This question was answered by Jesus in John 4:24 "God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."
To worship God in Spirit (HOW), is to connect with God through activating our spirits or hearts to experience God. And to worship in truth (WHO), is to worship HIM based on the truth of Scripture; for we cannot put our life upon just an experience, it must be tied to truth.
One thing that my pastor said that really stood out was that, worship will always take us to a better place than we are at; where we find the thirsting of our souls met. We cannot enter into true worship without being affected.
Sunday, my church also made available it's "Discover Worship @Cornerstone" CD - a collection of the samples of the worship music at Cornerstone: choir, piano, children's choir, youth band, worship team, etc. My favorite track on the CD is the Piano Hymn Medley.
After church, I just felt a need to spend time with the Lord. In keeping with what the Assistant Pastor talked about - remembering that we are "so blessed"; I started to just play and sing songs that adored God and focused on how much He loves me and has blessed me. Then, as I sang songs that reflected my mood, I was so grateful for the hymn writers who put their own heartache and pains into lyrics and music that were able to express how I felt better than I ever could myself.
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