“The vitality and genuineness of corporate worship is to a large degree dependent upon the vitality of our individual private worship. If we aren’t spending time daily worshiping God, we’re not apt to contribute to the corporate experience of worship. If we aren’t worshiping God during the week, how can we expect to genuinely participate in it on Sunday morning?” (pp. 239-240 The Joy of Fearing God Jerry Bridges)
If You Don’t Worship on Monday, You Most Certainly Will Not Worship on Sunday Thursday, Oct 30 2008
Quotes and worship Quotes, worship 8:43 am
October 30, 2008 at 4:41 pm |
Perhaps one’s lack of worship during the week could be as a result of the failure to walk with God with a pure heart. As I examine worship in the Bible I notice especially in the interactions of the needy with Christ that their sins were forgiven then they worshiped. Perhaps the process would look something like: forgiveness of sins (a renewed fellowship w/ God), thanksgiving, worship then obedience to service. Look at the Samaritan leper in Luke 17 who returned to glorify Christ and he was made whole. We only see part of this process illustrated in this example, but indeed we find forgiveness of sins, thanksgiving, then worship! What our Sunday morning Christians need is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (etc…) forgiveness, thanksgiving, worship and obedience.