God speaks today Sunday | August 27, 2023
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
(1 Chronicles 15:28)God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
(John 4:24) Brief history of evangelical worship
The emphasis on preaching as the most important part of worship in many Christian churches has its roots in the Protestant Reformation, which emphasized doctrine and theology. This led to a decrease in the importance of emotional and physical aspects of worship, such as praise and symbolism, and a focus on the mental and conceptual space of the believer. This oversimplification of worship has led to it being seen as a prelude to evangelism, preaching, or teaching, rather than an essential part of the Christian experience.
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Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
(2 Corinthians 3:17)The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
(Psalm 51:17)For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
(Philippians 3:3)But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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