Sunday’s service highlighted the transformative power of worship, emphasizing the need to maintain sincere worship regardless of past hindrances. Worship isn’t just a routine but a lifeline that nourishes our spirits and connects us with God. Personal testimonies illustrated how worship can bring healing, strength, and divine provision. The sermon encouraged a deepening commitment to worship, urging everyone to engage fully in a lifestyle of worship that honors God in every aspect of life. The congregation was invited to participate in heartfelt worship, recognizing that true worship draws us closer to God and transforms our lives, offering peace, strength, and resilience. The service concluded with a call to embrace worship wholeheartedly, letting it be a continuous offering of praise, honor, and gratitude to God, who is worthy of all glory and honor.
In the journey of living a life of true worship, we are called to transcend mere rituals and integrate worship into every aspect of our lives, transforming us from within. As we celebrate milestones like Ephraim’s graduation, the challenge is to embody true worship beyond church walls or Sunday songs, reflecting God’s love and truth in our daily actions, relationships, and aspirations. True worship requires intentional and consistent engagement of our hearts, minds, and spirits, exemplified by figures like Daniel and Abraham, who showed steadfast faith and obedience through their worship. It’s about sacrificially offering our praise, even when it requires sacrifice, and embracing the power of corporate worship, not neglecting to gather as believers to encourage one another. Ultimately, our worship should serve as a powerful witness to the world, inspiring others and glorifying God in all that we do, reflecting His greatness and serving Him with joy and gratitude in every aspect of our lives.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 8:6, “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.
In the realm of life there are feelings and sensations (Eph. 4:18-19).
These sensations may also be identified as the consciousness of life.
For example, when you are talking with someone out of the source of your self, you may have a consciousness of feeling awkward, restless, uneasy, and uncomfortable.
There is something within you forbidding.
If you do not know the realm of life, you will just ignore those sensations and proceed with your thought, your view, your argument, your words.
This means you are living out of the wrong source.
Instead of coming from the source of the spirit, being sensitive to the feelings of life, you override the realm of the spirit by the self.
So the undealt-with, ignorant self does not know how to relate in life.
To be a person in the realm of life is to be one who progressively learns to take care of the spirit and the inner registrations of life and peace.
It is not to pay attention to right and wrong according to the self, but to pay attention to life and peace according to the Spirit.
This is to take care of the inner consciousness in our being.
It is the same as paying attention to the registrations of the Spirit written on our heart and mind (Heb. 8:10).
It is the same as taking care of the flow of life coming from our innermost being (John 7:38-39).
And it is also the same as recognizing peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17).
This is how we relate in life.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
THURSDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Tom Graham (Sandra’s Husband)
John McClain’s Mother
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Andrew Halevi & Daughter
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison – Riverside
Deanna Fowler
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Drew
Easton Fielder
Ed Mays
Eric Magnusson’s Mother
Eric Ward
Faith Burnette
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Joanie/Jeanie Mom
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
June Cronan’s Sister
Kailey Bateman
Kim McClain’s Mother
Krista Hilscher
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Miles Bradshaw
Nora Allison
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson
Rose Fuller – Pruitt-Monroe Nursing Home, Forsyth GA
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Susan & Alexis Tesone
Susan Mosley
Tom Witcher