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sermon. If this is all there
is to it, it's not worship, it's a classroom. Worship involves an actual
spiritual contact with God. Once this spiritual contact is made, real
worship begins. We not only hear a sermon or a hymn or a congregational
prayer, we experience the words with our very soul. God's presence becomes a
reality. Church is experienced with the ears and the eyes; true worship is
experienced with every fiber of our being. Exodus 20:2-4, 1 Chronicles
16:29, Matthew 4:10, John 4:24, Romans 12:1, 1 Corinthians 14:15, Hebrews
13:15.
For a more detailed study of
the spiritual disciplines,
read Celebration of Discipline by Richard J Foster. |
