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Second, therefore, good organists do not call attention to themselves or their playing. When a worshiper enters God's house ready to worship, he needs to think about God. And the way to that frame of mind is not by thinking about the organ or organist, but by having the piano or organ artfully lead
First of all we need to realize, what a privilege it is that we get to gather as fellow believers, go into the house of the Lord, and hear God speak to us. We have no fear of persecution as other believers might, we have a place to worship God, most of us even get to go with our families, these are
Surely it is necessary in all things to prepare for our worship services, where we come into the presence of our living God in Christ. Dress
This has great implications for our preparation for worship, our coming to worship, and the worshipping itself. What were we doing last night, people of God? How did we dress this morning? Did we enter God’s house and conduct ourselves with reverence throughout the whole service? Were we ready to si
Rev. Terpstra is pastor of First Protestant Reformed Church in Holland, Michigan. A Serious Preparation A final area of concern and consideration is that of preparing for worship. If the worship of God is such a serious, solemn activity, then it must be entered into and carried out with careful p
The prayers having ended we are immediately aware of the sound of music that fills the sanctuary. The purpose of this musical prelude is to aid further in preparing the congregation for worship. This must be borne in mind, and it is here that the organist must also realize a very important responsib
Second, the elders can suggest ways for the people of God to listen well to the preached Word. The sermon is not the only element of worship; but it is the most important. Thus, the better the people of God can do with hearing the Word, the more holy will be their worship. Some take notes on sermon
Maybe he has to commit the sermon to memory. Maybe he can rely on his notes. In any case, an hour or so before the service is a necessary, final, prayerful preparation to meet the congregation. We do well to consider that in our prayer before the service we seek a blessing, not only for ourselves, b
All education in church, home, and school has one objective: to prepare the child for his covenant place in all of life. However, we do not wish to make reference to this preparation as such, but rather to the preparation for meeting our God in divine worship on the Sabbath day. A moment’s reflectio
Believing this also concerning Gods house, will we not be better prepared to enter it on the Sabbath? Often, preparing for church, we are quite aware of being decked out in our Sunday best, but unaware that the soul is naked for lack of spiritual preparation. See Rev. 3:17; 16:15; 7:14. As we sit in