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The Worship Poole: Understanding is not just knowledge
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Tuesday, 6 October 2009. Understanding is not just knowledge. A few years ago I attended a seminar to help me better understand the Indian culture. We were told that if you ask an Indian “Do you think you can meet a certain deadline? 8221; they will answer “yes,” but if you phrase the question “do you feel you can meet the deadline? 8221; they might answer “no.”. His reply quoted Isaiah 6 and included the following phrase,. As we read the B...
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The Worship Poole: God’s word dwelling in us
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Wednesday, 7 October 2009. God’s word dwelling in us. 8221; This question is still relevant to us today; why do we so often allow our lives to be determined by the values, desires and trends of this world? In our passage today Paul lays out some very simple steps that will enable us to live our lives the way God wants us to (these are the basic steps of discipleship). 4) Clothe yourselves with godly desires and behaviours. 2) Let the word o...
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The Worship Poole: Our lives are a witness
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Friday, 2 October 2009. Our lives are a witness. Matt 5 v 13-16. We are not just to speak the good news, but also be a demonstration of the good news. Jesus explained that people observing our lifestyles (our attitudes, decisions and actions) would see the impact of Jesus and glorify God. Jesus uses two very common everyday pictures to show this, both of which imply that we are meant to be obviously different to the world around us. Jesus t...
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The Worship Poole: The Holy Spirit brings unity
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Friday, 16 October 2009. The Holy Spirit brings unity. In the first three Chapters of Ephesians, Paul has wonderfully explained the master plan of God,. The pleasure (love) of God to reconcile people to himself. The purpose of God to redeem us from the curse of death. The plan of God to bring salvation through Jesus and adopt us into his family. In John 17 Jesus prays for us that we might be “brought to complete unity to let the world...
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The Worship Poole: The “Word of the Lord”
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Monday, 5 October 2009. The “Word of the Lord”. In verse 7 we see an interesting phrase – “the word of God spread.” It is not a phrase that we would choose to use today – we would probably use “the gospel spread,” or the “teaching of Jesus spread.”. Throughout the Old Testament the “word of God” or the “word of the Lord” is used to indicate that God himself had brought insight and instruction. As we allow Jesus to work in and through our li...
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The Worship Poole: Teaching and Compassion
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Saturday, 10 October 2009. In verse 34 Mark makes a strange statement “”he had compassion on them…so he began teaching”. We would normally expect someone to have compassion and then care for, feed or maybe pray for, but Mark says that Jesus taught them. Luke records (Luke 9) that Jesus was teaching them about the kingdom of God and healing the sick and then Jesus gave a practical demonstration by hosting the Passover meal (breaking the unle...
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The Worship Poole: Building effective Church
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Tuesday, 13 October 2009. As we saw yesterday we are all joined together in Christ and the body is dependant upon the contribution that each person brings. But this passage also outlines how God is building his church. 1) Everyone is connected to the head. We each have a personal relationship to Jesus, and therefore we are not reliant upon another man (priest, pastor, teacher, etc.) to speak to God for us. 2) Everyone is connected to others.
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The Worship Poole: Get in the Game!
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Sunday, 18 October 2009. Get in the Game! If you have found the past five weeks of notes helpful, you can now download the complete set of notes as a PDF here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Enter your email address:. Subscribe in a reader. How to use this blog. Then read my comments and allow them to stimulate your own thoughts. Ask yourself questions: What does this passage say to me? What would it have meant in its original context?
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The Worship Poole: Discussing scripture – a daily part of life
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Friday, 9 October 2009. Discussing scripture – a daily part of life. When God gave the law to Israel he gave Moses an indication of how important it was to Israel that they not only heard it and obeyed it but that they gave particular attention to teaching it to their children, discussing it with each other, and ensuring that it was remained central to all that they did. As a father I am responsible for ensuring that my children are fully a...
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The Worship Poole: One body in Christ
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A daily devotional guide to help followers of Jesus worship him. Sunday, 11 October 2009. One body in Christ. Paul likens the Church to a body and explains that although we do not all have the same function we are still all important and necessary. In verse 5 he states that “each member belongs to all the others” and that every characteristic and ability we have is a gift of grace from God. These gifts are meant to be used to serve the rest of the body. 8226; Included the Children even though he was tired.
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