Spirit & Truth

Day 14: Worship in Spirit and Truth

06.12.11

Two weeks ago, we began our study of worship with a Sunday morning message on worshiping in spirit and truth.  In John chapter 4, Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well that there was ...

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Day 13: Stories Behind the Song...

06.11.11

The Heart of Worship This song dates back to the late 1990s, born from a period of apathy within songwriter/worship leader Matt Redman’s home church, Soul Survivor, in Watford, England. ...

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Day 12: How Do We Worship? Kneeling

06.10.11

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. Psalm 95.6 (NIV) Throughout the Bible, we find one of the most demonstrated acts of worship is kneeling. Phrases such as, ...

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Day 11: How Do We Worship? With Humility

06.09.11

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4.20 (NIV) Humility is both an attitude and a behavior. An attitude of humility embraces complete submission to God, recognizes ...

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Day 10: How Do We Worship? Speaking

06.08.11

We’ve looked at examples of worshiping God through singing, but is that the only way to worship with our voices?  Not according to Scripture.  In Revelation 4.8, we see the ...

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Day 9: How Do We Worship? Lifting Our Hands

06.07.11

Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.  I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.  Psalm 63.3,4 (NIV)  If you’ve ...

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Day 8: How Do We Worship? Singing

06.06.11

The Bible gives us many examples of worshiping God by singing praises to Him, both in Heaven and on earth. In Revelation 5.11-13, John writes, “Then I looked and heard the voice of many ...

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Day 7: But... I Can't Worship In a Storm

06.05.11

It isn’t difficult for us to worship God when He comes through for us in a mighty way, but can we still continue that attitude of worship when we feel like God had abandoned us?  How do ...

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Day 6: But... That's Not the Way I Was Raised

06.04.11

The people who surround you in the worship services at Calvary Temple each week come from various backgrounds and are in differing places in their walks with God. As you look around you may see a ...

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Day 5: But... I Can't Sing!

06.03.11

First of all, let’s be clear of one thing:  singing is not synonymous with worship.  However, singing is one of the most often used ways in which we worship, especially corporately ...

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Day 4: Why Worship God? Because He is Worthy

06.02.11

The infinite God who created the heavens and the earth, who placed all the stars in space, the one who has created us in His very image is the One to be worshipped.  Yet, it is more than what ...

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Day 3: Why Worship God? Because We Love Him

06.01.11

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3.16, NIV)  Christians all around the world base their ...

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Day 2: Why Worship God? Because of What He Has Done For Us

05.31.11

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at ...

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Day 1: What is Worship?

05.30.11

What’s in a word? For the next fourteen days, we will be talking about worship: why we worship, things that hinder our worship and how we worship.  If we’re going to talk about it ...

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