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"The principle: A minister may be able to develop a Godly character without being competent, but he/she can't be competent as a minister without a Christlike character."
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Inasmuch as the worship service is the main event in most churches, it must be done well. It needs to assist worshippers experience the presence and glory of God. The focus must be on God and always take into account Jesus' instruction to the woman at the well, "Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship" (John 4:23, TM). You might want to try some of these ideas.
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Newspaper columnist Lori Bergman told of attending a funeral for her daughter's friend in which the mourners ran the gamut from punk to preppy. She said the service concluded with a hymn and the teen friends of the deceased held hands while they struggled to mouth the words of the song, "O God, Our Help in Ages Past." Even in grief the assortment of cultures, genders and generations merged around the lyrics that proclaimed God’s care in the midst of their catastrophe.
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Mediocrity is never exciting. The person who is content to be a member of the herd, to do as much as others, or to do only as well as others, will find life getting dull before he runs out of years. The adventure is in excellence. To do more than you thought possible, to take the lead in self-discipline and self-becoming, opens the door to interest.
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There are two Hebrew words that are regularly translated "worship" in modern English versions of the Bible. Both of them have important implications for the way we think of the act of worship. The first, and the one that is regularly translated "worship" in the King James Version as well as in the modern versions is hishtahwa, which only occurs in a rare reflexive, causative form. That is, you make yourself do something.
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