This is Paul’s big picture of worship: YOU as a priest in this world, as a mediator reflecting God into this world; doing the work of making-things-new; standing in the gap for those who need you to; being salt and light.
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Because our priorities are our worship, make worship your priority. Be ruthless to keep worship of Jesus as your protos; your first, prominent and highest priority – and everything else will take its rightful place.
Joy isn’t the absence of pain, but the presence of hope amidst it.
Let all that I am praise the Lord;
may I never forget the good things he does for me.
Collective worship is a space to surrender our lives afresh and true worship is always an act of vulnerability. It leaves us asking, “Did it cost me something?”
“Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.”
Worship is not about a place, but our posture: the Father is looking for those who are looking back at Him.
When we begin to glimpse the reality of God, the natural reaction is to worship him. Not to have that reaction is a fairly sure sign that we haven’t yet really understood who he is or what he’s done.