A Compelling Testimony: Maintaining a Disciplined Walk, Christlike Character, and Godly Relationships as God's Servant

Ses s i on 6: Cu l t i vat i ng Our Commun i t y : The “Corporate” Di sc i p l i nes 263

a. We are to offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, Ps. 50.14 – Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High.

b. We are called to praise God with a song and thanks giving, Ps. 69.30-31 – I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. [31] This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.

6. We should expect to see God and to be seen by God during our personal worship – God will meet us as we worship him!

a. He met Jacob, Gen. 28.

b. He met David, 2 Sam. 7.

c. He met Moses, Exod. 34.

d. He’ll meet us!, John 4.24.

C. The Corporate Dimensions: setting aside times for spiritual retreat and convocation in the presence of the Lord

1. Worship is not the latest fad or most fashionable music trend, but rather the condition and readiness of the worshipers involved. The Scriptures include or allude to just about every approach to worship there is: organized, spontaneous, public, private, simple, complex, ornate or plain. Yet there is no comment anywhere about any one way being preferred over another. Rather, it is the spiritual condition of the worshiper that determines whether or not God is at work. This fact alone countermands the tendency to assume that if we could just