I've been thankful for this time to focus on some powerful worship music, that in turn informs my worship each day. This is the last day of A Week of Worship and I can say it's awoken in me the desire to be more purposeful in my worship. I have worshipped each morning while I run, and hope to continue this. I also chose to include six songs this morning, so I hope you don't mind, but rather enjoy more worship to feed your soul today. Let's get to the music!
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Day Six of A Week of Worship has some songs that make me want to hit my knees in worship. The enormity of God's creation, His purposes for us in Christ, and how dramatically the Lord changed history by rising again. He conquered death! When I lose sight of that, Lord rebuke me and return to me my sense of wonder!
On this fifth day of A Week of Worship, my focus is pointing in closer, like a laser. In John 4:24, Jesus tells us that God is spirit, and we who follow Him must worship Him in spirit and truth. Truth is not incidental to the life of the Christ follower. Without the truth, our worship may be sincere and heartfelt (as I believe it was for the prophets of Baal and Asherah in 1 Kings 18), but we ultimately worship to no effect, because we worship a lie. This is Day Four of A Week of Worship, Wednesday. At the risk of sounding foolish, we've come to that day that is unaffectionately referred to as "hump day." On a day when many find themselves starting to rush toward the weekend and consider themselves heroic to have made it this far, might I suggest we take a different tack on the Wednesday? What if these songs helped us bring a little more hope to (perhaps) the dreariest of weekdays? So this morning after walking with my wife I realized that I hadn't put this to post immediately at 7:30am. Though I can't foresee the person who's wanting to get into this post before they start the day, I also know that I don't do this for the approval of people but for my own worship of the Lord because HE is WORTHY! And this is a banner day! Not only is it a day that the Lord has made, but God is still God and infinitely good to us. May today's music lead you into an entire day of worship, no matter your circumstances or serious conversations! I'm setting this to post at 7:30am so that, if you're inclined, you can start your day with some worship. I hope this is an encouragement to worship throughout your day, in the many ways God gives us.
What ways do you find to worship throughout the day? Leave a comment below and join the discussion! My church, Bay Area Christian, is going through the Believe book, and I am really enjoying it. This past Sunday was about worship, and our small group went over the study guide material on worship. Our focus was on how everything we do should be an act of worship, but it was the focus on songs of worship that arrested my attention.
What would happen if our ship of state was being navigated by fools? Let's say they didn't know much about a government's inner workings, how to lead people of diverse backgrounds and skill sets, or how to navigate the dangers of conflict resolution. Would you call them a fool? What about a captain of an actual ship not understanding the intricacies of maritime navigation who doesn't particularly work well with others? Would you call them a fool? What about those who put them in those positions? Who is a fool?
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