It’s not every time when you climb a high mountain that you get a good clear view. There are times when the clouds descend and the rain pours and you can’t see much beyond your nose.
So, it is with our experience of worship. Sometimes there are factors that are beyond our control and we find it hard to concentrate and enter into a spirit of worship. But what are the factors within our control that can enhance the experience of worship?
This Sunday we’re commencing a new series on ‘Rediscovering Worship’. We’re asking questions like ‘What is worship?’ ‘Why do we worship?’ and ‘What are the essential elements of a time of corporate worship?’
One church had a simple sign out the front that read like this: “Box Hill Baptist Church. Founded 1901. Where People Meet God.” That’s a good definition and a fine hope. A service of worship should be the occasion for an encounter with God—a time when the holy One breaks out of the sphere of mystery, touches the lives of human beings and readies us for service in the world. To be the means of such a miracle is the highest hope and the deepest purpose of worship.
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