Discipleship training
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| WORSHIP AS DISCIPLESHIP One cannot ignore the fact that worship is the very thing that God most wants from us. Therefore when we gather to worship him we are giving God what is most due him as God, as well as what we most owe him as his children. Anytime a child pleases his parents deeply by giving them what they most want, there is a benefit not only to the parent but to the child as well. For the child is converted in his own obedience, his heart is moved to love his parents even more as he sees the joy of his obedience reflected in their faces. So too the disciple of Christ is changed even as he renders worship to his Father in heaven. The disciple’s heart will resonate with the Fathers, he will experience the joy of the Father in his worship, and his heart will be drawn even further into the love relationship. So the Psalm encourage us to praise God and so recognize His love for us Worship the LORD with gladness come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:2-5 Since as has been said, the highest commandment is to love God wholly, worship at the same time allows us to love him in the obedience of worship and simultaneously increases our love for Him as we realize afresh how worthy God is of our praise. Download 1.03 Mb. Share with your friends:
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