Preparing Our Hearts for Worship

As Christians there is nothing better, nothing sweeter than going to God’s house with fellow believers, hearing the words of Christ spoken, singing Psalms of praise to our God and experiencing the communion of saints. Question 1 of the Heidelberg Catechism asks us, “What is thy only comfort in life and in death?” It is followed by the answer: “My only comfort in life and death is that I belong to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.” Only through Christ can our true comfort be found, not in things,...