AWAKENED HEARTS OF WORSHIP: INVOCATION The world tempts us to follow after our human desires and to pursue selfish goals. Our hearts are tempted to be conformed to the patterns of this world. God has given us the gift of worship so that when we gather together in His name, we find ourselves in His presence. He reorients our hearts to become awakened to His transformative power, grace, and love. Worship is not a good work that we accomplish to please our Lord, it is a tangible encounter with the Divine that reshapes our lives and refocuses our hearts!
Sunday, October 5th – How do you begin? You begin your day by waking up. You begin a race at the sound of the gun. You begin a football game at the kickoff. And you begin a world in the name of the Trinity. It’s just the way you begin. There really is no other option. We see this in the story of Scripture by the Trinity’s presence at creation. Then again as Jesus commands us to recreate lives into a new world through that same name in Baptism. So what else should we begin in the name of the Trinity?
Use the following scripture to prepare for worship: