Preaching is Worship

For those of who you know me know that I don't use the word "worship" to describe the music portion like it is commonly said, "Praise and worship," meaning the music portion of the service. Instead, all of the service is to be worship.

R. J. Coates and J.I. Packer said this, "Preaching, if not sacramental, is profane.  By this we mean that a true sermon is an act of God, and not a mere performance by man.  In real preaching the speaker is the servant of the word and God speaks and works by the word through his servant's lips."

I have always believed that the message is a vital part of worship.  The elements of true worship are there:  the reading of the Word of God (which directs our worship), the revelation of God (which dictates our sense of worship), and the response to God (which determines the level of our true worship).