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Worship
Is Inside Out
By
Doug Post
February
22, 2004
Do
religious rituals seem cold? Do sacred ceremonies seem meaningless? Is
worship impersonal; an exercise in demanded duty? Do worship periods
make you feel as if you are an audience watching a professional
performance? If you answered
"yes" to any of the above, then
read on.
The Bible teaches that worship
is a spiritual fellowship with God, not mere emotional
excitement, magic rituals, or holy words, but submission of our own
will to the will of God. This
submission involves the inner man — his
mind to reason, his heart to feel, and his spirit to will. If you
do not understand the words of worship, if what you say and do in
worship is not from your heart, and if your will is only passively
involved, then worship cannot take place. The Bible teaches that worship must
be "with the spirit"
and "with the mind"
(1 Cor.14:15). Worship
must be more than watching a performance.
This submission involves following the will of God revealed in
the Bible. There can be no substitutions of human innovations or
neglect of what God has revealed. Good
intentions do not count. If they did, every man could make his own
idol and worship his own way. The
true God is worshipped "in
truth" (Jn. 4:24).
Worship is a deep spiritual expression of a grateful heart. Worship
is a rational understanding of what is thought, said, and done in the
worship experience. Worship is a humble submission to God,
approaching Him as He has directed in His Word.
The Bible teaches that true worship comes from the heart and
involves both the spirit and the understanding of the worshipper. More
is involved than going through traditional rituals and the stimulation
of emotional response.
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EXCELLENT
FACTS
1.
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
2. I have a problem. It's me.
3. Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional.
4. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.
5. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
6. Do the math--count your blessings.
7. Faith is the ability to not panic.
8. Laugh every day. It's like inner jogging.
9. If you worry, don't pray. If you pray, don't worry.
10. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home
everyday.
11. Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of
shape.
12. The most important thing in your home are the people.
13. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still.
14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15. True greatness is to serve unnoticed and to work unseen.
16. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.
17. We do not remember days, but moments.
18. God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.
19. You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know
how
soon it will be too late.
20. Your final exit will be your greatest entrance.
( EAST HILL NEWS, Pulaski, TN)
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THE
UNATTRACTIVE CHRIST – Isaiah 53
1.
His doctrine is unattractive (John 6:26,60,66)
2. His kingdom is unattractive (Jn. 3:3; 18:36; Rom. 14:17)
3. His way of life is unattractive (Heb. 12:14; Jer. 5:31)
Obviously,
to those of us who have obeyed Him, we see Christianity as the most
beautiful way of life. However, His message, His narrow way, His
demand for commitment, is repulsive to the worldly minded. Yet,
that's not new to our place or time. It was foretold to have been
that way centuries before His birth into this world. It has always
been that way and will always be that way. Our prayer is that we
will make our lives, as Christians, as attractive to the lost as
possible for those who would see His beauty.
[Doug Post)
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THIS
AND THAT
What Are Men Thinking?
Dave Barry
"Think how much happier women would
be if, instead of endlessly fretting about what the males in their
lives are thinking, they could relax, secure in the knowledge that
the correct answer is: 'very little'." (Reader's Digest)
I
agree completely (dp) J
My
Rule For Christian Living?
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman
"The rule that governs my life is
this: Anything that dims my vision of Christ, or takes away my
taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life, or makes
Christian work difficult, is wrong for me, and I must, as a
Christian, turn away from it." AMEN!!! dp
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