THE WORSHIP ANSWER BOOK: A forward by Rick Warren, Rick Muchow

This book promises and offers an answer to these tough questions that we as worship leaders will all face eventfully. In the introduction alone, the authors ask a plethora of questions that may stump us if our hearts aren't in the right place or if we are unprepared for what we face. Some of the harder questions in the intro are: is there a certain age you have to be to worship? Can non believers worship/should they? How can we know what God is realty like? What is an act of worship? I will answer these questions one by one. In the Bible, it was never specified as to when one is to start worshipping, but one is expected to start worshipping when they are called no matter what age they are at the time. As a believer, the answer that makes the most sense is when they are able to believe and follow out their faith with maturity and diligence. Non-believers are always welcome into the church, we as Christians are called to invite them and to spread the word of God out to all they meet. Inviting outsiders in a way is a test of our faith in God, the worse the person can say is no, but if one is truly a Christian, their hearts will still burn for whoever they want to come to church with them. As to them worshipping, if they are called by God to start worshipping then they will no longer be non-believers, which is encouraging to think of. We can know much more about God if we simply look into our own lives: testimony is a true stamp of his glory. Being in a position of worship should say a lot in itself, we don't deserve to be in the place we are in, but God will always forgive and exalt us even when we don't deserve anything. If we do anything in the name of the Lord, it is an act of worship. We have to stop putting worship into the box of it only being music and the beginning and end of a church service, but make it an every day thing no matter what we're doing. We must always do everything into the Lord.