If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Saturday, September 17, 2005

Prayer as Worship

Guys and gals, it would be fantastic if you could offer up a prayer or two for me, and for my church.

I'm rostered on as worship leader tomorrow, and I've felt very strongly that we should have a big emphasis on prayer during the service - to the detriment of the musical praise session.

(Note: We're 'replacing' the songs with spoken Psalms)

I'm feeling a bit iffy (but with a certain 'this is what we should do' feeling regardless), and hubby's a bit unsure but supportive as well. I'm not a 'shake things up for the heck of it' type in church, and I never did like the long prayer time in church as a kid. Not to mention, I love the singing. So here's me, and that's my comfort zone way over there! ----->

So... I guess what I want you guys to pray for is that God will work through this and touch some hearts. Mine too, I don't want to get into the 'worship leader is perfect' mindset.

posted by Naomi at 18:33

1 Comments:

Blogger Chris H said...

I'll be praying for you.

Also a word of encouragement... I decided once to have a "prayer meeting" instead of the Sunday morning meeting and it was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had. It was the first time I though, "I'm so luck to get to do this kind of thing".

I hope it goes well tomorrow.

4:41 am

 

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