God reminds the people of Israel that false worship involves worship that follows our own ways, seeks our own pleasure, and uses our own words. (This lesson was heavily influenced by Showtime: Worship in the Age of Show Business, by Dan Chambers Chapters 3-4)
God reminds the people of Israel that false worship involves worship that follows our own ways, seeks our own pleasure, and uses our own words. (This lesson was heavily influenced by Showtime: Worship in the Age of Show Business, by Dan Chambers Chapters 3-4)
Jesus only built one church which is a spiritual body. In the New Testament we find that the Christians guided by inspired apostles assembled together as local assemblies or churches in order to accomplish the work the Lord gave them to do. That simple arrangement resulted in those local churches preaching the gospel throughout the whole world as the Lord commanded to be done. These slides are about those local assemblies and suggest that the Lord has not changed this arrangement.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Be Wise About The Local Church" sermon at New Life Christian Church on May 6, 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Jesus only built one church which is a spiritual body. In the New Testament we find that the Christians guided by inspired apostles assembled together as local assemblies or churches in order to accomplish the work the Lord gave them to do. That simple arrangement resulted in those local churches preaching the gospel throughout the whole world as the Lord commanded to be done. These slides are about those local assemblies and suggest that the Lord has not changed this arrangement.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Be Wise About The Local Church" sermon at New Life Christian Church on May 6, 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Wayside springs from the fountain of lifeGLENN PEASE
NOTE: This gem of a book by a great author of the past is sold everywhere, but I found a place where Christians made this public domain book free for the taking, and so I took it to share with my readers here. Thank you Grace Gems.
Section 1
The Song at the Well
Christ the Fountain
The Great Promise
Patching the Old Garment
A Good Life—How to Begin it
Be Thorough
Christ's Jewels
Citizens of Heaven
This is a beginning message on why we must pray together more in our church and, I suspect, in most churches. It may be true that 90% of churches today do not have a church prayer meeting on their weekly calendars. 40 years ago 90% of churches probably did. We must return to our biblical roots as a people who pray together if we want to be ready to host a revival and sustain a revival in our fellowships and in our region. God is coming with global revival. Will we be ready? Corporate prayer will help us greatly to be ready.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Be Wise About The Worship Of God" sermon at New Life Christian Church on August 25, 2013. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
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2 Peter 3: Because some scriptures are hard to understand and some will force them to say things God never intended, Peter warns us to take care.
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A375 Example Taste the taste of the Lord, the taste of the Lord The taste of...franktsao4
It seems that current missionary work requires spending a lot of money, preparing a lot of materials, and traveling to far away places, so that it feels like missionary work. But what was the result they brought back? It's just a lot of photos of activities, fun eating, drinking and some playing games. And then we have to do the same thing next year, never ending. The church once mentioned that a certain missionary would go to the field where she used to work before the end of his life. It seemed that if she had not gone, no one would be willing to go. The reason why these missionary work is so difficult is that no one obeys God’s words, and the Bible is not the main content during missionary work, because in the eyes of those who do not obey God’s words, the Bible is just words and cannot be connected with life, so Reading out God's words is boring because it doesn't have any life experience, so it cannot be connected with human life. I will give a few examples in the hope that this situation can be changed. A375
The Hope of Salvation - Jude 1:24-25 - MessageCole Hartman
Jude gives us hope at the end of a dark letter. In a dark world like today, we need the light of Christ to shine brighter and brighter. Jude shows us where to fix our focus so we can be filled with God's goodness and glory. Join us to explore this incredible passage.
Why is this So? ~ Do Seek to KNOW (English & Chinese).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma teaching of Kamma-Vipaka (Intentional Actions-Ripening Effects).
A Presentation for developing morality, concentration and wisdom and to spur us to practice the Dhamma diligently.
The texts are in English and Chinese.
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Hymns: Roots and Wings for the Next Generation (supporting slides)
1. Hymns: Roots and Wings for
the Next Generation
Stand for the Gospel 2013
William Chong
2. “There are two lasting bequests we can give our children:
One is roots. The other is wings.”
– Henry Ward Beecher
3. Which of the following are hymns?
• Amazing Grace
• Blessed Assurance
• Great Is Thy Faithfulness
• Just As I Am
• In Christ Alone
• Nothing But the Blood
• Rock of Ages
• To God Be The Glory
• The Solid Rock
• When I Survey
4. Which of the following are hymns?
• Amazing Grace
• Blessed Assurance
• Great Is Thy Faithfulness
• Just As I Am
• In Christ Alone
• Nothing But the Blood
• Rock of Ages
• To God Be The Glory
• The Solid Rock
• When I Survey
6. I. What is a hymn?
“… a poem, designed for group
singing, and written as a sequence
of identical units called stanzas.
Each stanza has the same line
length, rhythms and rhyme scheme
as its predecessor, so that the hymn
can be sung, stanza by stanza, to
the same tune.” – Brian Wren
Wren, Brian. Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox
Press, 2000. pg. 100.
7. I. What is a hymn?
Holy Holy Holy
1. Holy holy holy
Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning
Our song shall rise to Thee
Holy holy holy
Merciful and mighty
God in three persons
Blessed Trinity
John Bacchus Dykes, Reginald Heber. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
3. Holy holy holy
Though the darkness hide Thee
Though the eye of sinful man
Thy glory may not see
Only Thou art holy
There is none beside Thee
Perfect in power
In love and purity
8. I. What is a hymn?
“Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.”
1 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)
10. A hymn is different to…
• Chorus
– Come Now Is The Time To Worship
– Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
• Refrain / Gospel Song
– Great Is Thy Faithfulness
– Nothing But the Blood
– Victory in Jesus
11. Which of the following are hymns?
• Amazing Grace
• Blessed Assurance
• Great Is Thy Faithfulness
• Just As I Am
• In Christ Alone
• Nothing But the Blood
• Rock of Ages
• To God Be The Glory
• The Solid Rock
• When I Survey
12. I. What is a hymn?
A Mighty Fortress (isorhythmic) – Martin Luther
15. II. Why do we need hymns today?
A. We need roots into a historic, credible faith.
“My grandmother saved it,
My mother threw it away,
And now I’m buying it back.”
– Kevin Twit
16. II. Why do we need hymns today?
A. We need roots into a historic, credible faith.
17. II. Why do we need hymns today?
A. We need roots into a historic, credible faith.
John Newton. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
18. II. Why do we need hymns today?
Anne Steele. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
19. II. Why do we need hymns today?
Anne Steele. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
20. II. Why do we need hymns today?
Anne Steele. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
21. II. Why do we need hymns today?
B. We need wings from the formative power of the
gospel.
“Run, run, the law commands
But gives us neither feet nor hands.
Far better news the gospel brings
It bids us fly and gives us wings.”
– attr. John Bunyan
22. II. Why do we need hymns today?
How often do these worldviews sneak into your heart?
• “I’m on the right track baby I was born this way”
• “Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try”
• “Nothing really matters to me”
• “I faced it all and I stood tall and I did it my way”
23. II. Why do we need hymns today?
Jesus I My Cross Have Taken
1. Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee.
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou from hence my all shall be.
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought or hoped or known.
Yet how rich is my condition!
God and heaven are still my own.
Henry Lyte. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
24. II. Why do we need hymns today?
Thou Lovely Source of True Delight
1. Thou lovely source of true delight
Whom I unseen adore
Unveil Thy beauties to my sight
That I might love Thee more.
Anne Steele. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
25. II. Why do we need hymns today?
Come Thou Fount
3. O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
Robert Robinson. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
26. II. Why do we need hymns today?
C. We need to relearn the art of meditation on God’s
Word.
“I will meditate on Your precepts,
And contemplate Your ways.
I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.”
– Psalm 119:15–16 (NKJV)
27. II. Why do we need hymns today?
When I Survey
1. When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
Isaac Watts. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
“But far be it from me to boast except in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has
been crucified to me, and I to the world.” –
Galatians 6:14 (ESV)
28. III. How can we pass on hymns to
the next generation?
a. Find and choose good hymns.
b. Sing them to yourself.
c. Sing them with your family.
d. Sing them with your church community.
29. III. How can we pass on hymns to
the next generation?
“… I say without qualification,
after the Sacred Scriptures,
the next best companion for
the soul is a good hymnal.”
– AW Tozer
Tozer, Aiden Wilson. We Travel An Appointed Way. Christian Publications, 1988.
31. When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Isaac Watts. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
32. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
Isaac Watts. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
33. See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown!
Isaac Watts. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
34. [His dying crimson1, like a robe,
Spreads o'er his body on the tree:
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.]
Isaac Watts. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
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35. Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Isaac Watts. Public Domain. CCLI License # 42775
36. “We will not hide them from their children, but
tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds
of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders
that he has done.”
– Psalm 78:4 (ESV)