A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Proverbs 25:28
How quickly Hurricane Katrina and the resulting floods were able to push people to their breaking points.
I'm leading worship this morning at Grace Bible and sitting here trying to prepare my mind, heart, and sinuses (I've had a cold). It is amazing that the Lord allows me to serve in this way–singing and playing in front of a few hundred people. I'm not a super vocalist and singing while playing makes it that much more challenging. Not only that, this morning I'm the only vocalist and only leading instrument. No piano today: just guitar, drums, and bass.
Whenever I lead there's always a sense of "Okay, Lord, I'm going to do my best here, so You know that leaves a lot of room for You to fill-in like only You can do." There's a dependency: not only that He'll take care of the technical details (vocals, music, slides, sound, compressor that failed last week but is hopefully working again this week), but that His spirit can work in the lives of those worshipping. Point of reference is a Jesus' conversation with the Samaritan woman:
"23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." John 4:23-24 ESV
My prayer this morning this that people would worship in spirit.
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