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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Worship, as we find it in Scripture, is the exclusive right, privilege, and responsibility of the child of God. It is spiritually impossible for an unbeliever to worship. The prevailing idea that the church needs to sound like the world in order to win the world demonstrates a serious misunderstanding of what church really is. It demonstrates more concern with what the world thinks than with what God thinks.
Ron Owens

Using the perspective of idolatry, addicts are blinded by their own desire. They refuse to see themselves as dependent on God. God’s glory and fame is not their goal. In their self-addiction or selfishness, they worship and bow down before false gods. Addicts have defected from the living God. Instead of worshipping in the temple of the Lord, they perform addictive rituals that give them more perceived power, pleasure, or identity. They see in their addiction a form of magic (Deut. 18:10-14). The promises of the idol, however, are lies. Any identity, power, or peace they bring is false and temporary. There are only two choices: putting your faith in a loving God and thus knowing freedom, or putting your faith in idols (Satan) and being enslaved. Curiously, our selfish pride prefers slavery.
Edward Welch

    • CHECKPOINT C

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    This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series Checkpoints for the Christian setting out to read the Bible for the first time

    Checkpoints for the Christian setting out to read the Bible for the first time

    CHECKPOINT C

    • Used with permission of Scripture Union, Adelaide South Australia. Copyright holder. Original edition (C) 1986.
    • Designed for the Christian setting out to read the Bible for the first time.

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    CHECKPOINT C

    INTRODUCTION TO THE SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS.

    • Readings 24 to 30

    The Psalms we have chosen for FOOTHOLD are well known favorites of many people. We hope that they will become fresh and inspiring for you as you read them again.

    Six of these Psalms come from the first of five sections in the Bible’s Psalm collection: Psalms 1-41; Psalms 42-72; psalms 73-89; Psalms 90-106; Psalms 107-150.

    This wonderful collection of hymns, prayers and poems were written by different artists over a long period – probably from about 1000 to 350 BC. They originated in the worship of the people of Israel and later became a hymnbook for Jews scattered throughout the then-known world.

    The Psalms express every kind of emotion and expression and this makes them so useful as a stimulus for our own prayers and praise. We can allow the words of the Psalms to draw out our own feelings for God and strengthen our own faith in him.

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