Our Worship
We gather together in our households at the beginning and end
of each day to thank and praise our Creator for all that He has
done for us. Our gatherings are spontaneous, musical and exciting.
They are filled with worshipful dances and songs, as well as people
sharing from the overflow of their hearts. There are no clergy
or laity here, in fact all are free to speak and encouraged to
do so. Our gatherings are what the Apostle Paul said a true community
should be like:
"What then shall we say, brothers? When you
come together, everyone has a hymn, or word of instruction,
a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these
must be done for the strengthening of the church." (1
Corinthians 14:26)
When it is clear that our Father has spoken to us, we end in
prayer. The men lift up their hands, while the women keep their
hands free for attending to the children, and we pray for pressing
needs, and for the rulers of the nations and all those who have
authority, in order that our people (in the community) may live
peaceful lives together. This is all done without any wrath or
dissention between each other or toward those outside of the community,
as it says in 1 Timothy.
"I want men in every place to lift up
holy hands in prayer, without wrath or dissention." (1
Timothy 2:8)
We offer our lives to Him, surrendering what we
want to do in order to do His will that day. Our worship is not only in word,
song and dance, but continues throughout the day as we walk in the works prepared
for us (Ephesians 2:10; Revelation 19:8). In Greek, both serve and worship
are the same word. So we do not simply give praise to Him at our gatherings
and then "do our own thing" the rest of the day. Our entire life is surrendered
to Him.
The weekends are a special time for us. The gatherings at the
beginning and end of the Sabbath have a special focus. The
beginning of the Sabbath (sundown on Friday night), prophetically
anticipates the return of our Master Yahshua, signaling
the end of this age and the beginning of the Millennial Age
of peace. [See the freepaper The
Last Day].
At the end of the Sabbath (sundown on Saturday) we focus on the
resurrection of our Master Yahshua. Following the celebration
we have a story for our children after which they share what they
got from the story. The stories bring to life their biblical heroes,
those men and women of faith, whom we take so much of our encouragement
and inspiration from.
From there we go to a room that has been prepared
where we can break bread together as our Master commanded us to do (Luke 22:19-20).
This is an intimate time for us to remember His death, and share the deep things
in our heart.
The love and worship of our Master Yahshua is
central to our daily life and culture. It is what bonds us together and enables
us to live this life. Without His love compelling us, we could never live the
way we do.