Philosophy of Worship

• I believe that God is actively searching for worshippers who will worship Him from their hearts and with abandon.
  
  
• I believe that true worship brings us to a point of fresh surrender and submission to the Lord’s will. True worshippers will exhibit the character of Christ in an ever-maturing way, realizing that they are continually being transformed into His image.
  
  
• The more I focus my gaze upon the Lord, the more I avail myself to His hand, then the more He works His fruit into my life. I find myself becoming more gentle, more patient, more loving, more willing to overlook the faults of others, and so on.
  
  
• I believe that the act of worship cannot be observed, though you can see the result of worship. It is not in the lifting of hands, the exuberance of emotion, or the stillness of propriety that worship is observed, because worship is a matter of the heart. We can only see the residue or bi-product of worship, and that is the ever-emerging character of Jesus in a person’s life. Show me a congregation that is struggling with the self-life, one that is encumbered with worldly cares, one that is battling and devouring each other, and I will show you a congregation that is not truly worshipping. Show me a congregation that is marked by an appetite for God’s presence, a thirst for the things of God’s kingdom, one that walks in transparency, genuineness, and humility toward each other, one with a compassionate heart for the lost and downtrodden, a desire to reach those around them for the Lord, and I will show you a congregation that truly worships, for you become like whatever you worship. True worship brings a manifestation of God’s presence in the life of a believer.
  

• Every believer is called to minister to the Lord first and foremost. Worship is the only eternal ministry on this side of heaven. As important as evangelism is, one day we will no longer need to evangelize. As vital a ministry as intercession is, one day we will no longer need to stand in the gap. However, the people of God will forever be worshipping the Lord. Everything that God has called His people to do must flow from a fresh heart of worship. Otherwise, the heart of God’s Bride is easily led astray, regardless of how seemingly right her motives appear to be.
  

• Every single thing in a believer’s life is to be taken to the Cross, until He is our greatest desire, and our very life. The aim of a christian/worshipper (they should be the same thing) is to know Jesus, to spend time with Him, to sit at His feet, to listen to His voice, to live his life in a constant state of abiding and resting in Him. The result will be Christ likeness…for people become like whatever they worship. A worshipper will cling to Jesus alone and will pursue Him in deliberate and careful study of God’s Word. In turn, he will disciple others to the person of Jesus and a passionate relationship with Him. This is the natural outflow of his love relationship with the Master.
  

• I believe that those who are called to minister to the Lord and to His Body through the Arts, on an instrument, with their voice, or through the writing, composing, and arranging of music are called to hone their skills through training and practice, to give the Lord their best, to become excellent in what they offer to the Lord. The more time they spend before the Lord on their instrument and in prayer, the more sensitive to His leading that they will become.
  

• I believe that music is a spiritual force that can either draw people to the Lord or away from Him. It is used quite successfully in the worldly medium and by the enemy of our souls to capture and ensnare mankind. God captures our hearts through His love, and, in the same manner, transforms us. It is only as people learn to respond to God’s love that their motivation for spiritual, heartfelt service will be correct. I believe that God is pursuing people who will yield to Him their very lives. He will use these precious people to draw the saved and the yet-to-be-saved closer to Himself.
  May the Lord keep us in a place of absolute dependence and childlike trust upon Him, for, truly, apart from Him we can do nothing.

Dear Father,
I come before You today confessing that I am desperate for You.
I am absolutely dependent upon You and cling to You as my very life.
Father, would You so work the fragrance of Your presence into my life that every person that I encounter today would sense You in me.

Reveal the goodness and kindness of Your heart through me today, Lord.
And I’ll be careful to give You all of the praise and all of the glory.
In Jesus’ all-powerful Name, Amen.

For Reflection
Psalm 37:4 – delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires you should have.

John 4: 20-26 – this is Jesus’ longest discourse on the subject of worship.

2 Corinthians 3:18 – we are changed as we gaze upon God’s glory with an honest heart.

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