Words on Worship

Sociologists tell us, that because of social networks, email, work environments and numerous other outlets, that each one of us will have a direct influence into the lives of at least 10,000 people over our lifetime.  That's a lot of influence!  The question is…what kind of influence will it be.  Leadership is influence.  Like it or not, all of us are leaders to a certain degree.  Look around you…someone is in your direct line of influence. You are a leader of someone.  Are you their worship leader as well?  Of course, I don't mean you can you sing and play guitar!  I mean…are you showing them an example of...

So many times after I have led worship somewhere, people will say to me on the way out something like "That was good worship, today." Of course, many times that simply means "Hey, I like those songs."  And therefore, bad worship would mean they don't like the songs. But remember, true worship is really not about a song at all. True worship is a lifestyle that honors God in all things.  True worship is not about a where or a when…but rather it is about Who and how! Jesus answered this issue with the Samaritan woman at the well. And through a...

Do you go to church with people you don't like?  Or maybe you have to work next to someone you really don't care for?  What if your neighbor is the last person on earth you would actually hang out with?  How do you worship the Lord around people like this?  Worship begins with humility and servitude.  Jesus lived each and every day with this spirit of love.  So, the least we can do as worshipers of Him is strive to do the same thing.  This is what it means to have the "mind of Christ."  Remember, just about 80% of life is about having the right attitude.  Ask...

In John chapter 4, as Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, he revealed to her that the location of our worship is not near as important as the heart of our worship.  At the heart of our worship lies two important elements: spirit and truth. To worship in spirit means we worship God from the depths of our souls.  It's not about a place or an object.  God is spirit; His Holy Spirit dwells within us, and so our worship must come from our spirit as well.  Worship is beyond the physical realm. Worship is a spiritual matter.  But worship is also...

In John 4, Jesus encounters the Samaritan woman at the well.  He is tired.  It's been a long journey, and He is passing through Samaria on His way back to Galilee.  He sits down at Jacob's well and asks this woman for a drink. Thus begins the conversation that eventually leads to her becoming a follower of Christ.  It is interesting that when Jesus begins to confront her in love about her lifestyle of sin that she changes the subject entirely.  Isn't that just like us? About the time we allow Christ to really get to the heart of the matter, we divert to some...