Your First 120 Days In Church Revitalization And Renewal (Church Revitalization Leadership Library)

by Tom Cheyney

Worship is our first or foundational ministry. It is not our only ministry, but the one that all other spheres of ministry should be built upon. As one peruses Scripture, the constant thread of worship runs through the lives of those that were intimate with their God and used mightily by Him. The Psalmist declares: “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?”[25] A desire to know God and to meet with Him is the key to Spirit-filled worship of God. Without this desire to stand in His presence, worship becomes a fruitless experience. Throughout the church today we can see a fruitless style of worship - worship without expectation, worship without the manifest presence of God. The apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 2:9 that “Eye has not seen and ear has not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” Paul was speaking not only of our coming heavenly existence but also of our existence here and now!

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