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Foundations For Worship
Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 14, 2017 (message contributor)
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1. Confidence For Worship
Contributed on Dec 14, 2017
Our acceptance before God in worship is based on the sacrifice Jesus made at Calvary in our behalf. While we daily seek to please God in all we do, our confidence before God is in the cross.
3.12.17 Intro I thought I was finished with our series on worship. But this week the Lord has dealt with me about something that is essential for entering into the fullness of worship that we have talked about. As you recall, in the last message we saw worship as more than a one-way declaration ...read more
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2. Koinonia Of Worship
Contributed on Dec 14, 2017
This message is a call to pursue God's presence during a worship service. New Testament Christianity calls for our participation. We must be careful our "worship" service doesn't become a performance with an audience. We want everyone engaging in worship.
2/26/17 In the introduction to his first epistle, the Apostle John talks about his revelation of Jesus and then gives this reason for writing this letter, 1 John 1:3. “that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you [here is his purpose- that you] also may have fellowship with us; ...read more
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3. United In Worship
Contributed on Dec 14, 2017
Message explores how our relationships with other people affects our personal and corporate interaction with God in worship.
02.19.17 Part 4 Intro How do we advance to higher ground in our worship? Last week we talked about five ways to enhance our public worship experience. Today I want to add a sixth to that list. It is too often overlooked. It is often not even associated with the worship experience. Yet Jesus ...read more
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4. Worshipping From The Heart
Contributed on Dec 14, 2017
Worship flows out of our revelation of God, our experiences in God, and our gratitude for His goodness. These matters must be addressed when we seek to enhance our worship experience. Otherwise the experience can become artificial and contrived.
01.22.17 Intro How do we move into a higher level of worship—in our personal lives and corporately as a church? Answering that question is more complex that you might think. But it is extremely important to find answers to the question. If I were to ask for a show of hands this morning, how ...read more
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5. An Example Of Genuine Worship
Contributed on Dec 14, 2017
In Luke 7 two people are in the presence of Jesus, an unnamed woman and Simon the Pharisee. Message compares their worship experience and draws key concepts for meaningful worship.
01.29.17 Intro We are pursuing a heart of worship. We are desiring to go deeper in our worship experience with God. Last week we saw that achieving this is not so much a matter of methods and techniques, as it is the condition of the heart. In His conversation with the Woman at the Well Jesus ...read more
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6. Five Ways To Enhance Your Worship Experience
Contributed on Dec 14, 2017
Corporate worship is strengthened when members are (1) consistent by practicing the presence of God through the week (2) expectant by embracing God’s promise to meet with them, etc.
2/12/17 Intro How do we go to higher ground in our worship? That has been our theme for the last couple of messages. We found first that worship must proceed from the heart—from our innermost being. Jesus put it this way in John 4:24 “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in ...read more