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Worship According to God's Word Print E-mail
Our Worship
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:17

   Worship means “to give honor, homage, reverence, respect, adoration, praise, or glory to a superior being.” God demands worship because He and He alone is worthy of it. He is the only being that truly deserves worship. 

   God tells us how to praise and worship him in His Word. John 4:23 says, "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks." In order to worship God in truth, we need to know that Jesus said "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." So, before you can worship in the way that God desires, you have to develop a relationship with Him through faith in Jesus, His Son.

   The best way that we can praise and worship God is with our every thought and action. Romans 12:1-2 states, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God -- this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is -- his good, pleasing and perfect will." 

   Many people think that praise and worship is only singing songs at church, but it is so much more! It is also a condition of your heart -- a willingness to exalt God and yield to his will. Worship is an expression of love and awe to the God who gives us more than we deserve. Whether you express your worship by singing, playing music, dancing or in some other way, remember that you are called to worship God with your every action, every day of your life. God is holy, loving, and worthy of all our worship and devotion.

   For additional information about worship check out CMI Worship, it has great forum on worship.
 
Our Worship Services: Why We Do What We Do Print E-mail
Our Worship
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 05:13

We welcome guests to all of our services. Hopefully, this information will answer any questions you may have reguarding our worship. You're also welcome to contact the church office with your questions.  

   We believe in the Biblical pattern of personal and corporate worship. The Bible says "God is Spirit". We must worship Him in Spirit according to TRUTH -- the Word of God.

   We clap our hands "O Clap your hands, all ye people, shout unto God with the voice of triumph." Psalm 47:1 KJV

   We lift our hands "Thus will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name." Psalm 63:4, "Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord." Psalm 134:2, KJV

   We stand and praise the Lord "Then the Levites...said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise." Nehemiah 9:5, KJV

   We say "amen" "And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground." Nehemiah 8:6,  "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, amen. Praise ye the Lord." Psalm 106:48, KJV

   We sing choruses as well as hymns "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." Colossians 3:16, KJV

   We have preaching and teaching "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.” Ephesians 4:11-12, "How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” Romans 10:14, KJV

   We use musical instruments "Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet, praise Him with the sound of the harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance, praise Him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon the loud cymbals, praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals." Psalm 150:3-5, KJV

   The whole church prays at once for specific needs "And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is." Acts 4:24, KJV

   We come to the altar "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:16, NIV

   We have speaking in tongues and interpretation "Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues." I Corinthians 14:39, KJV  "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal...To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues." I Corinthians 12:7, 10 KJV

   We prophecy "But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort." I Corinthians 14:3, KJV "For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be comforted."  I Corinthians 14:31, KJV "Follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. " I Corinthians 14:1, KJV

   We sing in tongues and in English "For if I pray in an unknown language, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the Spirit and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the Spirit and I will sing with the understanding also." I Corinthians 14:14-15, KJV

   We anoint with oil and pray for the sick "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick and the Lord shall raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him." James 5:14-15, KJV

   We gather together for church services "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." Hebrews 10:25, NIV