Sunday, November 23, 2008

Sally Morganthaller on worship

“Essentially, Christian worship is the spirit and truth interaction between God and God’s people. It is an exchange all relationships revolve around response.”
~ Sally Morganthaller, Worship Evangelism, Page 47

“Corporate worship does not just inspire and hope that people will do more than he activate their brain cells. It provides definitive opportunities for response.... The problem is, we are living in a culture that breathes spectators... As pastors and worship leaders, our job is to enable that, to make participants out of spectators. We have to help people pour out what God pours in. Spectator worship has always been and will always be an oxymoron.”
~ Sally Morganthaller, Worship Evangelism, Page 49

“Worship has more than praise, Thanksgiving, and celebration. It is also a lament. It is making ourselves known to God and crying out to God about our fears, questions, needs, hurts, and greed. Worship that witnesses makes room for the brokenness in all of us. And it heals by the power of the gospel.”
~ Sally Morganthaller, Worship Evangelism, Page 113

Worship that is interactive, both vertically and horizontally, is biblical worship. …Interactive worship not only provides pathways of contact with a holy and loving God, but avenues of nurturing, uplifting relationships with those who are called in God’s name.
~ Sally Morganthaller, Worship Evangelism, p. 123

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