The Gooch Lane church of Christ is a group of people in Madison, Alabama seeking to study the Bible and put God’s teachings into practice. We’d love to have you join us for Bible study and worship.
All in Worship
Every worshiper should seek to refrain from unspoken words that distract others.
It is easy today to practice what I would call “thinking our way to heaven.” The current Christian landscape is full of sayings such as: “Trust God,” “Focus on your relationship with Christ,” “Let Go and Let God.” While I am not debating the importance or validity of doing these things, when we say these things we often leave out how to do these things. God, however, knew exactly how to do those things and it was with daily ritual worship.
O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens!” Is the stupendous glory of His creation lost on us? Do we not have eyes to see? Are we not paying attention?
While worship is always given for God’s glory, He has also emphasized the “horizontal axis” of what is given to each other.
If you had one thing to ask of God, what would it be? It is always difficult asking a question like that because there can often be two answers. There is the actual answer, and then there is the answer we know we ought to give. There can create tension within the answerer—they know (or think they know) what the right answer should be, and though they don’t feel it in their heart, they still may feel compelled to answer the question one way rather than the other.
One of the clearest demonstrations of the Letter and the Spirit of New Testament Christianity is seen in God’s teaching on worship.
