Posts Tagged with "Worship"

Advent is a time of anticipation... of waiting. For generations God's people waited for the promised Messiah. Would God answer their prayers? Would He finally raise up one who would be their redeemer forever? At the appointed time,God the Son took on human flesh and was born of a Virgin so save His people from their sin. It is easy in the hustle and consumerism of Christ...

Where do your hands go during Sunday corporate gathered worship? Some are stuck in the pockets, only to move if necessary. Some are up in the air. I have felt uncomfortable in this situation in the past because of the questions that spin in my mind. Is it more spiritual to raise my hands? Will people think I am not worshipping if I keep my hands at my side? What if th...

Ralph Martin (in his book Worship in the Early Churchon pg. 17) defines worship in this way, "Christian worship, then, is the happy blend of offering to God our creator and Redeemer through Jesus Christ both what we owe to Him and what we would desire to give to Him." What a joy it is for me to take the small gifts that God has given me to assist our church family in our...