Worship Resources

Looking for good ideas to add some different worship experiences to your Life Group?  Check out these.  If you have a worship experience idea or a good story, share it with us.

• Plan a time of prayer for our Kingsway missionaries or Kingsway staff.
  
• Lead members in a time of testimony. Have them share one of the following:
  Their answered prayers during the week
  One or two special things God did for them this week
  The thing about Christ that make them follow him
  One attribute of God that was demonstrated to them this week
  Then have a time of praise with song and prayer reflecting the testimonies shared.
  
• Read some Psalms. Then have individuals write their own Psalms or letters to God.
  
• Have a time of positive biblical confession: Confess your faith in God. Confess Jesus Christ as your Lord. Confess your willingness to serve Him. Confess your love for God.
  
• Use a hymn or worship song. Read it and discuss how it relates to each member's life. Pray it to God. Then sing it together.
  
• Have small group members take turns reading several Psalms out loud. Then pray in response. Or instruct them to speak their praise from the Psalms. Some good Psalms for this are 23, 27, 40, 103 and many more.
  
• Have a time of silence before the Lord to hear His voice and worship.
  
• Use Psalm 136 as a responsive reading. Have one person speak the descriptive verse and the group responds with the repeating verse. Read from the heart.
  
• Choose an appropriate Psalm and have each person read a verse, or alternate verses where one person reads a verse and the group responds by reading the next verse in unison. Remember to stress listening to the words and worshiping God through them. Read with expression and from the heart.
  
• Discuss these questions:
  Describe a time in which you really sensed God's presence in a close way.
  What are things you do to draw close to God?
  Choose a few ideas and practice them together as a group.
  
• Read Romans 1:20 or Psalm 104. Then, spend time reflecting how nature reveals God's character, for example the mountains speak of His majesty. Either go outside for a walk or look out a window. Ask each person to reflect on one part of nature (a tree, the clouds, a blade of grass). Then come back and share.
  
• Read Romans 12:1,2 and talk about how we worship by dedicating every action we do to the Lord: our work, studies, conversations, as well as our songs when we gather. Remind your small group often that worships number one goal is to bless God, not bless us. Our blessing is a by-product of worship.
  
• Have times in worship where your small group members, one by one, speak out:
  The names of God
  Attributes of God
  Or finish the sentence: "Lord I thank you for..."