One of Debbie’s and mine all time favorite songs is the Heart of Worship by Matt Redmon. The lyrics to the chorus: “I’m coming back to the heart of worship and it’s all about You; all about You, Jesus. I’m sorry Lord for the thing I’ve made it, when it’s all about You. It’s all about You, Jesus.”   

            For 2014, our personal theme, and direction of our Church body, is “We are coming back to the heart of worship”. There is no better time than now for us to check our pulse and make sure it is still beating hard for Christ and people. So often we can get caught up in routine and tasks that we forget why we are even doing what we are doing. We want 2014 to be a very effective year for the kingdom of God. Where that starts is with a heart check. Is it truly all about Jesus, or have I allowed a little too much me to creep in? Do I perceive my service to others as a form of worship to God, or am I looking for a pat on the back? Am I still making myself vulnerable; living openly and transparent with those I lead, or am I allowing the fear of rejection to box me up? These are just some of the questions we will be asking ourselves during this month of self-evaluation. The line in the chorus that states, “I’m sorry Lord for the thing I’ve made it, when it’s all about You. It’s all about You, Jesus.”

            I’m finding myself repenting because my worship, my seeking and my prayer time has at times, been about what I could get from Him, rather than for who He is to me. We want a true heart of worship where we come into His presence because of who He is to us. It’s all about Jesus. Do you find yourself only praying when there is a great need in your life? Has prayer life and study time, your bible reading, become more of a challenge and hassle? If so it may be time for a heart check to bring your worship back to its true place- It’s all about Jesus.

The Women’s Life Group has grown spiritually so much in the last 3 or 4 months. We are building a sisterhood and fellow shipping with each other in a way that only God, in His power can accomplish. We have learned that it is the condition of our own hearts that God is concerned with and we are hungry and thirsty for the spiritual knowledge that the Holy Spirit alone, can bring into our lives. Two worlds are in coexistence, the natural (unconverted soul) world, and the spiritual world (of God’s Heart.).We have learned that conversion is of the soul. We are learning spiritually, how we can return to the image of Jesus, taking every thought captive and discerning whether it is from God’s Heart or from our natural thinking heart? Continually renewing our mind with spiritual answers, and trading our natural desires for the desires of God.

1 Corinthian 2:9 There are things God hath prepared for those that love him, and wait for him, which sense cannot discover, no teaching can convey to our ears, nor can it yet enter our hearts. We must take them as they stand in the Scriptures, as God hath been pleased to reveal them to us. His servant….debbie hall