In 1994, when I was 24 and my husband was 25, we did not yet have a personal relationship with Jesus. He was drawing us to Himself, though. We began feeling a desire to attend church and did so on a fairly regularly basis. During this time, He used worship music to entice me to Himself. Most every Sunday we attended church, I can remember having to fight back the tears that were trying to stream down my face as I sang the hymns of old. Something was going on, something was trying to get to me. That something was Jesus. I have talked to so many people that have had similar experiences. Worship music is often the vehicle God uses to draw someone to Himself. Music just in itself is soul-stirring. But add Jesus to it, and you’ve got an emotion-brewing, goose-bumps-all-over kind of experience.
Travis Cottrell (of Living Proof Live) and his praise team will be leading worship for our Deeper Still event. Let’s spend time praying over this extremely important part of the conference:
Dear Heavenly Father,
Oh, we know that worship is dear to your heart. You created it to glorify You and You alone. In Revelation 4:8 we are told of four living creatures that never stopped praising you night and day. Oh, Lord, may we be as attuned into you as these creatures are. I pray that you prepare our hearts to worship You with all of our being on June 10-11. Help us to focus and meditate on the words of the songs we sing. Keep our minds steadfast and free from wandering thoughts.
We pray that Travis will be led by your Holy Spirit to select songs that will uniquely impact each woman at this conference . We pray that the unbelievers will be drawn by You during the worship time in a powerful, undeniable way. Holy Spirit, descend down upon us and let us experience you in a very tangible way. ‘May we sing to You, Lord, a new song, Your praise in the assembly of the saints (Psalm 149:1).’ We praise You, Lord. We praise You in Your sanctuary; we praise You in Your mighty heavens, we praise You for Your acts of power; we praise You for Your surpassing greatness. We praise You with the sounding of the trumpet, we praise You with the harp and lyre, we praise You with tambourine and dancing, we praise You with the strings and flute, we praise You with the clash of cymbals, we praise You with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD (Psalm 150: 1-6). Light a fire in us as we worship…move us into a deeper, intimate relationship with You. Change us, Lord...Change us….
‘I will arise and go to Jesus,
He will embrace me in Hisarms;
In the arms of my dear Savior,
Oh, there are ten thousand charms.’
In Jesus Name, Amen.
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