The Art of Worship

I'm not quite sure how to write this, so it may sound a bit awkward. -_-

Christians. You see them everywhere, right? or so you think. Too often, we are Christians in name only. In doing so, we forget our true purpose as Christians- to bring glory to God. However, most of the time we are only Christians if we are going to get something out of it. When it comes down to our daily lives, however, we live lives of hypocrisy. We go to church to worship God... supposedly. However, all too often the clothes of the singers or even the singers themselves destract us from our purpose. What's the difference between Christians and the rest of the world? Most of the time there's only one difference. Christians are hypocrites. We talk God-talk, but act just like everyone else, sometimes worse. I know nonChristian friends who dress more decently than three-quarters of the people at church! When we sing worship songs during service, are the worship leaders really trying to bring worship to God? or exalt themselves? It's easy to say "Who cares?"... and too often we do just that.
"I want guys to notice me so I'm going to wear these clothes to church."
"Who cares about the message, I just wanna hang out with my friends at club."
"Who cares about bringing glory to God? I wanna be on worship team so all the girls will notice how good I sing.. or play guitar... or drums..."Perhaps I was once that way... I cannot remember.

Most Christians don't see themselves as murderers. However, when you look at that unsaved person you know and say "because of my bad example, that person will probably suffer in hell for all eternity" it really changes the way you view life. At least, it did for me. I have a good friend who is not a Christian. A little over a year ago I found out why. We were writing journals in Bible class and I looked over and started reading my friends paper. She pretty much said that she didn't believe in God 'cuz so many people at school claimed to be Christians but acted worse than most nonChristians. That hit me really hard. I thought back to how I had been acting that week, and even that day and asked myself "have I been acting the way a true Christian should?" The immediate answer was no. After that, I kinda shut up.

Ask yourself, "Have I been acting the way a true Christian should? Would my actions draw others to Christ or to myself? Who is more important to me, God or myself?"
Then change! Or soon, you will be looking down into the grave of a friend and know that it is your fault that they will be spending eternity in hell.