Worship God Desires: A Devotional/Journal Guide to a Deeper Worship Experience

By Angela B. Smith-Peeples

Worship God Desires is a devotional journal designed to deepen your personal experience of intimacy with God. As you embark on the journey to pursue the "more" of God, you will be blessed by devotional reflections on: The Preparation for Worship, The Posture of Worship, The Purpose of Worship, The Power of Worship, andThe Promise of Worship. Each devotion is followed by journalling pages for your own reflections and responses to God's presence at work in your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 29, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477295342

Angela B. Smith-Peeples

Rev. Angela B. Smith-Peeples, MEd, MDiv, is an anointed preacher, teacher and worship leader who has taught workshops and seminars on the subject of worship for several years. True intimacy with God is the passionate desire of her hearts and her ultimate purpose is to empower the people of God to walk in the fullness of their salvation. Angela currently serves as an Associate Minister at Canaan Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky where she resides with her devoted husband, Brian and two beautiful children, Asia Sheree and Christian Dominique.

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Published by AuthorHouse 12/20/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4772-9536-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-9535-9 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-9534-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012922880

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Table of Contents

SECTION I

The Preparation For Worship

SECTION II

The Posture of Worship

SECTION III

The Purpose of Worship

SECTION IV

The Power of Worship

SECTION V

The Promise of Worship

Dear Reader,

Worship is the passionate desire of my heart. It is the song I wake up with; it is my peace in the midst of chaos; it is the sustainer of my joy and the purpose for which I live. More than a Sunday morning service, true worship is a genuine lifestyle of intimacy with God. True worship is birthed out of time spent in His presence and exudes from a realization of how awesome and magnificent God is. As with any lasting relationship, true worship must be cultivated on a continuous basis.

Contained within these pages is a series of personal reflections and meditations on worship compiled as a devotional journal to encourage you to pay attention to the who, what, when, where, how and why of worship. Rather than rush through this short work, my earnest desire is that you sit with each writing and allow it to marinate in your spirit. Lined pages are included after each entry for you to reflect and capture what God speaks to you as you spend intentional time with Him. I invite you to journey with me as we intentionally seek the inexhaustible more of God.

Stay Thirsty.

Angela

SECTION I

The

Preparation

For

Worship

Where Worship Begins

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Worship is a divine dance that begins with God’s invitation to us for a relationship with Him. As we embark on our journey with Him we soon find that the more God reveals Himself to us, the more we seek after. The more we have tasted of His goodness the more we want. The more we yield ourselves to His will, the more we