Love Archives - How Can We Not Worship Him?

We can learn the heart and posture of true, intimate worship from Mary Magdalene, in Luke 28:9, when she and her friends went to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus. Her first response to seeing her Lord was to fall to her knees, grab His feet… and WORSHIP Him! She really knew from experience, that worship was loving Jesus back. We must ask ourselves, does this describe our worship? And if not, what heart changes must we make?

Oh, Jesus, we are deeply touched by Mary’s example of a heart overflowing with awe and adoration of You. So much so, that we want what she demonstrated – a heart enraptured with passionate love of the Lover of her soul. Change us, touch our heart—give us a heart like Mary’s—a heart overwhelmed with rapturous love that causes us to fall on our knees and offer unbridled worship to You, Jesus. Oh, how we love you.

What is Worship?

What do you think of when you hear the word worship, or are asked “Where do you worship?” What comes to your mind? Do you think of a church service with three songs before a preacher’s message? Or does the thought, What a waste of time or boring come to mind?

Or do you get all excited about the opportunity to lift up your voice singing songs of praise and adoration to our great and awesome King? Do you think of being consumed with bowing down in worshiping our Savior, our Deliverer, our Healer, the Lover of our soul? Of being captured and embraced by His never-ending love? Do you hope and pray the worship time will last for hours so you can go even deeper in experiencing more of His presence with awestruck wonder?

Lord, we do not want to miss out on experiencing more of You—and experiencing the indescribable, overwhelming joy of expressing our deep love to You through worship. Oh, how we love You! So we ask You, Jesus, to draw us nearer to You and give us a heart to passionately worship You. Amen