Jeff Purswell does a great job of explaining why preaching is essential to worship:
Throughout salvation history, all the way into the new covenant, God’s Word is at the center of worship. The early church devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and every church was nourished on God’s Word, all the way down to the last chapter of the last book that Paul wrote, where he tells Timothy to preach the Word “in season and out of season” (2 Timothy 4:2).
Why? Why so much preaching? Why all this talking? Because the primary way we encounter God in worship is through the preaching of the Word of God.
Think about it this way. Normally, in what we call “worship,” we spend significant time—perhaps the whole time—addressing God, singing to him, praising him, extolling him, praying to him. Wonderful! But in preaching we are no longer addressing God; he is addressing us. Nothing is more important than this moment. And this is why the most important worship leader in your church is your pastor.
That really gets to the heart of preaching. The Bible is not simply a book that we talk about. When God’s Word is faithfully preached, God is addressing us. God is speaking. We hear not merely a man’s voice. We hear the voice of God.
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been reading the book about adoption...i really like it. im not sure if i want to adopt but it would be nice to and my husband agrees maybe in a few years.
I agree, it is all worship. I also like to take notes and review it during the week. I find I can have a deeper conversation with God about what it all means in direct application to my life.
I also like to talk to the Lord about what I am reading when I read on my own. It is an act of worship, in that case too, because I am praising Him for His word and seeking for His Spirit to reveal its depth to me.
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