Sunday Sermon: Dwell Among The People

Dwell Among The People

Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.
— Exodus 25:8 (NIV)

Sunday Sermon: House of Praise and Worship

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: There Is A God On The Throne

There Is A God On The Throne

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
— Isaiah 6:1 (NIV)

Sunday Sermon: Never Boast Except In The Cross

Never Boast Except In The Cross

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
— Galatians 6:14 (NIV)

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

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)