Much that is dismissed as form and tradition can be rebaptized by the Spirit to shape our congregational worship. Last, we must help people realize the need to prepare for worship. Worship leaders need to structure services to have coherent movement that is theologically, biblically, and thematically informed. Worshipers will gather not just to sit, listen, and be informed, but to exalt God and to affirm their faith. It takes place as each member, enhanced by congregational participation, ministers the gift bestowed to him or her by the Holy Spirit.
Edification takes place in sharing with, and thus mutually receiving from, others.
True worship produces such interaction and freedom of the Holy Spirit. When genuine worship takes place, not only is the entire body enhanced and built up, but the mission and outreach of the church is strengthened. The people of God who have worshiped their God and who have been mutually strengthened are prepared to enter the world to touch lives, meet needs, counsel hurts, speak to unjustices, and by life and witness proclaim the saving message of the gospel. Reaching people and exalting God are hardly in conflict. As a matter of fact, real outreach is prefaced upon genuine worship.