The Purpose

The purpose of nature, the beauty of the sunrises and sunsets, the mountains, the oceans the clouds, the flowers and the birds, all of nature is to lead us to the Creator so that we will worship Him.

The purpose of our feelings and emotions is to lead us to the Creator. As we have been discussing the past several weeks "Worship" is essential to a Christians life. And, "Worship" has a feeling. It is a feeling of complete gratefulness, humbleness,  love, and awe! Do we get there during our worship? Too often, no.  Why? Because we we are too accustomed to external worship meaning we are accustomed to a time, a place and a structure or routine. Too many people get caught in a trap about thinking that worship is about the place. True worship as Jesus taught, has absolutely nothing to do with a place!  What has happened to most all of us in this post modern world is we get caught up in the "externals" like, where, what church, what denomination, who goes there, it's too cold, too hot, I don't like the chairs, the music, and on and on. Now I do believe that externals such as all the things I just mentioned can definitely detract from real worship, but, true worship has nothing to do with any of the externals that our culture seems so hung up on. Now that being said, I'll be honest. Someday, I would love have a beautiful church building of our own, even though I know that having such has absolutely nothing to do with true worship. So, here is what my prayer is:

"God, lead us (PCF) into true worship no matter what that means. Fill us with your Holy Spirit and let us become a beacon of hope and light for your glory. Father keep us from temptation and do not let us fall into the "trap" of external worship. Let your Glory be the desire of our lives even if that means meeting in a field on a cold rainy day. Keep us from falling into the "external worship trap! In Jesus name, Amen!"

Last week I talked about the woman at the well when Jesus made the point to her "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks."
Spirit and truth is true worship. Worship really has nothing to do with a place. Your life is to become worship. 

You can listen to the last sermon on worship to get caught up on this series on the Praise Community Fellowship website. 

This Sunday we will be looking at how God uses circumstances and pain to lead us to our Greater Purpose. 

See you Sunday, 6:30pm at the Crystal Garden!  Love, pastor kent