A Samaritan woman came to the well of Jacob as she always did, with an empty jar. As always, she would draw water, fill her jar full, and carry it on her head back to the village of Sychar. When it was empty, she would return and do it all over again.

But this time would be different. This time she would meet Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, and he would make her a strange offer. He would offer to give her water such that she would never thirst again, because his water would be like a perpetual spring welling up within her unto eternal life.

Sometimes I think we are like that woman, hauling our empty worship jars to church so we can get filled up for another week. We come to church expecting a worship experience that is to our liking. In some cases we have chosen our church for this. We rely on the church to provide the music and the setting that will satisfy our thirsty souls that have become dry and parched from being so long in a godless world.

But it is pointless to go through this futile routine when none of it is necessary. We have, in us, the same perpetual spring Jesus was offering the woman, welling up unto eternal life. We received it by faith when we believed. With it, we can worship God wherever we are, whenever we want. We don’t need music in order to worship; we don’t need a church service in order to worship; we don’t need a worship leader to lead us in worship. We don’t have to wait for church in order to worship.

The church has gotten so good at worship these days; it’s easy to think we can’t worship without it. Worship has turned into something that we go to. We go to a place where worship happens. We come to rely on certain elements being in place before worship can take place. Doesn’t this sound a little like the woman coming to the well to fill up her empty jar?

Harold Best has said that we don’t go to church to worship, we go to church because we are worshipers. That would mean we were worshiping already. We worship when we bring God pleasure and we can do that at work, at play, in the car, at the beach, doing the chores. We can drink from the well of Christ’s presence inside our hearts and bring significance to anything we are doing.

Practice drawing on the well inside you today. Worship God today by focusing on him in the middle of everything else. And when you go to church this week, go as a worshiper, carrying the joy of a satisfied soul right into the presence of God and other believers. And don’t wait for worship to happen to you; make it happen. You’ve got the well inside you. Drink up.

John Fischer is the Senior Writer for Purpose Driven Life Daily Devotionals. He resides in Southern California with his wife, Marti and son, Chandler. They also have two adult children, Christopher and Anne. John is a published author and popular speaker.

Worship is a state of mind.

What do you think of when you think of worship? Stained glass? Choir robes? Praise choruses? Worship band? Hands lifted or knees bent? If you’re anything like me, it’s bound to have something to do with church or doing something religious.

Jesus once said that those who worship God must worship in Spirit and in truth. Now that doesn’t say anything about church or religious activity; in fact when Jesus said this, he was answering a question about the proper place to worship. There was a difference of opinion at the time about which mountain to worship God on. One group said on this mountain and another said on that. That’s when Jesus responded that the Father was looking for true worshipers who worship him in Spirit and truth and that neither mountain meant anything compared to this. In other words, it doesn’t matter where you worship, it matters how you worship.

I think sometimes we approach worship as if we have to have all the right elements working in proper order for something to capture our emotions and truly qualify as a worship experience. We need to hear the right songs, performed in a certain way by the right musical group, enhanced by great visual graphics, and presided over by a trusted worship leader. We go to a certain church because “we like the worship there.” All of this makes worship dependent on certain elements all adding up to create a familiar experience we can identify as worship.

But is worship something that happens to me or something that I make happen? Is worship a mood or a mindset? If, as Jesus said, worship is something that we do in Spirit and truth then it would seem to be something we can do any time, any where. This is, in fact, what true worship is.

I have worshiped at ball games and movies, schools and sock hops, workout gyms and restaurants, on the golf course and at the beach, in the car and in the air, while reading a novel and reading the newspaper, at work and at play.

You are worshiping right now as you read this. The fact that you signed up for these devotionals says that it’s important to you to take a few minutes to focus on God while you go over your e-mails today. But you don’t have to stop worshiping God when you click this window closed. You can just keep on going; no one’s stopping you.

You don’t need anything but your heart and soul to truly worship God. Worship is not something you go somewhere to do, it’s what you pay attention to as you do everything else.

Do you spend time with God each day？One of our greatest privileges as Christians is to spend concentrated time with God each day.

Just imagine－－the Lord of the entire universe wants to spend time with you. Just picture if the President of your country or the richest person in your country wanted to spend time with you. What's your attitude about it？You would get dressed up and you would be excited or you would probably tell all of your friends.

We have that privilege with someone far more important than the greatest or richest person on earth－－we get to talk with and meet with God each and every day. Hope all of us could  set aside special time each day to meet with God -- to talk with Him -- to listen to Him -- to read His word -- and to enjoy His presence.