The Day of The Lord Before We Gather by Zach Hicks | Scripture Read John 20:1-18 | Devotion Worshiping on Sunday is a time-bending, mystical enterprise. Before Jesus’ time on earth, believers in the one, true, living God worshiped on Saturday, the holy Sabbath. It was day seven of the week the day of rest, […]
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Worshipping God Versus Worshipping Worship Before We Gather by Zach Hicks | Scripture Read Psalm 48 | Devotion Though we don’t want to carry with us a destructively low self- esteem, there’s a blessed realism in memorizing a Bible verse like Jeremiah 17:9: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can
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Worship as Wait Training Before We Gather by Zach Hicks | Scripture Read Psalm 62 | Devotion Ambrose, a leader in the early church, is well known for calling the book of Psalms a “complete gymnasium for the soul.” And for good reason. To live in the psalms – to read them, meditate on them,
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Introduction Before We Gather by Zach Hicks | The Power of Preservice Prayer Years ago, as a worship leader, I was introduced to the power of preservice prayer. But it wasn’t just a free-for-all. As we gathered with our worship teams and volunteers, we prayed specific prayers. They were focused. Our prayers felt centered and
