. Regardless of who has the microphone or is behind the pulpit, as those faces may change, the Holy Spirit will always be the one constant.
I always go back to the Gospel story where Jesus is speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well. He told her of a day when all would come together to worship in spirit and in truth (John 4:23). He said these are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. Let’s be the kind of worshipers that our Father seeks. I don’t want to bring something that is old and has become smelly, stale, and moldy. I want to bring a “sweet aroma of worship”, my very best! He has never held back His love for us, so why would we hold back our love for Him?
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