Symphony of Worship - Part Two

(no transitioning –  just continuing from part one) When Church leaders set apart worship from everything else, I fear that we are sending a message that conflicts with the whole life concept of worship before God. This is easily remedied by those same spiritual leaders teaching and using a truly simple approach to scriptural truths. Let us see a simple scripture with such powerful truth. Romans 12: 1 says it all,          Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your...

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A Symphony of Worship - Part One

What your brain pictures when you read the title above will definitely influence what you think I am going to write in this blog.  But what I am hoping for, is that as we process these thoughts together, new ones may emerge to challenge and stretch our thinking.  These new thoughts might even make you a little uncomfortable.  Knowing people as we do, there are some of us who are very comfortable where we are in life and really don’t want to entertain challenging truths.  However, for all of us that hunger to know more, and...

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Lie to Me…A Little Bit

            Isn’t it amazing how that we try to design our lives in the best possible way to milk approval and acceptance from others?  Believe it or not, we will willingly accept being lied to in order to get this from others.            This is a concept that we developed early on in our lives from the flesh controlling us before we became believers in Christ.  It still tries to intimidate, control, and trouble us as we daily...

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About the Business..........

        Some wise people have given us memorable sayings throughout history.  A great many of these have been passed down through time to help anyone who might happen to pay attention to their wisdom. We usually are better off when we pay attention to them.          Today, we also pass down phrases to remind us of things that we enjoy or like.  You might recognize one of these:  “I’ll be back,”  “Inconceivable!”, and “Toto, I don’t think we are...

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