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Life through the Spirit

Roma 8:5 Sebab mereka yang hidup menurut daging, memikirkan hal-hal yang dari daging; mereka yang hidup menurut Roh, memikirkan hal-hal yang dari Roh. Kehidupan seseorang ditentukan oleh apa yang dipikirkan terus menerus di dalam pikirannya. Amsal 23:7 berkata: "as a man thinks in his heart so is he" Begitu dahsyatnya pengaruh pikiran kita terhadap hidup kita, oleh karenanya kita harus berhati-hati dengan apa yang kita biarkan masuk dan menguasai pikiran kita. Kualitas hidup seseorang diukur dari apa yang dia pikirkan. Firman Tuhan berkata, mereka yang hidup menurut daging berarti memikirkan hal-hal yang dari daging, sedangkan mereka yang hidup menurut Roh berarti memikirkan hal-hal yang dari Roh. Bagaimana kita membedakan keduanya? Apa itu hal-hal yang dari daging? Mari kita lihat di Galatia 5:19-21 "Perbuatan daging telah nyata, yaitu: percabulan, kecemaran, hawa nafsu, penyembahan berhala, sihir, perseteruan, perselisihan, iri hati, amarah, kepentingan diri sen

Worship - Part 2

John 4:23-24 NIV "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.   God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth." Exodus 20:3-5 NIV "You shall have no other gods before me. "You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them ; for I, the Lord  your God, am a jealous God." Since the very beginning, God has made it clear that He is the one and should be the only one that we worship. Worship truly matters to God, it is the most vital part in our relationship with Him. Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. The word is derived from the Old English  worthscipe, meaning  worthiness or  worth-ship  — to give, at its simplest, worth to something.[1] We wo