Wednesday, April 06, 2005
The Joy of Worship
The Joy of Worship
Your local congregation of Christ's church opens the doors of its building the first day of each week to provide an opportunity for God's people to join in worship of Him. This is a time of joy for many reasons:
1. God knows us individually as we really are and in spite of that still loves us and cares for us. He stands ready to forgive.
2. God calls us His. We have been reconciled to Him by His Son, Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior. He has actually adopted us as His children and allows us to call Him Father.
3. God has provided each of us with a Comforter and Guide, the Holy Spirit, and an Advocate, Jesus Christ. If we stray, we will be called back and if we repent, we will be forgiven.
Each Sunday we gather to celebrate these facts and to praise and thank God for His mercy and His grace. We offer our prayers and He not only listens, He responds. We return a portion of the material wealth with which He has blessed us and He continues to bless us in many ways. We sing hymns of praise and He acknowledges our love. We preach and teach His Word and He increases our knowledge and our wisdom. We remember the death, burial and resurrection of His Son and He counts us faithful.
We are really fortunate to have such a God. Let's continue to enjoy worshipping Him.
