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Chapter Six: The Unstoppable Worshipper

Chapter Six: The Unstoppable Worshipper

“…rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.”

Acts 5:41,42

Over the past five weeks we have explored five different types of attitudes that a worshipper of God should betray. Out of the ten types of attitudes of worship that we will be looking at I believe that this is one of the most important. The unstoppable worshipper; what does that look like? “Unstoppable worshippers will never quit when it comes to adoring God. Faced with opposition, danger, or even death, they just keep going. We’re told of worshippers in the Early Church who, more than simply enduring actually rejoiced “because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name”. Here in the United States we don’t fully understand suffering for Christianity. Comfortable Christianity or lukewarm Christianity surrounds us. People attend church and use Christ’s name for family, business, or political purposes; because for the most part it is the right thing to do in America. To truly be a worshipper period – Christ must not be a pastime, a political move, or even “the right thing to do”; Christ must be our everything.

I am continually blown away each day by the gift of salvation, it doesn’t get old; when the light of a Holy and Just God shines brightly upon you it illuminates your filthiness and unjustness to your eyes. This illumination of just how unimportant we are, drives our unstoppable worship when we realize how undeservingly important we were. Such a paradox, we are filthy and undeserving, but God gave His only Son, so that we may have everlasting life!

“Unstoppable worshippers are bold evangelists; lifting up the name of Jesus everywhere they get a chance. Their offerings of worship are just as vibrant outside the walls of the church as they are inside. They are adventurous hearts, taking every opportunity to demonstrate the good news of God to this world.”

Rachel Scott of Columbine High School – martyr; Paul proclaiming the word in prison; Stephen’s stoning; David and Goliath; In all these situations these people could have made choices that bettered them; but they chose to be an unstoppable worshiper and glorify God. “Unstoppable worshippers let nothing hinder them in their quest to glorify God. Whatever “goliaths” come their way; they walk out onto that worship battlefield and take their chances. They do not shrink back in times of trouble, but instead raise a spirited psalm of trust and praise. His love endures forever! Will you be an unstoppable worshipper of Christ living a life that glorifies the Father or will you live a life of comfort and merely use Christian terminology?

“Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel…Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Eph 6:19-20