Spirit Led

My charismatic friend thinks a worship service should not have a scheduled time to end. She feels worship should go on for as long as the Spirit intends. While I understand where she is coming from, most of today’s services are not Spirit led. In my over 120 unannounced visits to local churches, it is the pastor who controls not only the length of the service, but the emotional aspects of the service. At one church when it appeared time was getting short the pastor said, “Don’t worry. At the end of the service I’m going to give you time to dance, shout and run around!”