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Reflec­tive list of lead­ing ques­tions on wor­ship from Greg Gilbert:

1. Do you get bored when some­one reads a longish pas­sage of Scrip­ture in your church? Do you start wish­ing they’d get on with the music?
2. Do you need music play­ing in the back­ground for the read­ing of Scrip­ture to affect your emotions?
3. Does a prayer seem too “plain” or “stark” to you if it doesn’t have music play­ing behind it?
4. Do you feel depressed a few weeks after a wor­ship con­fer­ence because you haven’t felt close to God in a long time?
5. Do you des­per­ately look for­ward to the next con­fer­ence you’re going to attend because you know that, finally, you’ll be able to feel close to God again?
6. If you’re in a big church with great music, are you able to wor­ship when you visit your par­ents’ small rural church?
7. Do you ever feel wor­ship­ful in the mid­dle of the week, at work, at school, etc. just because of think­ing about God and his grace? Or does that only hap­pen when the music’s playing?
8. Do you tend to feel closer to God when you’re alone with your iPOD than you do when you’re gath­ered with God’s peo­ple in your church?
9. Do you feel like you just can’t con­nect with other believ­ers who haven’t had the same “wor­ship expe­ri­ences” that you have? Can you only con­nect with other believ­ers who “know what it feels like to really worship?”
10. Is your sense of spir­i­tual well-being based more on feel­ing close to God, or know­ing that you are close to God because of Jesus Christ?