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COMO DEBEMOS DE ADORAR

By Alberto Valdivia Cier
Message Night of praise

Text: John 4:19-24

Jesus explained in this passage as God expects us to worship Him. Should pay attention these principles so that our worship does not remain superficial. We study these four truths:

Our worship does not depend on locations or methods (v.19-21)
The Samaritans believed that the effectiveness of their worship was in the place where they worshiped (the Mount), Jesus explains that True worship does not depend on places or ways, because God does not look at that but the heart. The forms are useful but do not depend on them to worship, or believe that the effectiveness of worship lies in them ... your worship is true if your heart is true to God.

Our worship must be born of a deep knowledge of God (v.22)
Jesus said, "we worship what we know, there was the success of Jewish worship ... the more we know about God the better our worship, we must study the Bible and learn about God's being, their features and works only with that knowledge we can experience a full and deep worship, so the Psalm 119:7 says: "I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I learn your righteous laws" do it with all my heart and holiness (v.23)

Our worship must be sincere, heartfelt and holiness (v.23) Jesus explains
in this verse that our Worship must be done in spirit and in truth, what does those two concepts?
1. Worship in spirit is related to worship God wholeheartedly, from the depths of our being, we should not be superficial, singing, clapping and nothing else, you have to understand what we do and do it with any delivery. not a matter of doing it as a ritual to look good to others, or to meet, do so with pleasure, with all my heart (Psalm 111:1)
2. worship in truth is related to genuine worship God, born of a pure heart that truly loves and honors. When there is sin, worship will indeed ever, as we are not genuine to him, we must first confess our sins to sanctify, to worship that way is beautiful to God (Ps 33:1)

Our worship must be born of a heart needed ( v.24)
Jesus says here that it is necessary to worship God, why?, because worship it brings benefit to our souls, we connect with God and thus opens the way to get all their blessings, that we must worship God in need, with extreme desire and longing. That is how the psalmist sought the Lord:

"... my love thirsts for you, my body longs for you" (Ps 63:1)

"... and yet my soul longs ardently for the courts of the Lord" (Ps 84:2

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FUERA DE CANAÁN (1ra parte)

By Alberto Valdivia
Ministry of males

Biblical text: 1 Corinthians 10:1-12

In the Old Testament, the land of Canaan was the place where God wanted the Israelites lived after he delivered them from slavery in Egypt.
Canaan symbolizes the place today where the promises of God in our lives, the place where God has the potential of its people the most
The Israelites could not enter Canaan. Failed because of the five main reasons mentioned in 1 Corinthians 10
These five reasons are the same reasons that today's men fail to enter their promised land, the place of rest. God wants men to live in the land of Canaan in their marriages, their business and family relationships
These five basic sins are still plague modern man, which departs from to achieve their full potential in life .

passion for bad

Passion means total commitment has been something or someone. We all are passionate about different things in life, our work, sport, entertainment. While passion is directed to something positive and managed to control and measure, then the passion is often uplifting, but when the passion is excessive and is oriented wrong, then ends up being negative and destructive in life. It enslaves us and brings us to the wrong path. Liquor, gambling, women, etc. may be an example of lust and evil. How can we control our passions? With the help of God and the power of the Spirit in us can control every weakness in us (see Philippians 4:13)

Idolatry

Many things can become idols in our lives, power, education, money, business, popularity, ego, etc. Note that the idolatry of the Israelites was not only to worship images, but eat, drink and be merry in unchecked. We also fall into this sin. Idolatry begins when something takes hold of our hearts and win all our interest and attention.
That He is the one that captures our attention, that there is none rival our love for God. This is the key to true happiness, that God is the center of our lives

Questions:

1. What is the passion you need to break in your life?
2. Tell us about an idol that you had in your life?