Private and Public Worship

We must worship God in all that we do and in all places. God desires this from us because He knows that it is not only beneficial to ourselves, but also to those who witness our worshipful hearts and actions. According to Newman Hall, "we hallow it in our own chamber when we 'pray to our Father who is in secret' in domestic worship when we acknowledge Him as the Guardian and Sanctifier of the home; in public worship when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at His hands, and to set forth His most worhty praise. Too often this purpose in worship is forgetten. We go to witness a ceremony, to enjoy music, to hear a sermon. Perhaps we excuse ourselves from attendance because of the 'dull service.' the 'bad singing,' the 'poor preaching.' It is desirable that there should never be occasion ofr such complaints. But we should not forget that public worship is for the honor of God as well as for our own benefit-and that in seeking the former we are sure to gain the latter. Whether or not the ear may be charmed by harmony or the intellect by eloquence-even though our devotional taste may be offended-we should not forget that we go to worship, to testify to an unbelieving world that we 'believe in God the Father Almighty and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord'- and that in such union with fellow believers we hallow the sacred Name." Prayerfully consider if your life of worship is one that is a witness to those that yet to believe, for it is our life that speaks the loudest when evangelizing to those around us.

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