why are we here?. “it is good to speak of god today.” thank you for coming and worshiping
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Why Are We Here?
Why Are We Here?
“It is good to speak of God today.”
Thank You for coming and worshiping.
Why Are We Here?
I want to take no chances and cover all the bases
Why Are We Here?
I want to take no chances and cover all the bases
Can we be right ALL the time?
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
What is right?
Proverbs 21:2(NKJV) 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 16:25(NKJV) 25 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Right is being on God’s side
Exodus 32:26(KJV) 26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
2 Chronicles 24:1-2(KJV) 1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Right is being on God’s side
2 Chronicles 34:1-3(KJV) 1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Right is being on God’s side
Deuteronomy 30:19(NKJV) 19I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Do you have a desire to do what is right according to other’s ideas?
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Do you have a desire to do what is right according to other’s ideas?
Do we not care about doing what our parents, teachers, bosses, etc. think is right?
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Do you listen to godly believer’s ideas about what is right?
Do you have a desire to do what God’s Word teaches is right?
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Do you have a desire to do what God’s Word teaches is right?
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Do you want to do what is right according to God’s teachings
or man’s?
Why Are We Here?
I want to do right
Do you want to do what is right according to God’s teachings
or man’s?
Right is in God’s Son, Jesus!
Why Are We Here?
I want to spend time or be with others
Psalms 122:1(KJV) 1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Why Are We Here?
I want to spend time or be with others
Psalms 122:1(KJV) 1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
We can and do enjoy each other’s company
Why Are We Here?
I want to spend time or be with others
Psalms 122:1(KJV) 1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
We can and do enjoy each other’s company
We should enjoy each others’ company
Why Are We Here?
I want to spend time or be with others
Which is more important to us, our friends’ or God’s presence?
Why Are We Here?
I need to worship God
Why Are We Here?
I need to worship God
God expects our worship
1 Chronicles 16:29(KJV) 29Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Matthew 4:10(KJV) 10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Why Are We Here?
I need to worship God
We want to worship God
John 12:3(NKJV) 3Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Nehemiah 12:43(KJV) 43Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
Why Are We Here?
I need to worship God
We want to worship God
Psalms 95:6(KJV) 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Psalms 96:9(KJV) 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Psalms 26:8(NKJV) 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.
Why Are We Here?
I need to worship God
We want to worship God
Psalms 27:4(KJV) 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Psalms 84:10(KJV) 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Why Are We Here?
I need to worship God
We want to worship God
Are you encouraging that inner desire God gave us
and worshiping Him all you can?
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
We can encourage others (both selflessly and selfishly)
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
We can encourage others (both selflessly and selfishly)
Romans 14:19(NKJV) 19Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.
Romans 15:2(NKJV) 2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
We can encourage others (both selflessly and selfishly)
1 Corinthians 14:3(NKJV) 3But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.
2 Corinthians 10:8(NKJV) 8For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed—
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
Even if it costs us something
1 Corinthians 8:13(NKJV) 13Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
1 Corinthians 14:26(NKJV) 26How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
Encouraging others is something God uses in His church
2 Corinthians 12:19(NKJV) 19Again, do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ. But we do all things, beloved, for your edification.
Ephesians 4:12(NKJV) 12for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
We need to actively seek to be a blessing to others
Galatians 6:2(NKJV) 2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:10(NKJV) 10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
We need to actively seek to be a blessing to others
Matthew 10:42(KJV) 42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Why Are We Here?
I want to encourage others
Are you striving to encourage others along the way (in the Lord)?
Why Are We Here?
I want to know His ways (better)
Why Are We Here?
I want to know His ways (better)
You can!
1 Samuel 9:27(KJV) 27And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God.
Why Are We Here?
I want to know His ways (better)
Others did
1 Samuel 12:7(KJV) 7Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
2 Timothy 3:15(KJV) 15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Why Are We Here?
I want to know His ways (better)
You need a desire for more
Luke 17:5(KJV) 5And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Luke 24:52-53(KJV) 52And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Why Are We Here?
I want to know His ways (better)
If you earnestly seek to know Him better you will
Why Are We Here?
I need a place of refuge and help
Isaiah 37:1(NKJV) 1And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
Why Are We Here?
I need a place of refuge and help
In time of pain and hurt, there is a refuge in God
and His house!
Why Are We Here?
I want, I need a place of learning and growth
Micah 4:2(KJV) 2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Why Are We Here?
I want, I need a place of learning and growth
Learning and growth takes time and effort
Why Are We Here?
I want, I need a place of learning and growth
Learning and growth takes time and effort
Learning and growth needs to take place regularly
Why Are We Here?
I want, I need a place of learning and growth
Learning and growth takes time and effort
Learning and growth needs to take place regularly
Learning and growth brings great dividends
Why Are We Here?
I want, I need a place of learning and growth
Are you seeking knowledge in the Lord?
Why Are We Here?
Are you here for your benefit or for the Lord’s kingdom?
Why Are We Here?
Are you here for your benefit or for the Lord’s kingdom?
Are you here for self or others?
Why Are We Here?
Are you here for your benefit or for the Lord’s kingdom?
Are you here for self or others?
Or are they all tied together?
Why Are We Here?
If you are to have a better church, a better place of worship, better fellow believers,
then you must…
Why Are We Here?
If you are to have a better church, a better place of worship, better fellow believers,
then you must…
Want it
Why Are We Here?
If you are to have a better church, a better place of worship, better fellow believers,
then you must…
Want it
Seek it
Why Are We Here?
If you are to have a better church, a better place of worship, better fellow believers,
then you must…
Want it
Seek it
Experience it
Why Are We Here?
If you are to have a better church, a better place of worship, better fellow believers,
then you must…
Want it
Seek it
Experience it
Use it
Why Are We Here?
If you are to have a better church, a better place of worship, better fellow believers,
then you must…
Want it
Seek it
Experience it
Use it
Rejoice in it
Why Are We Here?
If you are to have a better church, a better place of worship, better fellow believers,
then you must…
Want it
Seek it
Experience it
Use it
Rejoice in it
Share it