Providence Presbyterian Church - Powdersville SC

Pastor

Rev. Andrew Joseph Florio

Services

Sunday School 9:45 AM

Worship 11:00 AM

 
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‘Our Lives as Worship’

 

He said to him, ‘ “You shall love the Lord your God

with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.”


This is the greatest and first commandment.

Matthew 23: 37-38

 

 When does worship begin?  Does it begin on Sunday morning with the call to worship: that word spoken which ought to be grounded in scripture to give God the first word?  Or with the prelude, a musician’s offering of thanks and praise?  Or in the gathering, both the silent prayers here in the sanctuary or the heartfelt greetings and the check-ins that happen week in and week out (“How is Betty feeling today?” the church elder asks.)  Or does worship begin even before that?

 

 What if worship is an everyday activity?  What if worship begins in the hearts and the minds of the people of God as they greet each new day?  When the routines of our lives, when the shaking off of the aches and pains, when an early morning reading of scripture, when the conscious decision to rule out other opportunities for the morning, when it all comes with the intention of offering praise and adoration to God.  Maybe that’s when worship begins.  For that is God’s Spirit at work in you.

  In our acts of worship, whether prayer or time spent in the Word, we discover once again who we are in Christ.  And such a discovery has a liberating effect on our hearts.  Worship centers us, that is; in a busy "late for the next appointment" world, worship provides us with the opportunity to focus our lives on God and thereby see everything clearly.  As C.S. Lewis once said, “I worship and believe in God as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”

  It is my prayer for you that this summer you renew your worship of God by living each moment and each day as an act of worship that will bring joy to God’s heart.

                                                                                                                                     In Christ,

                                                                                                                                     -Pastor Drew

 

Upcoming Events

06/23/2009
Young at Heart
07/08/2009
Vespers Service
07/29/2009
Vespers Service
08/02/2009
Vacation Bible School Begins
08/22/2009
Spiritual Retreat and Leadership Workshops
08/29/2009
Church Fair
08/30/2009
Rally Day
08/30/2009
Covered Dish Luncheon