Worship Together Blog

Here's a link to a blog I follow.  You'll recognize some of the contributors - others, maybe not but it's good stuff none the less:

Worship Together Blog

Seeking

Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

What am I seeking? What are you seeking, even as you read this? Seeking is big business in churches these days – ‘seeker-friendly’, or ‘seeker-sensitive’ are terms that get tossed around a lot. Jesus was clear about what we are to seek – the Kingdom of God. His entire message was about Kingdom – the Gospel of the Kingdom, if you will (or even if you won’t - it’s a fact).

Jesus also said in Matthew 7:

7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds...

Jesus was talking about the Kingdom … but I think it works both ways. Given our freedom of choice we can choose to seek other things. Seek the things of the flesh and you’ll find them. Seek the approval of man and you’ll get it, but at what cost?

You find what you look for … if you’re looking for someone to tell you it’s ok to live with someone out of marriage – and I mean marriage by biblical definition – you’ll find them. If you’re looking for someone to tell you it’s ok to wallow in a lifestyle of flesh-filled lusts and that there’ll be plenty of time later to get right with Jesus, you’ll certainly find them. If, however, you’re looking for the truth … start looking at the first sentence in the blog. God will never steer you wrong.

Ruth Fazal - violinist, songwriter, worship leader

Instrumental worship by Ruth:




A song featuring Ruth with Kimberly and Alberto Rivera

God doesn’t need our worship.

He doesn't ...


He's quite comfortable as sovereign Lord, and He really doesn't NEED us to constantly tell him how great and wonderful He is ... even if he is, and He IS both of those things and more.

Then, why do we worship?

Worship is a cross-cultural phenomenon. Everybody worships something, every culture has some form of worship. It is inherent in our DNA as humans to worship. God has created that need in all of us, universally. Our choice of what to worship is what interests God, I think.

We can choose that which we worship. We can choose money, sports figures, film stars, cars, boats,... you can even worship worship... BUT ... there is only One who is really WORTHY. And He is quite comfortable with that. He tells us clearly "I am the Lord your God ... you will have no other gods before me." But that's not for His benefit, it's for ours. He doesn't tell us to worship Him because He needs it. He commands us to worship Him because He knows WE need to... and He knows, because He designed us that way. It's part of the plan.

I see people screaming at football games and standing silently during worship. I see lines outside of movie theaters, bars, restaurants, art exhibits ... but it's been a LONG time since I saw standing room only in a worship service.

I think we have some choices to make... and just for the record, there were no chairs in Moses' or David's tabernacle. SRO, 24/7.

Eddie James - "Jesus Said It"

What an awesome man of God, and crazy good worship song - " Jesus Said It" , Eddie James and Ultimate Call: