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| Manmin News No. 221 |
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12327 |
| DATE |
2011-02-06 |
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[Special] Home Worship Service Encouraging the Unity and Communication
We can have the fellowship with God the Almighty through having worship services even in home. When we offer the worship service to God in our homes and praise and glorify Him with the heart of thanksgiving and love through the service, we can receive blessings in spirit and flesh and become children who are glorifying God.
1. A Shortcut for All Members of a Family to Enter a Better Kingdom of Heaven
When we have regular services at home all members including the husband, the wife, and children can have many beneficial things in common in faith. When we encourage one another with the Word of God and pray and sing praise together, we are able to discover our deficiencies and weak points and improve our lives of faith, through the home services. A family member whose faith is stronger than the others can help others to improve their faith. In this way all members are encouraged to be faithful to the kingdom of God and sow before God at the same measure of the stronger members. That's how the whole family can enter the same better places of Heaven and dwell close to each other and share eternal love with each other. Suppose a member has entered Paradise and another member entered New Jerusalem. This person in New Jerusalem will be able to invite that person in Paradise to his house in New Jerusalem, but it is not easy for the person in Paradise to accept the invitation because he will be leading a totally different life in Paradise. Because of the differences, such as having no crown, the person will feel very ashamed and sorry for the differences between them and those in New Jerusalem. For this reason, we have to offer the worship service on a regular basis, and through the service, we have to plant the hope for the more beautiful places of Heaven into the hearts of the members and help the other members understand what to do in order to enter a better place in Heaven. We also have to diligently urge and strengthen them to choose and do the things that are pleasing to God. Then, all the members will be able to enjoy the prosperity of their soul, be successful in everything they do and be in good health. They will be able to enter and dwell together in the most beautiful kingdom of Heaven, New Jerusalem.
2. A Good Chance to Please God
All the children of God must keep the Sabbath day holy. At the very core is the point that they should worship God in spirit and in truth. The worship services are categorized into the Sunday morning service, Sunday evening service, Wednesday evening service, Friday all-night service, Cell worship service, Dawn Prayer service, Home worship service and so on. Because the worship service is a good chance where we can please God and fulfill our heart's desires, we have to offer the services to God with all our heart, strength, and sincerity. The home worship service should be held at the time when all members are able to gather. In the household of believers it is the most desirable for the father to lead the service as the speaker. It is recommended that they follow the ways to please God in the order of the service without insisting on regular patterns. And it is also recommended that all members participate in the order of the service and offer the service with joy and thanksgiving. It is important for family members to share their hearts and what they have to say in a comfortable manner rather than hold the service within a fixed formal order or format. For example, they family can sing a hymnal song and then read the Scripture, a sermon script, or a religious book in turns. After that there should be time to meditate on the will of God that has been embedded in them and how to apply His teachings to their daily lives. When all members take the service order in turns, they can prepare for the home service in prayer and even children participate in the service more actively and voluntarily. Dr. Jaerock Lee's column series book The Fountain of Life is a good recommendation to the family that is trying to offer the home worship service for the first time. The topics in the book include God the Creator, the Savior Jesus Christ, the path to salvation, the Holy Spirit, the worship service, prayer, faith and many other basics of a Christian life. It is a good guide to solve the various problems in life according to the Word of God.
3. Parents' Wisdom to Bring up Their Childre
Through the home worship service, parents should teach their children to love God above all else, and then to love their neighbors as themselves. The parents also have to teach and help them to attend regular worship services, pray without ceasing, enjoy praising the Lord, read the Bible and memorize the verses of the Scripture. Parents have to help their children avoid worldly things and those earthly things that they might take in through what they see and hear. Then, the children can grow up in the truth and always keep their faith without falling into the temptations of the world even after they are in teens and young adulthood. It is important for parents to possess good faith, but much more important for them to help their children lay a good foundation of their faith. When parents have the home worship service and show a good example of faith, their children don't get involved in worldly things but do their best to resemble the Lord. They may have some difficulty with having the home service at first, but if they continue participating in the home service on a regular basis, they will be able to find themselves enjoying the service with the passage of time. Parents can see their children gain wisdom from the Word of God and grow up in good health and then fulfill their duties properly. When a household is right in faith, each individual can lead a proper religious life. Each individual home is the smallest unit of Christian society. If a household stands firm on the rock of truth, peace in the family can be maintained and children don't go off the right track. Such beautiful homes form a sound society. Church workers having the titles of deacons, deaconesses and elders should manage their households well, as recorded in 1 Timothy 3:3-4, and 12.
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