To “excite”, that sounds like increased heart beat, head raised, ready to go, and could not hold back and be silent and passive.
There will be other ways of explaining “excite”. Not “exciting” or “excitement”, but to excite. And that sounds like to add energy and dynamic to something.
As the water in the kettle gets more excited when under heat, it will get to a point when the kettle itself gets louder and louder, and the cap of the kettle gets toppled off. The water experiences “excite” and the neighbour, the kettle, gets that too.
Does our church excite people? Should a church excite its congregation?
To excite is one of the characteristics, or behaviour, of a church according to the Hymn “The church is wherever God’s people are praising”: the church reaches out, conveys the gospel, and to excite.
Jot your memory back to the period of the last 3 or 4 weeks, what in our church has excited those in church and those relatively new to our congregation?
Describe and try to find out why they caused some excitement and to whom.
Sometimes, others get excited because we are already excited. Whatever the reasons that we are excited, it does not matter. Is this a correct statement and if so, have we come across that in our church?
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Consider positive and negative aspects of “excite”, list their characteristics.
For example, as the title of this blog, “excite” is emotional, and we might class that as negative, but some will consider that as positive.
Review your answer and discuss with others. What do we learn from this?
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“Feelings”, especially “excite”, should not be primary ways we worship God, let alone to get the attention of those we would like to invite to church. Does not “excite” give way too much unnecessary connotation, for the very least, it is misleading and suggesting promises and results that might never come? Or in the way visitors expected?
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Putting “excite” (and feelings) aside, what are effective ways we include and involve others in our worship?
The Samaritan woman was confronted by someone far wiser than anyone she knew, who even knew all her personal history and feelings. Truth hurts, but greater truth heals. That greater truth is the discovery, and having had a personal encounter, with God himself. In a group, describe a different accounts from the Bible where “excite” was treated negatively, and another account where it was positive. What do we learn from this discussion?
