Comments on: Worship http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Victor Templeton http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-41386 Victor Templeton Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:22:22 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-41386 Google is the best search engine Google is the best search engine

]]> By: Steve Jr. http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15384 Steve Jr. Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:37:42 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15384 Any chance you guys could expedite getting that sermon up on iTunes as a podcast? Would love to hear it ... Any chance you guys could expedite getting that sermon up on iTunes as a podcast? Would love to hear it …

]]> By: Serena voss http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15356 Serena voss Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:37:26 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15356 Mike, I second Carolyn's comment about your sermon. I liked the phrase: "From tree to shining tree" as a descriptor of "From Creation to Revelation". It is also good to be reminded of how our bodies are the "Temple" of the Holy Spirit and wherever we go, we take the Kingdom with us. I have a friend who, like Paul, feels it is better to die and be with the Lord than it is to live. He finds little comfort in this life and is just ready to go. In fact, everyday, he asks God if today will be the day of his Homecoming. And maybe some of it is just that fear of pain and other disabilities that can occur as we grow older, or maybe his feelings are truly God-given. While I, too, want to be ready at any moment to cast off these mortal chains in favor of being forever with the Lord, I relish the thought, that today in this life, God chooses ME as his dwelling place, and where I go, He goes, and where He goes, the Kingdom is! Wow! What a gift! Mike, I second Carolyn’s comment about your sermon. I liked the phrase: “From tree to shining tree” as a descriptor of “From Creation to Revelation”.

It is also good to be reminded of how our bodies are the “Temple” of the Holy Spirit and wherever we go, we take the Kingdom with us.

I have a friend who, like Paul, feels it is better to die and be with the Lord than it is to live. He finds little comfort in this life and is just ready to go. In fact, everyday, he asks God if today will be the day of his Homecoming. And maybe some of it is just that fear of pain and other disabilities that can occur as we grow older, or maybe his feelings are truly God-given.

While I, too, want to be ready at any moment to cast off these mortal chains in favor of being forever with the Lord, I relish the thought, that today in this life, God chooses ME as his dwelling place, and where I go, He goes, and where He goes, the Kingdom is! Wow! What a gift!

]]> By: Chris Gallagher http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15344 Chris Gallagher Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:31:58 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15344 AMEN! That quote will be used in two weeks as I preach on reaching a dying world. Thanks! AMEN!

That quote will be used in two weeks as I preach on reaching a dying world.

Thanks!

]]> By: Cindy Hanson http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15341 Cindy Hanson Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:46:22 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15341 What a beautiful idea. Have you ever heard of Jubliee in the ocean? One morning I was walking on the beach by the Gulf of Mexico, and every sea creature imaginable (almost) was near the beach. It's some kind of sea phenom, and it was a specatular thing to witness. When I first began reading Underhill's quote, that's what I thought was the allusion. The mustard seed has sprouted and encompasses every species, every ethnicity, every culture bringing it all into the universal kingdom. What a beautiful idea. Have you ever heard of Jubliee in the ocean? One morning I was walking on the beach by the Gulf of Mexico, and every sea creature imaginable (almost) was near the beach. It’s some kind of sea phenom, and it was a specatular thing to witness. When I first began reading Underhill’s quote, that’s what I thought was the allusion. The mustard seed has sprouted and encompasses every species, every ethnicity, every culture bringing it all into the universal kingdom.

]]> By: carolyn dycus http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15340 carolyn dycus Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:01:14 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15340 Yes, Mike, thank you for the blessing of the Underhill quote (Water cleansing once more!) and for your "The Church Has left the Building" message today. From creation to Revelation--wow!--GOD's benevelence, faithfulness and power. It's high time we got out of the building (after worship assembly, of course :-) to catch up with where He's going! Yes, Mike, thank you for the blessing of the Underhill quote (Water cleansing once more!) and for your “The Church Has left the Building” message today. From creation to Revelation–wow!–GOD’s benevelence, faithfulness and power. It’s high time we got out of the building (after worship assembly, of course :-) to catch up with where He’s going!

]]> By: MommyHAM http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15339 MommyHAM Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:40:11 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15339 Amen! Amen!

]]> By: Keith http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15337 Keith Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:22:27 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15337 Very reassurring. Thanks Mike. Very reassurring. Thanks Mike.

]]> By: Amy http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15336 Amy Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:49:36 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15336 Thank you for the blessing, and back to ya. We have been extremely blessed this Sunday to have borrowed Randy Harris from you for the weekend. Words fail me at the moment, but we have been blessed. God is always in our midst, but today He showed up in a very tangible way through Randy and his timely messages to our church. Thank you for the blessing, and back to ya.

We have been extremely blessed this Sunday to have borrowed Randy Harris from you for the weekend. Words fail me at the moment, but we have been blessed.

God is always in our midst, but today He showed up in a very tangible way through Randy and his timely messages to our church.

]]> By: Chris Field http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15334 Chris Field Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:33:29 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15334 And you as well, my friend. Be blessed. And you as well, my friend. Be blessed.

]]> By: Kathy http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15333 Kathy Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:35:13 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15333 Beautiful!! "I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go up to the House of the LORD!" " Beautiful!!

“I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go up to the House of the LORD!” “

]]> By: Lara http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15332 Lara Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:12:12 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15332 How beautiful. And that's exactly as it should be. How beautiful. And that’s exactly as it should be.

]]> By: Brad http://preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15330 Brad Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:58:01 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/09/24/worship#comment-15330 I knew I liked Sunday mornings!!! Thanks for the reminder. I knew I liked Sunday mornings!!! Thanks for the reminder.

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