Worshipers gather to perform actions. The biblical language of worship has people doing things before God (“offering” [Ps. 4:5]; “prostrating” [Is. 49:7]; “confessing”|Ps. 32:5]; “kneeling”[Ps. 95:6]; “singing”[Ps. 95:1]; bringing “gifts” in their hands [Exod. 34:20]). In addition to this, worship is evaluated not according to the affect it might have on worshipers, but whether it is “acceptable” to God or not (Gen. 4:3-7; Exod. 32; Is. 1; Rom. 12:1-2; 14:17-18; Heb. 12:28-29; 13:16).
