Hmm. Our church has 2 services. The early service is a "traditional" service, and the second is a "contemporary" service. To open the first service we (the staff), will give some sort of devotional thought as a sort of call to worship. Typically I would just find some interesting quote to springboard off of, say something cute or slightly profound and be on my way. Admittedly I didn't work very hard at it. Usually I found myself scrambling at the last minute...rummaging through my bible for some note in the margin I could use.

Recently though I found myself convicted about my disinterest in my roll of preparing people for worship. The little tidbits were definitely not my best offerings ( an offense to God) and were no different from the devo thoughts the members would give later in the service (making one of us redundant).

I did some thinking about the purpose of my role...and realized I can kind of set the tone for the service...kind of like a keynote speaker. Which led me to question my use of typical devo material for it. I came to the conclusion that one of the best ways to prepare people for worship (praise) is to remind them of how awesome God is. I am currently going through the "omni-" statements...God is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), immutable (unchanging), etc...God is revealing himself to me through these. If for nothing else it has renewed my appreciation for who He is. He is quite remarkable. Words fail and emotions are insufficient to capture all that He is.

His ways are higher, his thought deeper.

His word pure, his rulings just, His sacrifice complete.

He knows all there is to know about everyone and every place and every thing. Unbound by time, with immeasurable power.
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I need to stop here...I want you to be impressed with Him... not my vocabulary.

I found myself this morning once again wanting to weep after giving my call to worship. I am not exactly sure what it is about giving these thoughts that moves me but I find myself overcome afterwards. I come to my office and fight back tears.

God is awesome. He is Awesome He is awesome.

Praise be to the Lord Most High.