{"id":8749,"date":"2020-02-02T17:55:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T22:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=8749"},"modified":"2020-02-02T17:55:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T22:55:39","slug":"glorifywhom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2020\/02\/glorifywhom\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorify Whom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>2020 THEME: TRUTH<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>SERIES: Faithful<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>TITLE: Glorify Whom?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Scripture:\u00a0 2 Cor. 4:6-7; I Cor. 3:1-9<\/h2>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWhen we stop long enough to think about it, we realize that our dilemma goes deeper than the shortage of time; it is basically a problem with priorities\u2026We sense uneasily our failure to do what we really important. The winds of other people\u2019s demands, our own inner compulsions, have driven us onto a reef of frustration.\u201d Charles Hummel-<em>Tyranny of the Urgent<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nBy one author worship is called the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ultimate<\/strong><\/span>) priority. Another calls it the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>irreplaceable<\/strong><\/span>) priority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nWorship is significant because it turn our (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>full attention to the only One worthy of it<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nWorship does not refer to (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>external<\/strong><\/span>) actions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nThe purpose of worship is to (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>honor, revere, magnify, and lift up and praise<\/strong><\/span>) God for who He is.<\/p>\n<h4>\n<strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 THE PRIORITY OF WORSHIP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Someone has suggested we actually worship in three dimensions:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1 .\u00a0 There is an (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>outward<\/strong><\/span>) dimension.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 There is an (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>inward<\/strong><\/span>) dimension.\u00a0 Ephesians 5:8-10<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0 There is an (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>upward<\/strong><\/span>) dimension. Hebrews 13:15-\u201cThrough Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips that acknowledge His name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NEXT WEEK: \u00a0 Theme: Truth \/ Series: Faithful<\/p>\n<p>Title: Suffering Happens- 2 Cor.4:8-15<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 THEME: TRUTH SERIES: Faithful TITLE: Glorify Whom? Scripture:\u00a0 2 Cor. 4:6-7; I Cor. 3:1-9 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhen we stop long enough to think about it, we realize that our dilemma goes deeper than the shortage of time; it is basically a problem with priorities\u2026We sense uneasily our failure to do what &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2020\/02\/glorifywhom\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8750,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749\/revisions\/8750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}