Sunday Sermon: The Other Side of Worship

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The Other Side of Worship

“One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.””
— Matthew 22:35-40 (NIV)

What is Worship?

“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.””
— John 4:24 (NIV)
“Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
— Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV)
“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.”
— 1 John 4:20-21 (NIV)

Sunday Sermon: House of Praise and Worship

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House of Praise and Worship

“He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
— Genesis 22:5 (NIV)
“The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.”
— Genesis 12:7-8 (NIV)

Obedience is better than sacrifice

“But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.”
— 1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV)

Sunday Sermon: God's Dream Church - House of Praise & Worship

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God's Dream Church: House of Praise & Worship

“Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.”
— Acts 9:31 (NIV)
“But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.

“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.

“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,

“‘From the lips of children and infants
you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?”
— Matthew 21:15-16 (NIV)
“Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.”
— Hosea 7:8 (NIV)
“ God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
— John 4:24 (NIV)
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.”
— Matthew 23:23 (NIV)

Sunday Sermon: God's Dream Church: House of Power

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House of Power: Spiritual Lameness

“The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them”
— Matthew 21:14 (NIV)
“Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.”
— Hebrews 12:12-13 (NIV)

Causes of Lameness:

  1. Lame by Birth: Acts: 3:1-2 "...Now a man who was lame from birth..."
  2. Lame by Accident: 2 Samuel 4:4  "...he fell and became disabled..."
  3. Lame by God: Genesis 32:25, 31 "...he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched..."

Sunday Sermon: God's Dream Church: House of Power

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God's Dream Church: House of Power

“The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.”
— Mathew 21:14 (NIV)

Types of Spiritual Vision:

1. Blindness

2. Blurriness

3. Brightness

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”
— Matthew 6:22-23 (NIV)
“They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. ”
— Mark 8:22-25 (NIV)
“Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.”
— Judges 16:21 (NIV)
“So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”
— Revelation 3:16 (NIV)
“Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.”
— Deuteronomy 34:7 (NIV)
“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.”
— Psalms 119:18 (NIV)
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,”
— Ephesians 1:17-20 (NIV)