Comments on: daily worshipper

By: Kathi Waddle

Kathi Waddle — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:25:03 +0000

I grew up in a Nazarene church which is a tad reserved (it was when I was a part of it, not sure now since I switched to Southern Baptist back in grad school – yep go to school at a Baptist College and it’s all downhill from there lol). I remember being reserved in my worship for so many years, being afraid to lift my hands because what would others think. But you know since I have grown up in my walk with the Lord it’s like who cares. When the Spirit moves I am going to respond. I think we all need to just tear down the walls open our hears and when the Spirit moves respond in kind. Not saying people need to be all Pentecostal and go do back flips down the aisle lol (although my old pastor Dr. Mac Brunson would have loved it if people would have done that). And for me when I hear a song in the car and I am moved I respond in kind.

And I am becoming friends with the son of one of my students from last semester. He is coming from a church that is very reserved and is now going to church with me and I can’t wait to see what God starts doing in his life. My prayer for him is that God will open up doors in his heart this year and draw him closer to Him and just do some awesome things. Break out of the shell and step out of the box for 2010. I bought him a Chris Tomlin cd and can’t wait to see how he likes it

By: matt

matt — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:59:14 +0000

great joel. i agree with you completely. the posture of our heart is the deciding factor on if what we are doing is worship.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:34:36 +0000

Doesn’t it always boil down to motivation? I think the passage Nelson mentions is about the intentions of the 2 people praying. I don’t think the tax collector’s prayer is MORE pleasing to God solely on the basis that he was alone, instead the attitude of his heart while praying. For the religious leader, he was praying in public precisely to be seen. But then you have Luke 19:37-40, where the religious leaders tell Jesus to quiet his disciples. If we remain quiet, the rocks will cry out instead.
To answer the question, no. It is not part of my personality to do something like that (especially to pre-plan a video recording of it). Our worship should be our lives, as someone already said.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:44 +0000

interesting. so nelson what do you think constitutes worship?

By: matt

matt — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:10 +0000

yes she is. i just changed it to “mom.” i guess i felt a little weird commenting to my mom. ha. thanks for calling me out!

By: Nelson Costa

Nelson Costa — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:30:08 +0000

No, it’s not ok! What Jesus said about the people who pray(I add worship) in public?

By: mpt

mpt — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:29:13 +0000

Good post.

Isn’t Patsy your mom?

By: matt

matt — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:48:09 +0000

i agree mom. good point, although i would say “when our worship is about pleasing people, then we AREN’T pleasing to God,” rather than “may not be.”

By: matt

matt — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:46:21 +0000

i agree carole. i think serving is just as much about worship than anything else.

By: Carole Turner

Carole Turner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:43:39 +0000

I am actually on a worship team at church but I don’t consider singing and raising my hands or anything like that really “worship” in it’s entirety. I think that serving the needy, feeding the hungry, Matthew 25 stuff like that, to me is all worship to God. I feel this way because I have been brought to tearful worship of God during these things as much as during a song. Don’t get me wrong, I love to sing to God.