People often ask me “Why is it so difficult to enter into worship?” As a worship leader, how often have I looked into the faces of the congregation, staring back at me like animals trapped in my headlights and I hear myself saying, “Let’s get excited about God today.” I want people to realize that there is a battle around worship – reasons why it is hard to praise, give thanks or even to focus upon God.

Worship is presented to us in two broad contexts: Worship as a lifestyle (Rom 12:1-2) and Worship as the act of adoration (the primary words in Hebrew & Greek, I am told, mean to “to bow down, prostrate oneself”).