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The Lord
doesn’t work in mysterious ways. The
Lord’s reasoning is obvious and at times
blunt. The writing is on the wall.
Nothing about those statements blindside
anyone. As children we sometimes don’t
see and don’t understand; and with good
reason. Maybe our lives haven’t been the
greatest and our world is in constant
despair. We wonder ‘Why Me’ and 90% of
the time we beg for life to be over
because nothing can bring us out of our
own sorrows.
‘When
Women Worship’ destroys the belief that
you are alone. Because you aren’t.
Whether you believe in God, Allah… a
higher power is waiting for you to trust
and put your faith in him. Everyday
won’t be the best day of your life but
if you know God and place him in your
heart… it is there that you can always
go.
The album
is accompanied by the book ‘When Women
Worship’.
Mary
Alessi:
The coauthor Amie Dockery approached me
a couple of years ago 2 years ago we
started writing the transcript together.
She did the script from start to finish.
It’s a quick read. It 5 chapters that
takes you through the process of what
worship is. It’s beyond clapping and
singing.
Why a
Worship Book?
Mary
Alessi:
From my stand point in pasturing you
can’t gage the success of church by
conferences from shouting, singing… they
come together and pay for it. Generally
in a setting like that everybody is
singing and exciting. But the
grassroots… you’re watching the people
who are walking through the doors they
are the people who are looking for this.
Worship goes beyond the setting of a
service. Every moment of the day…
counting the blessings. Sometimes we’re
trapped in the form, shouting, clapping
etc. God is saying I don’t care how you
do it… You can’t worship God and not be
free. You may have an understanding of
it but maybe shame is holding you back
from worshiping God. There are barriers
to our worship. As we tap into the
intimacy of God’ presence… This is what
we have attained. You’ve got to want it.
I could put the best meal in front of
you and everyone can tell you how good
it is but if you’re not hungry then
you’re turned off. You have to come to
God and tell him how thirsty you are.
The CD is a guideline to the book.
What was
the process of the combining the book
and the CD?
Mary
Alessi:
When we first decided to… we got our
chapters together, we also used a story
of each woman on the project and how God
led us to worship… we had a meeting 3
weeks prior to the recording, everybody
was ready. I left saying that this was
so much bigger… My sister said she was
there. Cindy said I’m there. It was like
putting together a wedding in 2 weeks.
When we got together in that first
rehearsal setting we cried and laughed.
It was so anointed and powerful we could
barely keep our eyes dry. Everybody
preferred the other. No one was trying
to take the lead. I really believe that
it was manifested on to the project.
That’s what leads to great worship when
we ‘corprafied’ under the worship of the
lord.
What are
your hopes for this project?
Mary
Alessi:
First and foremost I hope it goes all
around the world. Women and men; men
understand how important worship is.
Women are plagued with so many
circumstances and issues… understand
your shame keeps you from the presence
of God. He eradicates any shame that
causes us to be downcast in shame. He
tells you to look at my face. Women
should dig a deep well of worship. When
you continue to give God worship when
things are falling apart all around you,
you just don’t see how bad things are
around you. You have a huge well of
resource of spirit. You were created to
worship. Our absolute intended purpose
is to worship. Singing is not worship.
Worship is a heart of gratitude. Every
move and thought was about God. I can’t
change my story but I can tell it. But
you know what I can just step on the
devil and tell it without shame.
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