The Air I Breathe

I've just finished a book by one of my favorite authors on worship, Louie Giglio.  The book is called, The Air I Breathe, and it's a great down-to-earth resource on what biblical worship is all about.  I'd like to share some of the parts I outlined and then issue you a challenge based on it.

First, some of the sound bytes.  In the next post, I'll give you the challenge.


You cannot help but worship something.  It's what you were made to do.

Worship is our response to what we value most.

So how do you know where and what you worship?  It's easy.  You simply follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money, and your loyalty.  At the end of that trail you'll find a throne, and whatever, or whomever, is on that throne is what 's of highest value to you.  On that throne is what you worship.

Worship isn't just a Sunday thing.  It's an all-the-time thing.

You and I were made by Him and made for Him.  You and I exist for one purpose alone - to reflect back to God His matchless glory.

Worship is a whole-life response to God's greatness and glory.

Worship isn't something you attend, like a movie or a concert.  Worship is something you enter into with all your might.  Worship is a participation sport in a spectator culture.

Words come so easy.  And saying (and singing) them makes us feel a little better about ourselves, even when our hearts don't back up the words coming from our lips.

God is no dummy.  He knows what's going on in our hearts.  And God knows how easy it is for us to say one thing and do another.  That's why the true test of worship isn't so much what we say, but how we live.

Your attitude of worship can turn any mundane task into an offering to God.

We aren't designed to operate on a weekly worship cycle, but on a moment-by-moment connection of personal worship that's as much a part of our lives as the air we breathe.

Trust me, church is a lot better when our gatherings are filled with people who have been pursuing God for six days before they get there.  Corporate worship works best when we arrive with something to offer God.  Church is supposed to be a celebration of our personal journeys with God since we were last together.

What would happen if we came worshipping to church, filled with an awareness of His presence before we even reached the door?

Pastor Randy