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We're thinking about him whom angels gaze in adoring wonder as the beauty of His person glows before their very eyes and they do not ever feel that a slice of eternity is already too much as they gaze at his glory. No! Eternity, to the thousands upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand angels is nothing! Too short in seeking to know something of the glory of His person.
Conrad Mbewe
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Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than the Christ within us.
Not only is music rarely associated with worship in the New Testament but the Pentateuch is altogether silent on music associated with tabernacle worship. All of this highlights our skewed preoccupation with music in the current conflicts over worship.For the Glory of God (xi)
(1) True worship involves an engagement with God and is focused on him. According to Jesus himself, true worship focuses not on the place but on the person of Christ, who is Yahweh incarnate (John 4:21–24). (2) True worship occurs at the invitation of the Lord and must be conducted on his terms. (3) True worship is communal. In worship the redeemed gather to celebrate the kindness that God has lavished on us collectively, without merit and without prejudice. Furthermore, true worship tears down the barriers of gender, class, and race. As Paul writes in Galatians 3:28, in the presence of God "there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor
female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (4) True worship is driven by a deep sense of gratitude to God, first for his redemption, and second for his lavish daily provision. In true worship our focus is not on what we are doing for him but on what he has done for us. For this reason true worship should be a joyful event, not a burden to be legalistically borne. (5) Finally, true worship involves the lavish offering of one's resources and even oneself (Rom. 12:1) in sacrifice to and for the service of Christ.Deuteronomy (The NIV Application Commentary) (p. 398). Zondervan
You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself.
We praise what we enjoy because the delight is incomplete until it is expressed in praise.
If your going to take on your self a religion that puts on silver slippers. Just know it's taking you to hell. If your Christianity does not cost you throw it away, it's a lie! Sermon: Is Your View of the Cross Worldly
God's children when they are spiritually healthy spend most of the time at the foot of the cross. Sermon: Is Your View of the Cross Worldly
Human beings by their very nature are worshipers. Worship is not something we do; it defines who we are. You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don't. Everybody worships; it's just a matter of what, or whom, we serve.
I am sorry to say that as I mingle with the younger generation today, I cannot help feeling that this culture of deep meditation on God has been largely lost. There is too much noise. Noise from the television, noise from the radio, noise from the internet, noise from the smartphone, noise from the computer, noise from the sports stadium - noise, noise, noise.
True worship involves reverential human acts of submission and homage before the divine Sovereign in response to his gracious revelation of himself and in accord with his will.For the Glory of God (23)
Edith Humphrey correctly identifies five maladies that plague worship in the North American church: (1) trivializing worship by a preoccupation with atmospherics/mood (it's all about how worship makes me feel); (2) misdirecting worship by having a human-centered rather than God-centered focus (it's all about me, the worshiper); (3) deadening worship by substituting stones for bread (the loss of the Word of God); (4) perverting worship with emotional, self-indulgent experiences at the expense of true liturgy; and (5) exploiting worship with market-driven values.For the Glory of God (xii)
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. The Problem of Pain (53)
The essence of worship lies in our mind's true vision of God and our spirit's true authentic affections for God.
And when our attitude becomes one of no no no no no we shouldn't pay a price no no no no no we shouldn't suffer no no no no no why should we be suffering? Put a big question mark on whether you are a true Christian at all. Sermon: Is Your View of the Cross Worldly
Some bodily worship is necessary to give liberty to our own devotion; yea though in secret, so more when with others . . . 'Tis necessary that there should be something bodily and visible in the worship of a congregation; otherwise, there can be no communion at all. Miscellanies #101
it will grieve your heart to realize that so much of preaching today is really but stories of the preacher and often times larger then life stories. Stories meant to make the hearers believe that here finally is the great hero that we've all been waiting for. So that when all the preaching is over instead of all the people going home with great thoughts of a great saviour they go home with great thoughts of a pitiful man. Rezolution 2010 - Christ and Him Crucified (http://www.rezolution.co.za/Messages.html)
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