Sunday 25 July 2010

Prayer Sandwiches

Our worship recently has become a little.......how can I put this.....
Well what is happening is - we will sing one song then there will be a scripture and prayer then another song and so on and so on.........
Now i have 2 issues with this

1 - Worship should flow naturally and going through the above method does not give it time to flow and therefore there is no flow. Personally I feel stifled and unable to get into worship.
The problem with this is that worship is not just about the songs we sing our how many we sing its about the state of our hearts and our lives. so I know I have to deal with it!!!!

James 5:13 (New International Version)

13Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise

2 - The Bible CLEARLY tells us to obey our leaders. If you believe that your leader is truly anointed by God ( And I do!) then you have to believe that when he/ they make changes then they are doing what they believe God is telling them - So I have to Trust.
In my experience the first people to admit a mistake are our Leaders so until then I will have to trust that this is from God and I will have to figure out what God is trying to Teach Me / Us!

Hebrews 13:17 (New International Version)

17Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Sometimes I dont agree with what we are asked to do but will do it anyway, that's part of belonging to the Body of Christ!!

Well I know that everything is in Gods Hands so over to you Lord!

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