Guest Blogger: Wade Joye, Worship Pastor
I must admit that I am a little biased, but I am loving our current sermon series at Elevation. Lift High: The Worship Series has been a great opportunity to impart the spirit behind the culture of worship that is foundational to the vision God gave Pastor Steven for our church.
We want worship to permeate our culture and DNA at Elevation. It is central to everything that we do. In light of that, here are 3 aspects of worship that we want people to experience at Elevation.
Inward Worship – Worship begins as the overflow of a forgiven heart. Before we bring our songs to God, we must first bring our hearts to a place of humility and surrender. When our hearts and lives line up with John 3:30, “He must become greater, I must become less,” worship begins.
Outward Worship – Because of who God is and what He has done in our lives and our church, we gather together corporately for a time of celebration and response. Our worship is loud and bold because it is in direct response to a great and awesome God. Our service is not a performance for you but is rather an experience with you as we celebrate Jesus.
Upward Worship – Our worship, both in our lives and in our services, is meant to point people upward so that Jesus receives all the glory. We want to lift high who Jesus is and how He has delivered us. That is why we celebrate at Elevation. We are redeemed people who have been rescued by a great Savior.
Jesus is worthy of all of our worship, and every week we will be a church that offers Him our hearts, our lives and our songs.