In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14 (ESV) Continue reading
Author Archives: Steve Pruitt
Worship in Spirit
For we [Christians] are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God, and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence [on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances. Philippians 3:3 (AMP)
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Undivided Heart
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ESV) Continue reading
A Sacrifice of Praise
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Hebrews 13:15 (ESV) Continue reading
The Sacrifice of Brokenness
My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent] such, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17 (AMP) Continue reading
The Beloved
Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Song of Songs 6:1 (ESV)
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Cry of the Heart
“Worship is the spontaneous, irrepressible cry of the heart when the glory of the Creator breaks in upon it.”
Richard Exley
The Center of Worship
And they sang a new song, saying, Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth. Revelation 5:9-10 (ESV)
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