Part of Marva Dawn’s introduction to worship.
Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our church to be seen as successful. Rather, the entire reason for our worship is that God deserves it. Moreover, it isn’t even useful for earning points with God, for what we do in worship won’t change one whit how God feels about us.
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The churches’ worship provides opportunities for us to enjoy God’s presence in corporate ways that takes us out of time and into the eternal purposes of God’s kingdom. As a result, we shall be changed — but not because of anything we do. God, on whom we are centered and to whom we submit, will transform us by his Revelation of himself.
Marva Dawn, A Royal Waste Of Time, Eerdmans, 1999, pg 1-2.
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