Preparing for corporate worship this Sunday

Moses returned to Egypt with a message from God. Ex. 4:31 describes what happened when Moses and Aaron shared with the suffering Israelites that God was going to deliver them and performed signs to authenticate the message: "So the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped." We will gather this Sunday to hear once again from the Word of God of His great, loving concern for us and of how He acted to deliver us from our enslavement to sin. We were slaves in much greater bondage than the children of Israel. In His loving mercy, God chose to claim us and to purchase us at the price of His Son's horrible and undeserved death. May we dwell on this central and blessed truth as we prepare for worship, as we praise and thank Him in singing and prayer, and as we present ourselves to Him for His purpose and glory. From our innermost being, may we bow low and worship.