Mark, you are an excellent blogger, and your style is the kind of style I'm drawn to. Have a great time in New York!
Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to update my resume and put "master blogger" on there :p
Jason Alba CEO - JibberJobber.com Because no one cares more about your career than you should...
George Malvar
· 2 years ago
I guess I'll be the one to "kick things off" on this one... I am a bit confused as to what the writer was trying to say here, but his link to the video is well worth a click! His comment on worship becoming an art is close but it's much more and in many cases it may be much less.
The title however, does not have a whole lot to do with the commentary about blogging being a form of worship. I agree that poetry is art, but blogging is a form of worship? I think that is odd, to say the least and I don't think it's so.
The title here says it all, and quotes a part of what is written in God's Word; True Worship is in Spirit and in Truth! We can best do that when we are alone with HIM, in an intimate relationship. However, I can agree that public worship gatherings often draw too much of our humanity into the event.
Are we raising our hands because we are reaching in praise to Our Father in worship and thanksgiving? Or, are we doing it because it's expected of us by the crowd and we'd look silly if we didn't join in?
I'm sure most of you know that hypocracy was Jesus' number one complaint about the flesh and it's wickedness! By the way, wickedness means to be bent like a wick on a candle that is bent so much that it won't light!
Anyway, back to topic... Worship requires true Faith, but not as most of us think of it. Faith is not a mere belief that Jesus, or God ir real.
True faith, like I heard it said by a pastor who I admire, who is home now... He called it the ABC's of Faith: Faith is Action, based on Belief sustained by Conviction. In other words, it's like driving through a green light at a traffic intersection... You have ABC faith that the cars at the red light will stop and are not going to get in your way. (although, that faith is often broken) Another way of describing the ABC's of faith is like knowing that when we get out of bed our feet will touch the ground and we will stand up. That is and ABC type of faith in the Law of Gravity.
If we could only have that type faith in God, (like a second nature) that we Act on our Belief in HIM with that much Conviction! In fact, it's worth us exloring that whole mustard seed thing. What ABC faith can a mustard seed have? Well, for one, it knows, with NO DOUBT, that when it is sown in the ground it will NOT grow up to be an apple tree, or an orange tree, but a mustard tree!
Even more, if we could have the faith that God is exactly who He says He is like the the faith that Jesus had in His Father as our example, we have a clear understanding of what our purpose is in life and how we The Spirit He placed within us could change us and, one by one, change the world! That is what brings about true worship!
Please take this as food for thought and not a sermon... I am not worthy to give sermons!
Thanks to you all
FreedomWatchdog!
Eve
· 2 years ago
"...Faith is Action, based on Belief sustained by Conviction. "
I like that!
One verse I like on faith is Galatians 2:20
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
When my faith falters, His gift of faith holds me up.
George Malvar
· 2 years ago
Hello Eve;
Thanks for ther reply
You're right... It's just like the verse in Galatians (the reality of this is almost hidden unless you look at it again and again)
It says, we live by His faith ("by the faith "of" the Son of God) As such, it's the faith He lived and showed us as our example.
This same faith which he began lives in us through His Spirit the moment we are born again ... We then have learn to "Faith" Him (Try and see "Faith" as a Verb - it will almost become a revelation)
We must allow our trust to be unwavering and let His Spirit transform us into this "Faithing" life! A life of total Trust! We now live by the law of this ABC Faith... Yet it began with His Faith ... Father, Not My will but Thy will ... I think the best one that people miss is Romans 3:22 "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith "of" Jesus Christ unto all among so many..." There are many other examples!
This is why I am worried that the Mainstream Church is teaching that it only requires us to have a mere "belief" in Jesus, and it's that which gets us there. I'm convinced that it requires more than just simply believing that He is real but "faithing" in Him...
However, let me clarify this: It is NOT BY WORKS of any kind either! Please don't misunderstand me on that. The only law is the law of Faith which even He did for us.
Do you kinda see it? If you have a way of getting anything that shoes the original Greek translation into words that we can understand, it really opens your eyes!
I am really getting intense on this subject while seeking for Him to show me more and tell me where to take this ... I am hungry and thirsty and can't seem to get enough lately ...
nuff sed for now... until next time...
May the best of the best come to you!
All Things do work together for good... I know that for a fact!
Ted Gossard
· 2 years ago
Yes, Mark. Good thoughts here.
Sounds like the Bible.
Susan
· 2 years ago
yes, if my intent in blogging is to attribute worth to Jesus Christ, then yes, it absolutely is an act of worship in my book
Every Square Inch
· 2 years ago
Susan
Well said...not sure there's much more to add to your fine comment.
Marcus
· 2 years ago
My vacation ended up being a vacation from blogging as well. But I'm glad to see that you all carried on here.
George, I'm quite sure that anything I do to glorify God is an act of worship. Anything. For me blogging is very much an act of worship. As is writing poetry. As is corporate worship. As is the way I drive, the way I treat my wife and kids, the way I treat my friends.
You have some good points though. I need to look into the Greek and Hebrew words for worship again.
Marcus
· 2 years ago
Eve, Ted, Susan, and ESI, thanks for your supportive comments! Susan, pretty much nailed it for me too.
L.L. Barkat
· 2 years ago
Welcome back! I do hope you and Amy had a marvelous time in NYC. Did you end up seeing any shows?
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Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to update my resume and put "master blogger" on there :p
Jason Alba
CEO - JibberJobber.com
Because no one cares more about your career than you should...
The title however, does not have a whole lot to do with the commentary about blogging being a form of worship. I agree that poetry is art, but blogging is a form of worship? I think that is odd, to say the least and I don't think it's so.
The title here says it all, and quotes a part of what is written in God's Word; True Worship is in Spirit and in Truth! We can best do that when we are alone with HIM, in an intimate relationship. However, I can agree that public worship gatherings often draw too much of our humanity into the event.
Are we raising our hands because we are reaching in praise to Our Father in worship and thanksgiving? Or, are we doing it because it's expected of us by the crowd and we'd look silly if we didn't join in?
I'm sure most of you know that hypocracy was Jesus' number one complaint about the flesh and it's wickedness! By the way, wickedness means to be bent like a wick on a candle that is bent so much that it won't light!
Anyway, back to topic... Worship requires true Faith, but not as most of us think of it. Faith is not a mere belief that Jesus, or God ir real.
True faith, like I heard it said by a pastor who I admire, who is home now... He called it the ABC's of Faith: Faith is Action, based on Belief sustained by Conviction. In other words, it's like driving through a green light at a traffic intersection... You have ABC faith that the cars at the red light will stop and are not going to get in your way. (although, that faith is often broken) Another way of describing the ABC's of faith is like knowing that when we get out of bed our feet will touch the ground and we will stand up. That is and ABC type of faith in the Law of Gravity.
If we could only have that type faith in God, (like a second nature) that we Act on our Belief in HIM with that much Conviction! In fact, it's worth us exloring that whole mustard seed thing. What ABC faith can a mustard seed have? Well, for one, it knows, with NO DOUBT, that when it is sown in the ground it will NOT grow up to be an apple tree, or an orange tree, but a mustard tree!
Even more, if we could have the faith that God is exactly who He says He is like the the faith that Jesus had in His Father as our example, we have a clear understanding of what our purpose is in life and how we The Spirit He placed within us could change us and, one by one, change the world! That is what brings about true worship!
Please take this as food for thought and not a sermon... I am not worthy to give sermons!
Thanks to you all
FreedomWatchdog!
I like that!
One verse I like on faith is Galatians 2:20
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
When my faith falters, His gift of faith holds me up.
Thanks for ther reply
You're right... It's just like the verse in Galatians (the reality of this is almost hidden unless you look at it again and again)
It says, we live by His faith ("by the faith "of" the Son of God) As such, it's the faith He lived and showed us as our example.
This same faith which he began lives in us through His Spirit the moment we are born again ... We then have learn to "Faith" Him (Try and see "Faith" as a Verb - it will almost become a revelation)
We must allow our trust to be unwavering and let His Spirit transform us into this "Faithing" life! A life of total Trust! We now live by the law of this ABC Faith... Yet it began with His Faith ... Father, Not My will but Thy will ... I think the best one that people miss is Romans 3:22 "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith "of" Jesus Christ unto all among so many..." There are many other examples!
This is why I am worried that the Mainstream Church is teaching that it only requires us to have a mere "belief" in Jesus, and it's that which gets us there. I'm convinced that it requires more than just simply believing that He is real but "faithing" in Him...
However, let me clarify this: It is NOT BY WORKS of any kind either! Please don't misunderstand me on that. The only law is the law of Faith which even He did for us.
Do you kinda see it? If you have a way of getting anything that shoes the original Greek translation into words that we can understand, it really opens your eyes!
I am really getting intense on this subject while seeking for Him to show me more and tell me where to take this ... I am hungry and thirsty and can't seem to get enough lately ...
nuff sed for now... until next time...
May the best of the best come to you!
All Things do work together for good... I know that for a fact!
Sounds like the Bible.
Well said...not sure there's much more to add to your fine comment.
George, I'm quite sure that anything I do to glorify God is an act of worship. Anything. For me blogging is very much an act of worship. As is writing poetry. As is corporate worship. As is the way I drive, the way I treat my wife and kids, the way I treat my friends.
You have some good points though. I need to look into the Greek and Hebrew words for worship again.