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We Are a Nation of Worshipers

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I recently preached on worship. Without question, it's what I've studied most both in seminary and real life. An average weekend has me leading worship in three services! However, leading up to the sermon, I found myself struggling to put an effective presentation of worship before a group of unbelieving teens. They have no relationship with Jesus, and they aren't about to worship someone they don't know. I had the foreboding sense that this message would be perceived as if I were speaking in a foreign language. It didn't all click until several days later when I in realized the transcendent truth that we are a nation of worshipers, every one of us. Sometimes we fail to see it, but do keep an eye out for the worshipers flooding streets, arenas, prisons, Twitter and Facebook feeds, the news, and just about everywhere else you look. I see people who value WWE wrestlers above all else, honor them by constantly speaking of them, and serve them with their time and money;