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    Revolve: A New Way to See Worship
    Revolve: A New Way to See Worship
    Revolve: A New Way to See Worship
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    Revolve: A New Way to See Worship

    By Nelson Searcy, Jason Hatley and Jennifer Dykes Henson

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    Worship in today's church takes place beneath the shroud of a dangerous and far-reaching myth--that worship is an experience meant for our own personal gratification and that it occurs only on Sunday mornings within a church service. Revolve challenges lay people to understand the truth about worship--that it revolves around God, not us, and that worship is something we can perform with our whole lives, not just an hour a week in church.

    With Revolve, readers will see that when they approach worship with a "what can I get out of this" attitude, they're bound to be disappointed. However, worship of God as a way of life not only honors God but also satisfies our souls. Built-in action steps at the end of each short chapter will give readers specific ideas about how to refocus their attention on God and live each day in an attitude of worship.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateOct 1, 2011
    ISBN9781441237224
    Revolve: A New Way to See Worship

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      Revolve - Nelson Searcy

      truth.

      introduction

      Jon and Liz pull up to the church building a few minutes before the service is set to begin.

      Madison, come on. Stop reading and get out of the car. Johnny, don’t forget your jacket, Liz says to her daughter and son in the backseat, as Jon cuts the engine but not the radio. Playoffs start this afternoon, and he wants to hear some of the predictions, even though he never agrees with the commentators.

      Liz eyes him warily, so he turns the key the rest of the way and opens his car door. Truth be told, Jon hasn’t been feeling that connected to God lately. At first, he felt engaged and alive every time he and Liz went to church, but recently he’s been dry and sort of empty.

      As the foursome moves through the front doors of the church, Madison and Johnny dart off to their respective classrooms with a quick wave. Jon and Liz head into the service, where Scott, the worship pastor, has already taken the stage. They slide into the end of a row, put their jackets on the chairs behind them, and start to . . . worship.

      At least, Jon has always assumed that this is what worship is—this hour at church, the songs Scott leads them in. He moves his lips, singing inaudibly along with the others, but his heart feels far from worshipful. He begins thinking that maybe the style of music just doesn’t suit him. If they would just sing some more classic hymns, I could connect. He glances over at Liz. Her hand is slightly raised, eyes closed, voice soaring.

      Jon wonders what’s wrong with him. This is his only opportunity during the week to worship God, and yet he gets absolutely nothing out of it. Something is wrong here, but he’s not sure what.

      Worship. Rarely has one little word been so powerful and yet so misunderstood. In fact, to prove the point, let’s play a word association game. When you hear the word worship, what do you think of? (Check all that apply.)

      __ a church service/worship service

      __ a state of being

      __ the songs you sing within a service

      __ an activity that stokes your emotional fire

      __ a responsibility

      __ something that is led by a worship pastor

      __ a daily activity

      __ a privilege

      __ something you do when things are going well for you

      __ something you do when things are not going well for you

      __ other: ____________________________

      The word—the entire concept—has become so muddled that many people have no idea what it means to worship God in truth.

      Could true worship possibly be all of these things? Or maybe none of these descriptions is adequate. The word—the entire concept—has become so muddled that many people have no idea what it means to worship God in truth.

      Now you know your starting point; you recognize your underlying view of worship. In the pages ahead, you’ll discover a new way of seeing worship by digging into what it really is and how we are called to engage in it for our benefit and God’s glory. Are you ready?

      When the subject is worship, the stakes are high—because worship is what God is all about.

      Louie Giglio

      When I was in the seventh grade, I had a crush on a little dark-haired girl in my class. Her name was Samantha. Being the Casanova I was, I decided the best way to get Samantha to be my girlfriend was to challenge her to a bet. We had a big science test coming up, so I bet Samantha I would do better on the test than she would. The wager was a date with yours truly. If I won, she would have to go out with me. Genius, right? I thought so at the time. Mind you, I didn’t really know what a date was, but I was ready to find out. In the unlikely event that I lost, she would subject me to public ridicule and humiliation. (That wasn’t actually part of the bet, just a natural result of the situation. We’re talking about the seventh grade, after all.)

      Over the next week, I spent hours studying for that science test. I spent so much time in my room with my textbook that my mom called the teacher to ask if I was failing. The night before the test, I lay awake half the night, running through possible questions and answers in my head . . . and trying to decide what movie I was going to take Samantha to when this was all over. (I had asked my dad what you do on a date. Go to the movies was his answer, so I had also spent a good portion of the week scanning the Cineplex ads in the newspaper.) Anyway, when I finally fell asleep, I was ready. I knew I had this bet in the bag.

      Well, God has always had a way of humbling me. Even after all the time and effort I put into studying for the test and closing the deal, I came up short. Samantha beat me by one measly question, and the much-publicized stakes became the source of my

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