This is a copy of the post I put on my church's worship website this morning. Thought it might be good to put it on my blog for others to read.

This morning, the devotional that my wife and I read each day had a scripture that I had gone over a long time ago at a worship seminar. It is 1 Cor.14:40:"But all things should be done with regard to decency and propriety and in a orderly fashion." Amplified version. This scripture is a part of the section in the chapter that is intitle in some versions as:"A call to orderly worship". Now, there is a lot of stuff in the section but what I want to draw your attention to is what God was speaking to us about our worship time. 
Lets look at the word "decently"--Greek, means to do something honestly or to walk honestly; to do something properly, with good intentions. How does this fit into our worship? Without getting into the types and styles of worship, lets begin with the heart of worship. I am talking from a position of a musician stand point but this goes for all of us. "God is more interested in the condition of our heart then the style of worship we use at chuch". In other words, what is our intent or motivation for being a part of leading the congregation in worship when we get together? I am reminded of someone asking me, "Have you ever sat down and read the words of a song that you like to sing all the time?". I said, " of course I know the words!" but he said, " I know that but do you really know what the words are speaking to you?". That kinda hit me like someone dropped a brick on my head!! How much thought goes into selection of a song? How much prayer? Have we really sat down and read the words and prayed through the song? What is the condition of our spiritual heart? Has it been a bad or busy week that we grab the songs we know and just go for it? Or do we take the time /invest in the time, and spend it with the One who is the center of our worship and allow our hearts to be ministered to by the Holy Spirit?
These are the questions I sometimes forget to ask myself when I am preparing songs for worship. God wants us to worship Him from a pure heart and with our entire being! That is the call for all of us to have weither it is during our own worship times or with other believers!!
God Bless!!