Nov
3
2021
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Oct
27
2021
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Oct
13
2021
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Sep
22
2021
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Sep
15
2021
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Sep
7
2021

Passion is caused by intense excitement from the outside, purpose is caused by convictions from the inside. Purpose is intentional, passion is situational. Passion occurs when we feel good, purpose occurs even when we don’t. Passion focuses on what we do, purpose focuses on why we do it. Passion is fleeting, purpose is continuous. So, maybe our worship needs a little less passion and a lot more purpose.
Worship based on passion waits for feelings to be stirred externally. So, if those feelings are not stirred because congregants don’t know or particularly like the songs, they can even leave the worship service believing worship couldn’t and didn’t occur.
When passion is foundational to our worship, we are tempted to re-create divine moments, events, or even complete seasons based almost completely on the feelings originally stirred so we can elicit or feel that passion again.
Worship based on purpose, however, responds to a relationship that already exists internally. So, we respond not because of what our songs do to us, but instead, because of what Christ has already done in us.
So, worshiping with purpose means it occurs from the inside out, not the outside in. Thomas a Kempis said it this way, “A good devout person first arranges inwardly the things to be done outwardly.”
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Sep
1
2021
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Aug
25
2021
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Aug
11
2021
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Jul
14
2021
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Jun
23
2021
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May
12
2021
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May
5
2021
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Apr
28
2021
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Apr
21
2021
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Mar
24
2021
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Mar
10
2021
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Feb
24
2021
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Feb
17
2021
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Feb
10
2021
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Jan
27
2021
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Dec
16
2020
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Dec
9
2020
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Dec
2
2020
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Nov
25
2020
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Nov
18
2020
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Nov
4
2020
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Oct
28
2020
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Oct
21
2020
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Sep
23
2020
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Sep
23
2020
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Sep
16
2020
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Sep
9
2020
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Sep
2
2020
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Aug
12
2020
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Aug
5
2020
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Jul
22
2020
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Jul
15
2020
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