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What is worship to you? What does it include or not include? Can service be considered acts of worship? Is giving worship?

I have been attending a church for the last two or three months and am trying to decide if I should stay or go. It is non denominational, which is different than Baptist which I have been for the last 30 years. There are some things I like about it. They have contemporary music and...

Paul arrives in Jerusalem in Acts 21 and he went to the elders and to James and told what the Lord had been doing. They said to him "and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children...

This last week Dr.Charles Stanley had a sermon titled "Getting Ahead of God" where he talked about Genesis 16:2-5. Abram had been in the land of Canaan for ten years and they didn't have any children, so Sarai decided to give Hagar to Abram as his wife. Dr.Stanley talked about in his message...

When I was growing up I was told that the next event would be the rapture of the church. I was told that this rapture would be invisible and in a blind of an eye. Then the 7 years of tribulation would occur and then the 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth would happen soon after that. I don't...

There is another nut claiming the end of the world is starting this coming Saturday. Would what you all think of this. http://myfox8.com/2017/09/20/researcher-says-this-saturday-will-be-the-end-of-the-world/

The Bible seems to discourage believers from pursuing wealth or prosperity. Here is what it says in James 1:9-11 9 "Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower...

"It’s not that giving to your local church isn’t important—it is, leaders told the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). But 76 percent say it’s fine if you want to give part of your tithe to a different ministry. “Many evangelical leaders do not believe there’s a biblical requirement to...

I have a list of about 13 verses that I have written down that I look at from time to time. I have changed the list from time to time also. These verses are meant to inspire and encourage me and to renew my thinking. My verses are listed below. What are your verses and why? "Do nothing form...

James 1:2-4 says, "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance, and let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." When I read that first I think it is...

In the sermon this week the pastor I heard mentioned that there are a lot of voices or people and things that demand our attention. We have a choice about what we allow ourselves to fix our thoughts on. He referred to passages such as Prov 4:23, Romans 12:2 and 2 Corinthians 10:5 and Proverbs...

Hebrews 1:3-4 says "And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels, as He...

My pastor this last Sunday asked us what we were willing to give up for revival. I have been thinking about it for several days and decided i am giving up soda. i drink a lot of it. I think it would be fair to say if you have Diet Pepsi stock you should sell now because I drink a lot of it...

I was watching Charles Stanley's Sunday message that he titled Planning without God. He started by focusing on how the people of the world joined together to build the tower of Babel and God confused their language. They wanted to build a big tower, but God had other plans. They didn't ask him...

So, the sermon series I am listening to the pastor talked again this week about voices that influence us. He said ultimately there are two voices, either one that leads to the devil or one to God. First he quoted Proverbs 2:2-12 and 1 Thess 5;21 that tells us to tune our hearts to wisdom and...

Andy Stanley, the son of Charles Stanley has a sermon series called Guardrails. In his first message he talks about how guardrails are meant to direct and protect us. They are there to prevent us from experiencing something worse. He points to some verses in Ephesians 5:15-18 that tells us to...

The church that I attend started a new series called "voices" which has to do with the voices that influence us. The pastor talked about the difference between God's voice and Satan's. He said God's voice can be described as consistent with the Bible, loving, true, helpful, centered on others...

Immediately after Elijah's showdown with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, Elijah hears a word from Jezebel who tells him that she is going to kill him. He gets scared and makes a run for it. This is the same man who faced down hundreds of prophets of Baal in the previous chapter. He...

Who is your favorite Bible character besides Jesus? For me, I think it would either be Joseph in the Old Testament or Peter. I like how Joseph was able to see that God was at work when he was in prison and he was patient with his brothers who sold him into slavery. His insight is kinda amazing.

Matthew 6:33 says, "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you." I was thinking about this verse and I thought to myself what does it really mean to seek first His kingdom and righteousness and how I do I know when I am doing it? Also, what does...