Sunday, January 25, 2025
Good morning Church
On Wednesday evening, in his teaching on being true worshippers, Sean read John 4:24 from the Contemporary English Version…“God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth.”
He went on to say that the way for us to truly worship God is to let the Holy Spirit show us how to worship Him because then our worship will be alive.
John 6:63 tells us “It is the Spirit who gives life.” Therefore, everything to which we invite the Holy Spirit becomes alive, including our worship. Would we want to offer God anything less than our liveliest and most passionate worship? If our worship is apathetic and lifeless, is it even truly worship?
God never shows up for us sluggish or disinterested. Whether together or one on One, let’s look alive for Him in our worship!
Sunday, January 18, 2025
Good morning Church
I recently heard a minister say “we have to do something in defiance of our circumstances.”
Rather than running away from what everyone thought would be certain defeat, in defiance, David ran toward the giant – and God met him there with deliverance!
The woman with the issue of blood was given a death sentence from the doctors, and shunned by society. But she didn’t just lay down and die. In defiance to her circumstances, she sought out Jesus to merely touch the hem of His garment, convinced she would be healed – and she was!
In defiance of our current circumstances, we spent a couple of Saturdays packing up our storage unit and church basement, preparing for our upcoming move. We are ready for God to manifest our new building!
We can defy whatever enemy that stands before us today by raising a Hallelujah that’s louder than fear or unbelief.
See you at church!
Sunday, January 11, 2025
Good morning Church
Often times, when we attend an event, there is something that precedes the main thing. For example, at a concert, the headliner band typically has another musician or band there as an “opener”.
At church, often times we think of the praise and worship part as the opener, with the preaching of the Word being THE event.
The preaching of the Word is most certainly an event. But, as Nancy Dufresne so eloquently described it, the worship part of the service ought to also become an event. “The event of the Word should be honoured by the event of the worship of the One who authored the Word. It shouldn’t be that one is anointed, and the other is not anointed.”
Our worship is not about performing or conjuring up emotions. In its purest form, it comes from the depths of our hearts; it is about honouring God, His presence, and His Word; it is about making room for the Holy Spirit to come and minister and change lives like only He can do.
Let’s come to church this morning prepared for a double-headliner….anointed worship and the anointed Word!
See you at church.