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When Women Worship: Creating an Atmosphere of Intimacy with God

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When Women Worship examines what is keeping women from transforming worship. Each chapter discusses what can get in the way of intimacy with God. The authors look at women in the Bible, their role in worship and how it affects us today. They also interview modern worship leaders and how they overcame obstacles to form deeper walks with God through worship.

What are some obstacles to worship?

-- Unwillingness to go to God to fill our spiritual needs
-- Shame
-- Regrets
-- Our past
-- Fear of vulnerability

The authors also tackle the subject of what worship is and is not. I think whether you are a man or a woman, you can glean some truth from these statements:

* Worship is a place of truth (John 4:21:24).
* Worship is not the ability to perform vocally.
* Worship is focusing everything I am on everything He is.
* Worship is not restricted or confined to the lifting of hands, the yielding of hearts and the dancing of feet.
* Worship is a way of gift wrapping our pain and our past into the present and then giving them over to God.
* Worship creates an environment in which the damage of sin can be reversed.
All in all, When Women Worship was an insightful book. My copy is heavily underlined. It gave me a lot to think about and left me wishing I had finished it on a Saturday so that I would have corporate worship the next day. It felt oddly unfinished to me. I felt charged, commissioned, empowered even, but a little unsure of what to do with this empowerment.

As the authors say and I too believe, "We have been empowered by God to do more with our lives than just look pretty." Now what is a woman to do about it?

Armchair Interviews says: Insightful thoughts on women and worship.

This book is offering a totally new way of understanding worship. The five steps to creating an atmosphere of intimacy with God are such a powerful and effective tool to draw closer to Him, to rediscover yourself, and to really feel the unconditional love of God.

This is a wonderful instrument that was created to help us women worship God in a more intimate way and finally putting to rest all of your past hurts and pains.

Amie Dockery and Mary Alessi have published a powerful tool for all women who feel that they are not worthy to be in God's presence. In five simple steps, women of all backgrounds will learn how to once and for all put the past behind them and to be overshadowed by the presence of God.

It seems that worship has become, like so many other things, a little refined by rules and traditions. The true act of worship seems to be lost to so many.

In this book Amie Dockery and Mary Alessi help women discover the true meaning of worship: intimacy with God. This most sacred relationship is forsaken due to shame, regret, past abuse, feeling unworthy. We have built up walls and made a list of reasons we do not deserve fellowship with the Lord. Yet His deepest desire is just that - a close fellowship with us - a transparent, intimate relationship.

When you begin looking at the truth of worship you will be invited into a new relationship with Christ and discover the courage to face all the things that have kept you out of the courts of worship and praise - out of the very presence of God. Here in His presence you will experience a love like no other and healing.

I enjoyed the stories of women who had experienced just this. Not a a how to but of things you must do, but rather a testimonial of how great God's love is and what a difference He makes. I challenge you to take another look at worship - find healing, peace, love, completeness and your identity in the one who created you. Release His power into your life!

Thank you Gospel Light for this review copy.

Excellent book for women who what to know more about being in God's Presense and experiencing His Healing.

We used this book for a Bible Study among women at our church. It was a great tool to open up discussiona and go deeper in the Word of God.