'Worship Matters' WK 1 'The Important Things' Devotion

Devotional Study from "Worship Matters" by Bob Kauflin
Week 1 questions: Ch. 1 – The Important Things (2 questions)
1. Has worship ever seemed empty, dry, or pointless? Can you identify some
causes? What is the remedy?
2. What may God have been trying to teach you?

[juliemcwhorter]

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[debbyemerson]

The only time I felt worship was dry or pointless was when I felt the worship leader was “calling it in”. I draw strength from the worship leader. When that happens, I make myself worship harder and try to get the worship leader or team draw from me. I think God was trying to show me that it is all about Him and not about what is going on in our heads.

[deb-]

when I focus on MY worship it's more meaningful than when I try to get others to worship. I think that makes it real instead of forced. Thinking of singing/playing as prayer/communication with God takes away the performance feeling.

[jeremyhuddleston]

I have definitely felt like my worship was dry and or forced. A cause could be from distractions, my heart not being in the right place, or me feeling like I should be feeling something from God when it should be about God alone. A remedy would be for me to remember it's about him not me. Remove anything that I am putting before him, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any causes.
2. God could have been teaching me to be aware of our relationship.

[leighnorton]

So, the only times I have felt "dry" in worship are when I lost sight of the main thing ... JESUS. Back in earlier times I my life I was caught in my own cycle of comparison and didn't feel like I "fit in". When I focus on JESUS and give everything -to my craft, my team, my church, then I do not feel dry