We Sing...

We sing "Come, Now Is the Time to Worship," as long as that time ends at 12:00 sharp.
We sing "We Bow Down," but we don't.
We sing "Come, Christians, Join to Sing," but many simply refuse to do so.
We sing "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever," but we're tired of it after three minutes.
We sing "Here I Am to Worship," but we showed up late and sleepy.
We sing "Shout to the Lord," but we don't.
We sing "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing," but we rarely use the one that we have.
We sing "You Are My All in All," as long as it's Sunday morning.
We sing "Go, Tell It on the Mountain," but we won't go across the street.
We sing "How Great Our Joy," but we forget to let our faces know.
We sing "Tell Me the Story of Jesus," but hope the preacher doesn't take too long doing it.
We sing "Standing on the Promises," but we're really just sitting on the premisis.
We sing "I Know Whom I Have Believed," just don't ask us about Him.
We sing "I Am Resolved," but we change our minds again.
We sing "Sweet Hour of Prayer," but we barely pray for a few minutes.
We sing "I Surrender All," but we don't mean it.
We sing "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus," as long as we get to lead.
We sing "Wherever He Leads I'll Go," as long as it's comfortable.
We sing "We'll Work Till Jesus Comes," but don't ask us to do anything.
We sing "Take Time to Be Holy," but we don't make it back to the evening service.
We sing "Find Us Faithful," but really people will find us faltering.
We sing "Shall We Gather at the River," but we struggle with gathering together on Sunday.
We sing "God Give Us Christian Homes," as long as it's an American version of Christianity.

What is wrong with us?

Does Prayer Posture Matter?

On the one hand, no; prayer posture doesn't matter.  You can pray anywhere, anytime, and in any position.  Certainly, if you are praying while driving your car, by all means, keep your head up and your eyes open.  That's all well and good when you go about praying throughout your busy, hectic day.  I know of a chaplain in a youth detention center who learned very quickly to pray out loud with eyes wide open.
On the other hand, prayer posture matters a great deal.  This is especially true in your regularly scheduled times of prayer.  You know, when it comes time to go into your prayer closet, or even in a corporate worship service.  It all comes down our attitude as we approach the throne of God in prayer.  What the body does affects the soul.
Listen to what C. S. Lewis had to say about it through his infamously devilish character--Uncle Screwtape.
"At the very least, they (Christians) can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget, what you (Wormwood) must always remember, that they are animals and that whatever their bodies do affects their souls."*
Bowing the head, kneeling, prostrating, hands lifted up, etc. are all actions of surrender and submission.  Submission is a wonderful idea when you're talking to God.  Through these actions, you're telling your body something, and in turn your bodily position will affect your mind as you pray.

*C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics (2002), 194-195.

Laud

The cows that are mooing
And the owl that is hooting
All provide the backdrop
To the stars that are shooting

Sing With All Your Might

"And the people of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with all their might to the Lord."  2 Chronicles 30:21

Hezekiah was on the throne.  He restored worship in Judah.  He even invited the people of Israel to the celebrations.  Three things stand out in this verse.

1.  All the people present in Jerusalem showed up for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a time of celebrating and worshiping God.  They all went.  There was no, "Well, I don't think I'll go today."  No one said, "I had some family come in from Bethlehem, so we won't be there."  They showed up!
2. They worshiped "seven days with great gladness."  When you come to worship at church, do you praise the Lord with gladness?  Is there a joy in your heart?  Also, when you come to worship, are you just counting down the minutes until you can leave?  Do you sit in the back close to the door so you can hoof it out of the sanctuary as fast as you can?  They were there seven days, and they were happy!
3. The sang "with all their might to the Lord."  Oh dear, you mean to tell me they not only came to church, but they sang too?  And they sang loudly?  Yes!  That's exactly what they did.  They sang loudly because they were singing to the Lord.  They weren't concerned with what style the music was, they sang anyway because they were singing to the Lord.  They didn't worry about what the person next to them thought.  They didn't say, "Oh, I can't sing, so I won't."  They didn't offer excuses to God.  They sang with might!

This Sunday, why not get over yourself and the people around you, and do those three things.  Show up, be glad, and sing to the Lord with all your might.