Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Worship
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🗓️ 12 November 2025
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Summary
As we continue this week-long focus on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the power of worship in opening our hearts to receive all that God longs to give. For most of us, worship is something we engage in in a corporate setting. It’s a collective expression of adoration and relationship. But worship can be so much more than the songs we sing together. It’s a powerful avenue to softening our hearts towards God that we can, and should journey down every day. As we make space to focus on the power of worship today, may God stir up each of our hearts to worship him with all we are and all we have.
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| 0:00.0 | As we continue this week-long focus on tilling the soil of our hearts, |
| 0:09.0 | today we're going to look at the power of worship in opening our hearts to receive all that God longs to give. |
| 0:17.0 | For most of us, worship is something we engage in in a corporate setting. It's a collective |
| 0:23.8 | expression of adoration and relationship. But worship can be so much more than the songs we sing |
| 0:31.0 | together. It's a powerful avenue to softening our hearts towards God that we can and should journey down every day. |
| 0:40.4 | As we make space to focus on the power of worship today, |
| 0:44.8 | may God stir up each of our hearts to worship him with all we are and all we have. |
| 0:51.8 | Welcome to the First 15 podcast. |
| 1:25.2 | Thank you. and all we have. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Our verse for today comes from Psalm 29 verse 2. |
| 1:27.1 | Scripture says, ascribe to the Lord the glory to his name. Worship the Lord in the |
| 1:34.3 | splendor of holiness. One of the most powerful ways to till the soil of the heart is through worship. |
| 1:47.0 | Authentic worship is a powerful exchange of God pouring his love out on us and us giving him our hearts in return. |
| 1:57.0 | In worshiping through music, our hearts naturally become soft and receptive to God's love as we |
| 2:04.2 | encounter His goodness and engage in adoration of the only one worthy of our affections. |
| 2:12.9 | God created music with an innate ability to affect us at our core. |
| 2:19.7 | Music has the power to fill us with peace, joy, and anger. |
| 2:25.9 | It can cause tears to well up in our eyes and even make the most mundane events beautiful. |
| 2:33.5 | Martin Luther said, |
| 2:35.5 | Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul. |
| 2:42.3 | It is one of the most magnificent and delightful presence God has given us. |
| 2:48.2 | By consistently engaging in worship through beautiful music, we provide a framework for |
| 2:55.3 | the Holy Spirit, both to till the soil of our hearts and to fill us with the seeds of God's presence |
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