How to Worship When You Come to Church
Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Audio Podcast
Skip Heitzig
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🗓️ 31 August 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
“The whole you needs worship—and the part of you that will live forever needs it most,” wrote Robert McIntyre. Nehemiah chapter 12 describes the worship of God’s people who had gathered to dedicate the newly rebuilt walls of Jerusalem. This week and next week we will eavesdrop on their worship service and discover how we should worship when we assemble together.
I. Their Worship Was Biblical (v. 24)
II. Their Worship Was Vocal (vv. 27-30, 43)
III. Their Worship Was Musical (vv. 27b, 35-36, 41)
IV. Their Worship Was Joyful (vv. 27, 43)
Talk with God: Ask the Lord to reveal anything in your heart that’s holding you back from authentic worship and a deeper relationship with Him.
Talk with others: Share your favorite worship album or playlist with your Connect Group or a believing friend or family member this week.
Talk with kids: How is Jesus better than the judges in the story?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig. We're so glad you joined us today. As believers, |
| 0:07.5 | we mourn the darkness and decay around us, knowing that a city in shambles reveals more than broken walls. |
| 0:16.4 | It mirrors the moral and spiritual condition of its people. In the book of Nehemiah, we find a template for taking ground and responding in faith and |
| 0:25.9 | obedience rather than fear or despair. |
| 0:28.7 | This message with Pastor Skip will help you transform your grief for a broken world into |
| 0:34.7 | a stepping stone to repentance, prayer, and action. |
| 0:44.5 | Welcome to church. Glad you came. |
| 0:50.3 | Welcome those online. Welcome to all of our campuses. |
| 0:58.0 | Turn in your Bibles, please, to the book of Nehemiah chapter 12. Now you can probably see that there are only 13 chapters in the book. We are in chapter 12. |
| 1:08.0 | You may think that means we're going to be done next week. |
| 1:12.1 | But contrary. |
| 1:15.9 | I'll explain as we go. |
| 1:17.7 | We're in chapter 12. |
| 1:19.8 | And the name of this message is how to worship when you come to church. |
| 1:25.2 | And I understand that worship is a thing that not everybody agrees on. I understand that |
| 1:33.1 | worship in some places can even be divisive and that there are different styles and techniques |
| 1:39.5 | that some people gravitate toward while others gravitate toward something else. |
| 1:45.5 | I want to begin with a story about two different people who had two different worship experiences. |
| 1:50.6 | One was a farmer who lived out in the country, and he went to visit the city one weekend, |
| 1:57.8 | went to a big city church, and he came home and his wife asked him how it was, |
| 2:02.1 | and he said, it was good, but it was different. They sang praise choruses instead of hymns. |
| 2:13.0 | She said, praise choruses. What are those? |
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