We kicked off our Wired for Worship series today. We try to organize all of our services around one Big Idea. Today’s big idea was: you can’t not worship.

I’ve found that I “feel” different messages in different ways. I preached from the pit of my soul this morning.

One observation.

I think of worship in two categories. Preperatory worship is pre-message worship. I think of it as tuning in God’s frequency. It gets us ready to hear the word. Responsive worship is post-message worship. It’s a way to give expression to what God has spoken to you.

Our typical order of service includes 3-4 preparatory worship songs and 1 responsive song. We mixed it up this morning because we wanted worship to be a response to the message. We choose songs that lyrically piggy-backed off of the message–Heart of Worship, I Will Not Forget You, and Blessed Be Your Name.

I ended up at our Ballston location this week. The responsive worship was some of the most intense Sunday AM worship we’ve exeperienced in a long time. It was hard to stop worshipping!

One thought.

I feel like one of Satan’s tricks is getting us to focus on what’s wrong with us instead of worshipping what’s right about God. It’s one of my worship mantras, but I feel like it’s so integral to this series: don’t let what’s wrong with you keep you from worshipping what’s right with God.