More Than Sunday

Admittedly, that should be the title of this blog; every other day is about this topic.

Over the last two weeks in January the daily posts on worship.vintage21.com were geared towards preparing for corporate worship on Sundays. These posts included the scripture we would study together, thoughts on preparing our hearts, and songs we were going to sing. The intent behind these posts is to ask Him to soften our hearts for his words during that powerful time together. Because our call is to worship to God in each moment with every action and thought, not simply an hour on Sundays through singing songs, I hope these posts become more than preparation.

When we recorded the album “All Things Praise” our goal was to take a cultural understanding of worship – music and singing on Sundays – and broaden it to a more biblical view – living every second of every day as an appropriate response to Jesus Christ. One of the main reasons behind recording an album was in hopes that the congregation of @V21Church would take their praise through these songs out of the Sunday service and into the world. The idea is that as you sing songs and psalms, read and memorize scripture, God’s truths will be woven into your heart and mind. His desires become your desires, his ways your ways. This process of making us more like His Son is called sanctification, and is led by the Holy Spirit. Sadly, the Western church often ignores this, defining “Christ follower” as someone who attends an event each week, while living unchanged the rest of the time. Through these posts we will attempt to weave the language of response, truth of God, and posture of humility into our daily lives. We will come prepared on Sundays, but more importantly our lives will begin to change; we will grow to worship God in every moment.

Today, spend time in prayer, remembering what God taught you specifically yesterday, asking Him to make it a reality in your life. Repent of your selfishness, pride, and any other sin that you are aware of. Thank God for his faithfulness in sanctifying you.

Tomorrow: A new song for @V21Church.