Worship

<p>Good morning, Five Minute Families. Let’s talk about worship. Worship is not simply singing on a Sunday morning. Worship isn’t just listening to the gospel station throughout the week. Worship isn’t merely an act or ceremony of reverence. Worship does not only involve songs or singing. We worship in every choice we make. We worship in every act we participate in. </p><p>As Christ-followers, worship is about sustaining our relationship with God - through songs, yes, but also through prayers, Bible study, tithing, giving, serving, and more. Most churches do, however, have a formal, congregational worship time in which we sing songs, lift our hands in praise, bow our heads in prayer, and sync our hearts to the God of the universe. </p><p>In each church we have been a part of through the years, there is always at least one person who worships with emotional and physical abandon. Now, obviously, there are always ones doing it for show, but the ones whose hearts are captured, who are turning their minds, bodies, and souls to focus on their Lord, those ones are difficult to look away from. Sometimes, they make us smile - not laughing at them but being enveloped in their joy. Sometimes, they make us cry - not in sadness but in the raw response of clear emotions and thoughts that flow from them. </p><p>So, let me ask you, during that formal worship section of the church service, are you actually worshipping or are you worrying?</p><p>Worrying about who sees you check your phone messages during the service</p><p>Worrying about whether your makeup and hair are in style enough</p><p>Worrying about who can tell what sin you committed last night</p><p>Worrying about whether the sermon will get done in time so that you can get x, y, or z accomplished today</p><p>Worrying about how your child’s behavior may embarrass you</p><p>What do we as five-minute parents need to demonstrate for our children so that these worries do not supersede the heart of our family or congregational worship times?</p><p>We need to demonstrate that t