Clapping?

When I grew up, there was absolutely no clapping in church, but I've "come a long way, baby." Now I enjoy music that gets feet tapping. In fact, the church I attend, gets "into it." How about you? Do you clap to the beat?


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See you tomorrow for Blue Monday!

Favorite Worship Song

Yesterday, I wrote about worship and was asked to share my all-time favorite worship song. It is: "It Is Well With My Soul" sung here by Wintley Phipps


AND, my all-time favorite verse of that song is verse three:

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

What is your favorite worship song?

What is Worship?

I use Open Windows for my daily devotions. Each day has a Bible verse, a short real life application, and a sentence prayer. Because it's brief, I find it a convenient tool and have used it for many years. The contributors are various pastors, professors, and individual people from all walks of life.

This past Friday, Marvin Nail discussed worship. "Worship designed to stir our excitement and make us feel good seems to miss the point. Instead, worship should fill us with awe that God permits us to come into His presence," I like that!

My all-time favorite definition for worship follows:

To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God. All this is gathered up in that emotion which most cleanses us from selfishness because it is the most selfless of all emotions--adoration. William Temple

How would you define worship?

Tomorrow as requested, my all-time favorite worship song.