Utilizing the devotional book Before We Gather written by pastor Zac Hicks, we gather to focus our attention on the Lord and to pray together over our Sunday morning ministries before they begin. Although this book is written for worship leaders and worship teams, the devotionals and prayer prompts are more than applicable for anyone who wants to be encouraged and challenged in their view of worship and to pray over our services and congregation.
Email Lindsay Dean (ldean@culpeperbaptist.org) for more information.
Worshipping God Versus Worshipping Worship Before We Gather by Zach Hicks | Scripture Read Psalm 48 | Devotion Though we don’t want to carry with us a destructively low self- esteem, there’s a blessed realism in memorizing a Bible verse like Jeremiah 17:9: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can…
Worship as Wait Training Before We Gather by Zach Hicks | Scripture Read Psalm 62 | Devotion Ambrose, a leader in the early church, is well known for calling the book of Psalms a “complete gymnasium for the soul.” And for good reason. To live in the psalms – to read them, meditate on them,…
The Living and Active Word Before We Gather by Zach Hicks | Scripture Read Hebrews 4:12-13 | Devotion If you grew up in a church that taught you to memorize Scripture, chances are you memorized these verses. It’s a provocative passage. At first blush, when we hear that God’s Word is a sword, we think…
Introduction Before We Gather by Zach Hicks | The Power of Preservice Prayer Years ago, as a worship leader, I was introduced to the power of preservice prayer. But it wasn’t just a free-for-all. As we gathered with our worship teams and volunteers, we prayed specific prayers. They were focused. Our prayers felt centered and…
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