Start Your Week With Worship

Begin your week in the presence of God. The early church gathered on the first day of the week for fellowship, worship, the Word, and the mobilization of human and financial resources for the advancement of God’s Kingdom.¹

“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them…” — Acts 20:7 KJV

“Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him…” — 1 Corinthians 16:2 KJV

The first day of the week was significant in the life of the early church. The disciples came together, broke bread, received the Word, strengthened fellowship, and prepared themselves for the work of ministry. They understood that gathering was not merely a religious routine; it was a time to be refreshed, equipped, connected, and mobilized for Kingdom advancement.²

Start your week with worship! Before you become consumed by business, deadlines, pressures, and responsibilities, make room for God. Gather with the saints, hear the Word, worship wholeheartedly, serve with your gifts, and give faithfully. When believers bring their faith, abilities, time, relationships, and financial resources together, the work of God advances.³

Make worship a priority, not an afterthought. Start your week with God and go forth ready to serve! May the Lord renew your strength, prosper the work of your hands, and use your life and resources to advance His Kingdom throughout this week.⁴

• Lord, draw me into deeper fellowship and worship.
• Lord, prosper my work and make me a resource for Your Kingdom.
• Lord, use my gifts, time, and influence to advance the gospel.⁵

Referenced Scriptures

1. Hebrews 10:24–25 KJV — “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another…” ↩︎
2. Ephesians 4:11–12 KJV — “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” ↩︎
3. 2 Corinthians 9:7 KJV — “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” ↩︎
4. Psalm 90:17 KJV — “And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” ↩︎
5. 1 Peter 4:10 KJV — “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” ↩︎