Worship Matters Part 20 Chapter 25 and 26: Skilled and Authentic, for the church and for unbelievers

This chapter I found really interesting to me. First off was the skilled and authentic part. We need to find the perfect balance in order to truly please God. If we force ourselves to the point where we are only focusing on the technical aspect. We need to also not be so driven by the passion that we forget to practice and that we believe God is pleased with the attitude more than skill. We need to find a perfect mixture so that we can excite people to worship God by our attitude and our technical capabilities. Next is chapter 26 and what I really enjoyed was how he compared the church and visitors to his home/family and visitors. We truly care for our family in a different way than we care for our guests, but we need to have the same energy for our guests that we use for our family.

I feel like these two chapters go hand in hand. We need to definitely find a balance in both of these things in order to excite our family in church and the guests that may end up joining our family. If we can find the correct balance between our skill and authenticity we will end up welcoming our guests and family for a delightful worship.

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