“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.” Psalm 100: 4 NASB The following is a Scriptural narrative of worship and more specifically, how I ascribe its purpose in a Sunday morning service. I prepared this so you can see what is in my heart and how my perspective is derived. Worship can […]
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Preparation for Any Worship Services
Do not come expecting that our primary purpose is to get our needs met; our primary focus should be to lift up the Name of Jesus and to glorify Him. Therefore, take time before you come to any service and pray and earnestly ask God if there are areas that need to be changed. Come […]
True Worship
Worshippers are people God seeks out – John 4: 23 and these are they who are “Halathenoi” = “Genuine. Real. Not Fake.” Worship Defined – The Old Testament Hebrew word “shaha” ( Genesis 18: 2;) means “bowing down,” or to “prostrate self or do homage” (Isaiah 49: 7) It is a choice; done voluntarily. The […]
Rhema – The Word Brought to Life
Take a particular piece of art, for example. One year it is basically unimportant and its value is very minimal. The next year it is worth a billion dollars. What happened? Estelle Getty, who was a stage actress for over 30 years and thus, reasonably unknown, commanded a greater salary and notoriety because of her […]
Three Day Withdrawal From this World
Seventy-two hours is the time period that it takes for alcohol to leave your system. These are three very crucial days in the recovery of such a person, for while the substance remains in the body, it affects the thinking and control of the mind. Once the physical withdrawal has taken place, it is up […]
Like Apples of Gold
Looking at the Core Values, presented by Rev. Tim Purcell, our District Superintendent, on Sunday morning, I was thinking about a core, and that brought me to the apple. Now, it is probably wasn’t an apple Eve ate in the Garden, but it was a fruit of some sort, and this portion speaks of the […]
Go To The Deep
In the region of Galilee, Jesus stood by Lake Gennesaret (or Tiberius) and the people pressed in to hear the Word of the Lord and also for healing. Jesus sees two empty boats or vessels and chooses to use them as pulpits. The fishermen have gone away and they are cleaning their nets. Jesus gets […]
Thanks Within the Shadows
My most specific memory of Thanksgiving as a child is that of two tables that were pushed together so we could all be together. I sat at the small table, where the drop off occurred and thought that I couldn’t wait to get to the big people’s table, thinking, naturally that they were more valued. […]
Ephesians 1: Leader’s Session
“Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching . . . Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be evident to all. Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things; for as you do this you […]
Welcome to the Table of the Angelic Message
We don’t normally connect angels with Communion, yet they had a profound influence in the birth, life, death, and resurrection of our Lord. It was the Cherubim who first crossed swords to keep Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, once sin entered. They were also depicted and represented at the Mercy Seat […]