What does it mean to be \u201ccalled to worship?\u201d Following a week to be forgotten, a pastor stepped to the pulpit at the beginning of the Sunday worship service and proclaimed, \u201cI\u2019ve had a terrible week and I don\u2019t feel like calling you to worship, so why don\u2019t you call yourselves to worship.\u201d After a stunned silence, someone shared a passage of Scripture, another prayed. Finally someone began singing a familiar song. Others joined in. Eventually, they were worshipping. Are you called to worship because someone with authority announces it; or because you enter a place of worship; or because it is the appointed time for worship? What constitutes a \u201ccall to worship\u201d? Jesus told a well-side woman, \u201cThe hour is coming . . . when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him\u201d (John 4:23). Bottom line: the Lord is calling to worship, those who sincerely desire to worship the Father with integrity. Times, places and methods are secondary.<\/p>\n
Join me this week in interceding for the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for K\u2019s Caf\u00e9, a new church start in Tokyo.
\n\u2022 Pray for the first baptisms of a new church plant, Ion Community Church, in Vancouver, Canada.
\n\u2022 Pray for the Wednesday \u201cConcerts of Prayer\u201d at the Capital City Baptist Church in Mexico City.
\n\u2022 Pray for those who are ministering to flood victims in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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