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tonight i went
to my favorite place to worship
it’s an empty sanctuary
i turned the lights down low
turned the sound system on
hooked up the keyboard
cranked up the effects
and i worshiped.

i can worship there like no other place
yes, i can worship in my car
with no special lighting
no music
no microphone
but it’s not the same
as when i go ahead and take the time
to set the atmosphere.

i have heard concern
over the new things
uncertainty that our use of technology
is becoming the focus over our worship
as i always do
when questions surround me
i ask my father
even if i think i already know the answer.

tonight i asked
if my heart was right
if all the lights and sounds are a means to his end
and not our own
he knows my heart is to bring him glory
he knows i want only to see the lost found
and in his love and wisdom
he answered me quite clearly.

it is only a performance
if you are a spectator
it is only a show
if you are there to watch
it is only about technology
if you criticize things going wrong rather than engaging in higher activity
and, the only time you feel you are being manipulated or pumped up
is the time you noticed - since you did not come prepared to initiate and engage in worship on your own.

his words were for me
i am guilty
of all he had spoken to my heart
his words are for us
for the times when we lose site of him
even when our intentions are good
and we focus on nuts and bolts
rather than hurting hearts

i doubt had i not taken the time
to use what resources and technology
my favorite place to worship offers
if i would ever have opened myself up
to hear so plainly
no, god does not need special technology to move - it’s not for him
it’s for me - so i can create an atmosphere
where i, a mere human, can hear him better.

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is. 57:14 (niv) and it will be said: “build up, build up, prepare the road! ; remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”
ps. 50:23 (amp) he who brings an offering of praise and thanksgiving honors and glorifies me; and he who orders his way aright [who prepares the way that I may show him], to him I will demonstrate the salvation of god.

please, please, please - click on the image above to go to the unleash 2008 website and watch the video for both main sessions. if you can only watch one - watch the second one. it is contains one of the most powerful times of worship i have ever been in, and one of the most important messages i have ever heard. i so love that newspring just posted these up in their entirety. thier heart to not only reach the lost but to help others do the same is…… [...] humbling.

thank you, newspring.

no, this is not the post.
it’s coming.
go watch the videos while you are waiting.

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