Many of us were also worshipping & praying at home alone. During these solitary times we were no
Many of us were also worshipping & praying at home alone. During these solitary times we were not necessarily singing, but we were bowing down, kneeling, lifting hands & praying spontaneously in the Spirit – sometimes with spoken prayers, sometimes with non-verbalized prayers & even prayers without words at all. We noticed that as our individual worship & prayer life deepened–when we came together there was a greater hunger toward God. So we learned that what happens when we are alone with the Lord determines how intimate & deep the worship will be when we come together.About that time we realised our worship blessed God, that it was for God alone & not just a vehicle of preparation for the pastor’s sermon. This was an exciting revelation. After leaning about the central place of worship in our meetings, there were many instances in which all we did was worship & pray to God for an hour or two.At this time we also discovered that singing was not the only way to worship God. Because the word worship means literally to bow down, it is important that our bodies are involved in what our spirits are saying. In Scripture this is accomplished through bowing heads, lifting hands, kneeling & even lying prostrate before God. A result of our worshipping & blessing God is being blessed by Him. We don’t worship God in order to get blessed, but we are blessed as we worship Him. He visits His people with manifestations of the Holy Spirit.Thus worship has a two-fold aspect— communication with God through the basic means of singing & praying — & communication from God through teaching & preaching the word, prophecy, exhortation.We lift Him up & exalt Him—& as a result are drawn into His presence where He speaks to us.–Carol Wimber#weliftHimupandexaltHim #wearedrawnintoHispresence#whereHespeakstous # # ##vineyardfullerton -- source link
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