by Julie Reynolds

Created on: August 30, 2010   Last Updated: September 17, 2010

For a long time I was feeling parched during the worship service.  So much so that I had considered going to a new church.  I felt that in order to move in my heart, God had to be moving in the hearts of everyone in the congregation at the same time.  This is what I learned from God about getting more out of the worship service on Sunday morning.

I learned that it's not important what is going on in other peoples hearts during worship, and I need to stop paying attention to see if the Lord is moving in other peoples hearts before I open up and let Him move in my heart. I need to just open up and let Him move regardless. If I want to raise my hands during worship, that is between me and Him. He is the object of my Worship, not the other people in the congregation. Here is an excerpt of a post I made on a friend's  blog. I thought I would share what, specifically, God told me I needed to do.

For a while I was toying with the idea of switching churches. The worship wasn't doing anything for me, and I was disillusioned because yet another pastor was leaving us. I prayed about it, and this is what the Lord told me. I was to stop sitting up in the balcony where I'm hidden from everyone, and everyone was pretty much hidden from me. I was to stop worrying about what was going on with everyone else, and I was to sing my praise to Him, and worship Him. If I felt the Spirit move in me, I was not to hide it, but to raise my hands in worship, and let it show etc... I've done this for the last two Sundays, and I no longer have that pull to look for another church. I think that God has me at this church for a reason, so this is where I am. Worship is what you make it.

I've been doing what the Lord asked of me, and after three Sundays, I'm experiencing a new zest to my worship. I'm truly Worshiping Him when I worship, and I don't pay as much attention to those around me. God is Good...

This is how The Lord showed me how he wanted me to get more out of worship, and because I've obeyed, I'm getting much more out of worship that I ever would have.  I think the most important thing is to prepare for worship before you even leave you house on Sunday morning. 

If you are finding that your worship service doesn't seem very exciting, and you need a change, maybe the change shouldn't be in going to another church, but in changing the way you do things on Sunday mornings.  I don't know if the same changes would be the same that you would need to make, but just do a self assessment and then go to God with what he wants you to do to change the way you do things so that worship will be what you, and the Lord want and need.  That's what I did, and he answered.

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