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Hungering For God Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Sep 18, 2007

Why is worship supposed to be an encounter with God and not just going through the motions? How can you better encounter God each time you gather corporately as a church? The answer is in your appetite!

ENCOUNTERING GOD – Part One - Hunger Listen to this story, “I had my first experience with the presence of God when I was 5 years old. Arriving home from my ½ day of kindergarten, I usually ate lunch with my mom and then hurried off to play. When I would run out of things to do, I would resort ...read more

Scripture: John 4:23-24

Denomination: Baptist

Pressing Into His Presence Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Sep 18, 2007

Worship is not merely a response to God, but it is also the pursuit of God. God pursues us, and yet for some odd reason, He seems to be just beyond our grasp when we seek Him. The pressing into His Presence is the choice of our will to worship Him.

Encountering God - Part 2 – Pressing Into His Presence Overview Last week, I laid a foundation for what I believe to be the biblical nature of worship, starting with the fact that God has created mankind to worship Him. That worship arises from a relationship with Him. The bible says in the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 63:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of Praise Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Sep 18, 2007

Praise is making much of what God has done, and isn’t always done with the heart. But worship is about who God is, and cannot be done without the heart.

Encountering God – Part IV: “The Power of Praise” Review What is worship? It is the meeting of God’s heart and ours. Worship is the response of all we are to who God is and what He has done. Last week I spoke about the “glory” of God, which is intrusion of God’s presence into our physical ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:15-22

Denomination: Baptist

Comprometido A Ser Renovado

Contributed by Craig Benner on Sep 26, 2007

Unos puntos para saber lo que cuesta para ser un hombre de compromiso.

COMPROMETIDO A SER RENOVADO (Avivamiento) 2 Cron. 14:1 a 15:8 Recetas para matrimonios que duran. Un matrimonio de 60 años de boda tenía esta secreta, dice el esposo-mi esposa hace las decisiones menores y hago las mayores; y añadió-hasta ahorita no ha sido nada mayor. Otro joven que ya llegaba a ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

What We Are Created To Do

Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 10, 2006

We are created to worship

INTRO: If I would say the word worship what would come to your mind? -Wow, we just had a great worship service. -Maybe we get a picture of some person bowing down worshipping their god. History: Our English word worship comes from worthship which is still used in English law when a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Three Ways To Worship

Contributed by Anthony Craver on May 18, 2006

We learn that we can worship our God in a variety of ways!

Three Ways to Worship! Nehemiah 11 and 12 I. Introduction After the wall was done and the commitments had been made, they had a dedication service for the walls of the city. It’s important to remember that everything you build for God still belongs to God, and is to be used for His service! I ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Distractions Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on May 30, 2006

Three times people did not recognize the Risen Jesus. This looks at why. There were spiritual reasons, of course, but also real physical reasons too. This looks at what distracts us from seeing Jesus.

John 20:10-18 – Distractions Today we are continuing our series called He is Risen Indeed, messages about Jesus rising from the dead and what that means for us some 1976 years later. Today we are in John 20:10-18. We are looking at the 1st appearance Jesus makes after rising from the grave. He ...read more

Scripture: John 20:10-18

Denomination: Baptist

Worship - Part 1 Series

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jun 3, 2006

True worship is a total giving over of oneself in every aspect of our life to God. Our life is to be seasoned with worship, but what is it and what does it accomplish? What is my part and what is God’s?

Worship – Part 1 Romans 12:1; Isaiah 6:1-11a We are about to begin a journey of study into the character of some of the key people revealed to us in God’s Word – people who were significant in His story; people whom He used in a variety of ways with a variety of results. One very striking factor ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Y Worship

Contributed by Alan Mccann on Jun 14, 2006

Why do we worship God? Deut.6.4-12 gives us some answers.

Y WORSHIP? Deuteronomy 6.4-12 In the US there was a well known preacher called Henry Ward Beecher. His congregation was packed every week and many visitors came to hear him preach. One Sunday he was away from his home congregation and his brother was filling in for him. When his brother walked ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-12

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Lift Every Voice Series

Contributed by Adriel Morgan on Sep 30, 2006

Sing to the Lord a new song.

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. Air is expelled with the diaphragm as with ordinary breathing, and the pitch is altered with the vocal cords. With the lips closed, this is called humming. A piece of music with a singing part, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 5:1-14

Denomination: *other

Take Church Seriously

Contributed by Mark Wood on Jul 19, 2006

This message brings out the importance of taking worship to where God intended it to be, we need to stop allowing our minds to wander when it comes to worship

There are three things we must keep a check on when it comes to taking God seriously. 1. Keep a check on our worship a. Worship comes from the Anglo Saxon word – Worthship i. it means ‘worthiness.’ Ultimately it has come to mean to give value or meaning to something or someone. ii. Ask your self ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Extend Your Hands Series

Contributed by Adriel Morgan on Aug 14, 2006

The first of eight sermons on praise: yadah. It means extend your hands and praise God.

For twelve years of my life, God blessed me with the ability and opportunity to participate in the world’s best sport: track & field. He gave me (by way of my parents) decent speed, somewhat award-winning, and championship caliber jumping ability. My best and favorite event by far was the long ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 29:31-35

Denomination: *other

"Spontaneous Worship"

Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Aug 24, 2006

I have divided my thoughts on this text into two divisions: Three things that you can plan on. And seven things that you cannot plan on. Spontaneous worship is the essence of revival!

Title: "Spontaneous Worship" Introduction: We do not know for certain who the woman was in this text, but we do know for certain that we will see her in Heaven and that her example has made a great impact on Christ and his Church. Tradition has it that it was Mary Magdalene in the text. I have ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

Extravagant Love Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 4, 2006

An example of Extravagant worship in spirit and in truth

Apprenticing Under the Master March 26, 2006 Extravagant Love for Jesus Mark 14:1-11 Kevin putting up sign for Faith Have you ever done something extravagant for love? Jesus tells the woman at the well that “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth. Here we ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:1-11

Denomination: *other

A House Divided Series

Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Apr 29, 2005

This is a sermon about christian fellowship and it’s place in worship.

There are many passages which I could have used this morning to speak of fellowship and its place in our worship. This is the third aspect of our purpose as a Church in maturing disciples. However, I chose this one because I think it really strikes at the core of what real fellowship is ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-25

Denomination: Baptist