Why do we gather each week?
This question may appear to have an easy answer. We may quickly conclude that we gather to worship. While this is true, we want to be able to understand what that means and what that looks like. Certainly we are told in scripture that all of life is to be lived as an act of worship. Paul says in Romans 12:1 to, “present your bodies (all of who you are) as living sacrifices.” He describes this as an act of worship. So if all of life is worship, then why do we gather each week?
I believe that the purpose of corporate worship is . . .
In other words, we gather to reorient our lives around the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Over the next several weeks we want to unpack this purpose statement for our gatherings. We want to see how the Bible speaks one unified message of God’s desire to gather to Himself a people who will serve Him as a kingdom of worshipers. There truly is no greater call in life than this!
“Father, we pray that You will allow us to understand Your purposes for the church gathered and as we grow in our understanding may we have a deeper desire to be joined together regularly with Your people to declare Your praise. Amen.”
This question may appear to have an easy answer. We may quickly conclude that we gather to worship. While this is true, we want to be able to understand what that means and what that looks like. Certainly we are told in scripture that all of life is to be lived as an act of worship. Paul says in Romans 12:1 to, “present your bodies (all of who you are) as living sacrifices.” He describes this as an act of worship. So if all of life is worship, then why do we gather each week?
I believe that the purpose of corporate worship is . . .
"to remember what God has done to bring us into relationship with Himself through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, to celebrate the communion that is now possible with God, to give attention to His word and to recommit to living within the grace of this covenantal relationship with God and each other."
In other words, we gather to reorient our lives around the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Over the next several weeks we want to unpack this purpose statement for our gatherings. We want to see how the Bible speaks one unified message of God’s desire to gather to Himself a people who will serve Him as a kingdom of worshipers. There truly is no greater call in life than this!
“Father, we pray that You will allow us to understand Your purposes for the church gathered and as we grow in our understanding may we have a deeper desire to be joined together regularly with Your people to declare Your praise. Amen.”
Songs for Our Gathering this Week:
Strong to Save (F1/F2)
by Eddie Hoagland | Tyler Miller
Let God Arise (FSat/F3)
by Chris Tomlin | Ed Cash | Jesse Reeves
by Chris Tomlin | Ed Cash | Jesse Reeves
Grace Alone
by Dustin Kensrue
Your Glory
by Leslie Jordan
by Leslie Jordan
Man of Sorrows
by Matt Crocker | Brooke Ligertwood
by Matt Crocker | Brooke Ligertwood
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