Stepping Out With God - Pasir Panjang Church of Christ Singapore

A More Inspiring Worship
Begins with Me
I am so glad that brother Truitt Adair, president of SIBI has come and helped
us deal squarely and Biblically with one of our weakest areas - inspiring
worship. Although we understood that the score is not terribly low (2 percent
below regional average), the congregation was quick to rededicate, and our
leaders have already started taking active steps. You will be reminded and
be exhorted more frequently that a more inspiring worship begins with you.
There is a limit to what the men to serve can do. In fact, the early church did
not even have a men to serve roster. When they assembled together, each
one came with a blessing - a song, word of exhortation etc. So it is important,
if we are to worship God in spirit and in truth, like the early Christians, we
should also come seeking to bless, instead of receive.
Many have the mistaken conception that worship is a time to receive all kinds
of blessings from God. So instead of coming to worship God, they come
seeking the gifts rather than the Giver. As a result, we hear things like, “I do
not get much from the worship”uttered instead of the admission, “I did not
contribute anything to the worship”. No wonder we go away criticising the
songleader, complaining about the sermon and even leaving before God has
dismissed us from His presence!
In closing, I want to apologise for the mistake I made in taking your children
from you at worship in the past. In order to keep the children quiet at
worship, we organized Bible classes and children’s hour at the same time.
These children are now teens and youth; they sit together away from their
parents, and often are found talking, texting on their mobiles and even
playing games at worship. While improvements are seen, families must sit
together at the worship assembly so that children may learn how to behave
from an early age in the house of God (I Timothy 3:15).
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