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Our Daily Bread Saturday, February 19, 2011 Who’s The Audience?
Read: Psalm 50:7-15
Whoever offers praise glorifies Me. —Psalm 50:23
Bible in a year:
Leviticus 26-27; Mark 2 I used to view the worship service in church as a time for entertainment. Speaking of folks like me, Sören Kierkegaard said that we tend to think of church as a kind of theater: We sit in the audience, attentively watching the actors onstage. If sufficiently entertained, we show our gratitude with applause. Church, though, should be the opposite of the theater. God is the audience for our worship. What matters most takes place within the hearts of the congregation—not onstage. We should leave a worship service asking ourselves not “What did I get out of it?” but rather “Was God pleased with what happened?” God took pains to specify details of animal sacrifice for the ancient Israelites in their worship. Yet He said that He didn’t need their animals: “I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats out of your folds. For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills” (Ps. 50:9-10). What He wanted was their praise and obedience (v.23). By focusing on the externals of worship, we too miss the point: The Lord is interested in a sacrifice of the heart, an internal attitude of submission and thanksgiving. The goal of worship is nothing less than to meet and please our God. Lord, may our worship and our praise, At the heart of worship is worship from the heart. Are You A Christian ? Greg Laurie I read recently that 50 percent of all born-again Christians don’t have the assurance of salvation. Maybe some just need to memorize some pertinent passages on the assurance of salvation, like 1 John 5:13, and realize that God's Word does indeed promise that salvation is the present possession of every true follower of Christ.
No one is perfect
Verse of the Day
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 Our Mission
“The righteous man will flourish (Growth) like the palm tree. He will grow (Lifting) like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house (Establishment) of the Lord, they will flourish (Prosperity) in the courts of our God. They will still yield fruit (Productivity) in old age; they shall be full of sap and very green (Fullness and Health), to declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness (Sanctification) in Him”. The following bullets will allow you to understand our Mission: 1. Righteous: To convert the non believers for the justification in Christ.
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