Worship

Variety in Worship

Variety in Sharing

During the first century, prayer events were not rigidly organized. Paul writes in First Corinthians 14:26:

When you come together, let each one of you have a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, a message in tongues,or an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up. -First Corinthians 14:26

Shared items allow God's Spirit to work in an beneficial and impressive way. If people in a congregation have been dilligently praying during the week about what to share when they next gather then what they share will fit together as led by God's Spirit.

What can be shared to "build each other up"? Psalms and other passages of scripture, spontaneous prayers, short teachings, revelations, songs, dances, intercessory prayers, confessions, and accounts of God's recent activity.

Notice that Paul did not say every person attending a worship service would have time to share. The point is for each person to be prepared to share and then sensitive to whether and when God's Spirit says to share.