worship – Victoria Fellowship Church https://victoriafellowshipchurch.org International And Interdenominational! Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:44:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://victoriafellowshipchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo-vfc_nigeria-1-32x32.png worship – Victoria Fellowship Church https://victoriafellowshipchurch.org 32 32 Sacrificial Service an Act of Worship https://victoriafellowshipchurch.org/sacrificial-service-an-act-of-worship/ https://victoriafellowshipchurch.org/sacrificial-service-an-act-of-worship/#respond Sun, 06 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://victoriafellowshipchurch.org/?p=2355 Read more…]]> Theme: “Living A Life Of Sacrifice And Service”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We are at the start of a new quarter – the “embers” of 2024!  Attached is the first Bible Study in our new Quarter Series “Living A Life Of Sacrifice And Service”.  Our first topic is “Sacrificial Service: An Act Of Worship”.  The main texts are Romans 12:1-2 and Mark 10:42 – 45.  The key learning points are:

1.    Sacrificial service is impactful service conveyed through us by God’s Holy Spirit to His church and others, because we have come to know, and are bringing our original sinful self and nature to the cross daily, in exchange for the nature of Christ. Sacrificial service adds eternal value.
2.    Jesus Christ emptied Himself and fully obeyed the first commandment to “love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength” (Deut6:5, Mt22:37). He completely denied His own life as an act of total obedience to the will of the Father.  Self denial, in obedience to Christ, is true worship, the kind acceptable to God (Rom 12:1)
3.    Assuming a transformed lifestyle in line with Rom 12:2 shows the world that we unapologetically and unashamedly belong to Jesus and live for Him and the advancement of His kingdom here on earth.  It is a must for a follower of Christ!

May the Lord grant us hearing ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to His church, the “tongue of disciples”

Yours in Christ

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Spiritual Discipline: Worship https://victoriafellowshipchurch.org/spiritual-discipline-worship/ https://victoriafellowshipchurch.org/spiritual-discipline-worship/#respond Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.victoriafellowshipchurch.org/?p=710 Read more…]]> Theme: Spiritual Discipline for Christian Growth

Dear All,

In the second study, last Sunday, in our series on Spiritual Disciplines for Christian Growth we looked at the spiritual discipline of Prayer. In it, we saw that prayer is vital in our relationship with God, and thus the need for doing it right, among other lessons. This Sunday, we kick off the series with a look at the topic: Spiritual Discipline: Worship.

Key lessons should include:

  1.  Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman helps us see that if we must worship God on His terms, then we must de-emphasize the place (some mountain or temple/church). Rather, we must focus on knowing who we are worshipping and seeking to be one with His Spirit. Accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour is how we begin the journey of worshipping God in Spirit.
  2. There is acceptable and unacceptable worship. Singing praise songs to God and any other acts of ‘worship’ not done in Christ nullifies such worship. Worship is a spiritual exercise where our spirit connects with God’s Spirit. Hence true worship is done in spirit and in truth
  3.  True worship is not just what we say and do. But involves our whole lives and everything we do. As our spirit continuously stays connected with the Holy Spirit, worship permeates all our being, and we can then offer ourselves completely to God in all areas of life. Worship is therefore our responsibility, as people who have experienced God’s grace and mercy.

May we grow in worshipping God with our whole life, in Spirit and in truth.

1 Peter 2:4-6

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