“I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.”—Isaiah 6:1 (NIV)
Sunday to Monday.
It can be one of the most frustrating and difficult transitions to make as a follower of Christ—to go from the joy of worship on a Sunday to the “everyday-ness” of Monday. When we’re gathered for praise, fellowship, and learning we can feel like the disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration, asking Jesus if we can just pitch our tents and stay there forever.
But we can’t.
Christ calls us down from the mountain into the world he came to serve, the world he died and rose again to save. But that doesn’t mean our posture of worship changes. Yes, the location changes. The context changes. The circumstances are different. But we are still called to be people of worship, regardless of the day or our surroundings. The Apostle Paul made that clear when he wrote:
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
—1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
This new resource from Abiding Way Ministries is meant to help facilitate a posture of worship on those days when we may not be in God’s house, but we are still invited into His presence. It’s a simple offering of songs, Scripture, and prayer for you to use in your time, as you are able, for an opportunity to stop and fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.
The pattern we’ll be following on this page will be the same each week, and it’s based on the pattern of worship we find in Isaiah 6 as the prophet is called into the presence of God to receive his calling. It’s a fourfold pattern that many churches throughout history have adapted for their own corporate services.
Here it is in a nutshell:
The Four-Part Movement of Worship in Isaiah 6
1. Encounter with God ("We See Who God Is")
Isaiah sees the Lord seated on his throne, high and lifted up, with seraphim crying "Holy, holy, holy." The worship begins with God revealing himself — his majesty, his transcendence, his glory. This is the call to worship: reminding people they're entering the presence of a holy God.
2. Confession ("We See Who We Are")
Isaiah's immediate response is "Woe is me! I am undone — a man of unclean lips." Standing before true holiness, he sees his own sinfulness clearly. Confession is an important part of our worship experience, as we seek to be honest with God about our struggles and sin as we prepare ourselves to hear and respond to God’s Word.
3. Assurance / Cleansing ("We Are Forgiven")
The seraph touches Isaiah's lips with a coal from the altar: "Your guilt is taken away, your sin atoned for." As we are honest before God we are open to receive the good news of the gospel: our sins have been forgiven. This prepares our hearts to receive what God has for us.
4. Commission / Sending ("We Are Sent")
God asks "Whom shall I send?" and Isaiah responds "Here am I, send me." As a people welcomed into God’s presence, cleansed and forgiven, we are then equipped and sent into the world. In a Sunday service this would correspond to the sermon and the call to response. For Isaiah it was specific to his call as a prophet, but for us it can be any message God desires us to hear on a given day.
For our purposes on this page, we will utilise various resources: worship songs, ancient prayers, readings from the Revised Common Lectionary, and moments of reflection that will follow this four-fold pattern. Some songs, prayers, or responses may be repeated from time to time, but the desire will be to offer new and fresh worship opportunities for you each week.
You’re invited to use this resource however you see fit: you may wish to revisit the entire devotional each day, or perhaps you would rather focus on one section a day, turning your week into an extended reflection on how we are formed in worship. There is no “right” way to do it. This is simply a tool designed to offer resources to help you worship on that journey from Monday back to Sunday. We look forward to launching it on Monday, 25 May 2026.
May it be a blessing to you!
Jack