Name: Steve Deal
Location: Atlanta

"Steve Deal is a worship leader at Christian City Church in Atlanta and has been a Christian, songwriter, worship leader at C3 for 18 years releasing a bunch of really lousy worship records in the 90's and a bunch of really good worship albums over the last few years, all available for free at c3worship.com.

He is an Australian who felt the call to move to Atlanta with his wife and 3 kids in 2000 and loves life there! "

1. What does worship mean to you?

Everything!!! Love is a 2 way street, it needs to be requited but worship is one way, from us to God - he doesn't worship back. It puts us in our place and him in his, the created bowing before the creator, the lesser worshipping the greater. Worship is not something that we do to feel good, it's all about God and honoring him but there is something about it that does make us feel right and good in so many ways as a result but that isn't what it's about. It's about God. Worship is also about unceasingly honoring God, worshipping him constantly with singing, good works like looking after orphans, widows, honoring God in all we do like working in our jobs as unto the Lord, following Jesus' lead all day long and then coming back together as a body in the house of God to worship together corporately.

2. What do you think is the result of worship?

Corporately, I think it binds a body of believers together in many ways. It causes creativity to bubble up inside the worshipper in the forms of singing new songs, dance, whatever. It also causes people to focus on God, off the world and all is worries and when that happens, communion with God ensues. I think when God is honored by people, God is pleased and good things happen.

3. What causes you to worship?

Seeing God's grace all around me in peoples lives and stories but mostly this...when you worship in spirit and in truth, knowing more of the truth of who God is, the more I find out about him, the more I get to know him, the more of him that is revealed...that's when I freak out and find myself blown away by God with such a strong desire to worship at his feet.

4. How can worship be displayed in your life?

Jesus should be on the tip of my tongue all the time. My mind drifts closer to him throughout the day and I think people just see that or hear it. Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. Also in my lifestyle, the way I act should represent who I worship.

5. How has worship impacted you?

It's a massive part of my life. It's what I love to do and also what I'm employed to do at my church. It's my main outlet of creativity as I find myself writing songs and finding new ways to worship Jesus. It has caused me to know God in a more intimate and deep way and that just changes you into a more stable, strong, loving person.

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