Chapter 2-My Heart: What Do I Love?
The author explores the idea of idolatry and how it can hamper our worship. He says that the most important thing we bring on Sunday morning is our heart. Where are our hearts? He asks a series of questions (p 26) that will make you look deep inside your own heart. When I broke away from the "Sunday School answers," I started to see a disturbing pattern. Sometimes, the most important things in my life had nothing to do with God and everything to do with my own thoughts and desires. There was a whole lot of "me" and "my" and "I" in my answers. And, ashamedly, not nearly enough "God" in my answers.
Now, don't get me wrong. My answers are noble in the eyes of the world. But, God wants me to love Him more than my kids. He wants me to love Him more than my wife.
CRAZY THOUGHT-By putting God first, I can love my family more than I ever could by putting them first.
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Well, I've just read chapters 5 - 7 and have these comments. I have found plenty of nuggets of wisdom in the pages of these chapters. From chapter 5 I agree with his statement of "Leading worship starts with the way I live my life, not with what I do in public." How do we live our lives? Is it different Monday thru Saturday from Sunday? It shouldn't be. Worship is something we should do at all times. Again Bob says, "Everything we do should be governed by one goal - to see Jesus Christ praised, exalted, magnified, lifted up and obeyed." What exactly is "everything"? It's how we live and conduct ourselves in our daily lives. At home, at work, at school, in the marketplace, and in corporate worship. We are called to "set...an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. (1Tim4:12) We must exhibit true worship; in spirit and in truth. I am thankful that CrossWay has "worship leaders" of this calibre in Derek Grimes and Dean Newkirk who set the example for others to follow.
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